Sunday, July 25, 2021

Restoration

 

 I completed the restoration of the micro letterpress (Adana HS1?) today.

It started in a pretty bad state as you can see from the photo below.

After stripping it down I was able to sand the body back and paint it - a colour close to Adana red.

Finally all the bits were cleaned, ground and polished without going over the top.

Below are photos of the reassembling the press.





And then all done - almost ready for action...

Except for the rollers - in a bad state. Fiona says we should keep them because they could create great patterns.

I have ordered a new set from Caslon in the UK. The ones I ordered are for an Adana HS1 - so in a few weeks we will see if they fit.

5 comments:

  1. what a beautiful restoration ... it'll be interesting to see what those old rollers can do

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  2. Love the rollers! Fiona is right...great texture!

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  3. Hi LA, MC, P and T - glad you all liked this little beauty. The new rollers turned up this week. I need to adjust the side arms a bit and then give it a test run.LA & T - I will get F to experiment with the old rollers - in the future - we are obeying our covid lockdown at the moment. P - beautiful in miniature - not easy to find - not sure how well it will print - work in progress. All - go well and stay safe. B

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