Ian Schaefer » lanston http://www.ianschaefer.com Just another WordPress weblog Wed, 05 Oct 2011 18:17:54 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 Typefoundry Inventory http://www.ianschaefer.com/letterpress/typecasting/typefoundry-inventory/ http://www.ianschaefer.com/letterpress/typecasting/typefoundry-inventory/#comments Mon, 01 Jan 2007 17:09:20 +0000 admin http://localhost:8888/ianschaefer.com/wp/?p=43 Machinery and specialist tools at The Private Press of Ian Schaefer

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The Private Press of Ian Schaefer

MACHINERY

English ‘Monotype’ Corporation Ltd. (English) Composition Caster, #285xx ex of Heritage Letterpress, Charlotte, NC.

English ‘Monotype’ Composition Caster, #28024 acquired of the late Paul Duensing, Watkinsville, GA. Damaged. This machine will hopefully be rebuilt as a sorts caster.

English ‘Monotype’ Composition Caster, #28345 acquired of Woodside Press/Howard Bratter, Brooklyn Navy Yard, Brooklyn New York. Machine is equipped with display attachment, varigear drive, unit adding, unit shift, quadding and centring, ingot feeder. Machine includes lead and rule attachement, not currently installed.

English ‘Monotype’ Combination Caster, #2xxxx acquired of Woodside Press/Howard Bratter. Machine is equipped with display attachment, old-style gearbox, quadding and centring attachment.

Lanston (American) Monotype Composition Bridge, #7xxx and other miscellaneous spare parts for composition caster.

Lanston Monotype Keyboard, #11335

MOLDS
Composition Molds

Lanston Monotype composition molds: 6, 8, 9, 10, 11, 12, 13, 14 & 18pt
English ‘Monotype’ composition moulds: 14 ‘doghouse’

Display Molds

Lanston Monotype Display Moulds: 12, 14, 16, 18, 24, 30 & 36pt – some duplicates, all need work

MATRICES
Composition Matrices

ENGLISH ‘MONOTYPE’
Centaur 252 roman & italic 10 & 12pt (0.030 drive)
Grotesque 216/126 216/126 8,9 & 11pt 15/17 (0.030 drive)
Times Roman 327/334 7, 8, 10 & 11pt; comp 421 7, 8, 10 & 12pt
Chess Sorts 14pt incomplete
Misc math sorts 14, 16 & 18pt

LANSTON MONOTYPE
Garamont 248 6 & 8pt; keybars; no wedges or stopbar
Helvetica 496 8, 9 & 10pt; wedges, keybar and stopbar
Cloister Black 95 12pt, S5
German 99 8, 10 & 12pt

Display Matrices

ENGLISH ‘MONOTYPE’
Times Roman 18, 24, 30, 36 & 48pt; italic 18, 24 & 36pt;

LANSTON MONOTYPE
Garamont 248(no to be confused with Garamond, as the Stanley Morrison face for Monotype Ltd was named) – roman, italic, swash 14, 18, 24, 30 & 36pt, small caps 14 & 18pt
Kennerly 268 Roman 24 & 36pt; italic 2681 14, 24, 30 & 36pt
Goudy Old Style 3941 italic 18, 24, 30 & 36pt
Cochin Open 262 36pt
#144 14pt
Century 157 14 & 18pt
Philadelphia Gothic 52 18 pt

MISCELLANEOUS MONOTYPE EQUIPMENT

16 Monotype S5 wedges, various sets-widths
‘Monotype’ Microscope
Monotype Lead and Rule Attachment, complete
Monotype Pump Piston Extractor
Monotype Controller paper spool rewinder, manual
Monotype Controller Paper

OTHER FOUNDRY EQUIPMENT
Friedrich Deckel G-1 Pantographic Engraver
Metal Thermometer
‘Monotype’ Mould Oiler

]]> http://www.ianschaefer.com/letterpress/typecasting/typefoundry-inventory/feed/ 0 The Silence Has Ended http://www.ianschaefer.com/letterpress/typecasting/the-silence-has-ended/ http://www.ianschaefer.com/letterpress/typecasting/the-silence-has-ended/#comments Sat, 17 Jun 2006 03:18:00 +0000 admin http://localhost:8888/ianschaefer.com/wp/?p=40 Two quiet years after entrusting the portage of my first caster to the brazen ineptitude of a common carrier, this printer’s shop will rattle with the nearly forgotten noise of productivity.

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Two quiet years after entrusting the portage of my first caster to the brazen ineptitude of a common carrier, this printer’s shop will rattle with the nearly forgotten noise of productivity. On May 27th, after a careful, all-night drive from Charlotte to Lititz, and amid the curious flurry of too many helpers who knew what was at stake this time, the beautiful mongrel machine, bearing at least three distinct serial numbers on its numerous replaced parts, touched safely down on the cement floor. Four sources of power—air, water, gas, and electricity—will be brought to bear in the coming weeks. When the main lever is thrown for the first time, I am sure that the birds in the nearby lilac will flush.

Read more details and see photos of this caster

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