Category Archives: wharfedale

Make-ready and overlaying on letterpress cylinder presses

February 25, 2009 – 10:46 pm

I have been extremely fortunate to receive a day’s tuition from Phil Abel at  Hand & Eye Letterpress, in the fine art of ‘make-ready’ and ‘overlaying’ on the letterpress cylinder press. After mentioning to Phil that I hope to achieve high-quality work on my  Wharfedale press, once it is restored to working order, he kindly [...]

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Moving a Victorian cylinder printing press

January 27, 2009 – 8:14 pm

Whilst work continues to get my 1888 Wharfedale stop cylinder press restored and back into working order, I have put together this whimsical movie of the day we relocated it to our workshop. I was grateful for the expert assistance of C.J. Overy Transport and the generous help of a willing band of friends and [...]

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1888 Wharfedale Press – Project Update

October 13, 2008 – 7:30 pm

During the past weekend, tentative attempts were made to bring the largest printing press in our collection back into production for book and poster work. Our Wharfedale cylinder press was manufactured in 1888 by W. Dawson & Sons in Otley, West Yorkshire, and whilst it is one of the smaller machines of its type, it [...]

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