That’s right. I’ve got a machinery boner and I’m not afraid to share it! Just last weekend, I had a new printing press delivered here to the shop. Built on January 10th, 1967 and placed on my shop floor just 1 day prior to its 42nd anniversary of production. It was clearly meant to be. This mammoth 1-ton fully automated Kluge 10×15 letterpress is naturally referred to as “Killer.” This thing is capable of 700 impressions an hour at its slowest speed and when she’s fully wound up, its like a steam locomotive running through the building! Production capacity tops out around 3 thousand impressions/hour. This thing is gonna save me a world of time and likely save me from loosing a few digits while I’m at it.
Killer… welcome to your new home!
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Uncategorized | admin | January 12, 2011 12:07 pm | Comments Off on New Machinery Hard-On
Born Free 3 Poster and Ticket ordered. No idea yet if I’ll even be around to make it to the party but the poster will go perfectly over one of the letterpresses at my print shop. Dig it. Get yours sooner rather than later. Even better, make the pilgrimage.
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Uncategorized | admin | January 7, 2011 7:00 am | Comments Off on Born Free 3 – June 25th
I used to work at a motorcycle junkyard on the east coast. The yard was nce an old hatchery. Anyone who has any idea what working on a hatchery farm will tell you that chicken sh*t is one of the most foul smells imaginable. Every summer, the sun would beat own on the tin-roof coops and warm that familiar smell. I was in one of the old office building going through boxes of parts. I found this picture at the bottom of a box marked “Senior.” I remember looking at the picture and thinking, “that’s a keeper.” It’s now in a little frame in the shop just above one of my antique presses.
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Uncategorized | admin | May 14, 2010 7:00 am | Comments Off on A True Barn Find – “Senior”