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Title ; # Unknown table top lever press # Platen embossing / printing -hand operated Press # Embossing Letterpress
About the Product ;
This tool has a lever to open platen - the fitted designed plate is 11cm x 8 cm . On back side of plate it is tightened with screw. On all 4 corner , there are 4 screw
(3 are working one has lost ) which works to adjust gap between plate and another surface.
1. Its province is not known . There are no kind of verified information available about its past - except it is genuinely old, used and previously owned by other.
2. I sourced this item from Dismantled Mechanical garage - closed around 1940 .
3. There are no marks or sign .
A. Small in Size .
B. Extra Heavy weight- 15200 grams.
C. Completely Manual lever operations.
D. It is made of Cast Iron , few parts are made of non magnetic alloys or Aluminum / Metal.
E. This machine has no roller. There seems nothing to spread ink . Probably , a Machine specially designed to embosses / engraving metal sheets .?
F. Hard to say about its age but it is more than 80 years old.
4. My R&D suggest, this product is much identical to ,“The Craftsmen Machinery Company of Boston, Massachusetts.
5. Apparently all working , No part is damaged or missing but hard to guarantee the same.
Measurement,
The Press measures - H- 30 cm (12'' ) L - 25.5 cm (10") x wide - Open - 41 cm (16") Closed - 21 cm (8.5")
The Platen measures - Outer side Maximum - 14 cm (5.5" ) x 10 cm (4'' )
The fitted platen - photo no. 12 is 11 cm x 8 cm.
The platform opens in 90" angle.
The space for substitute to be printed - is 13 cm ( 5 ") x 11 cm (4.5")
My conclusion -
It has space to fit design mold of 11 cm x 8 cm -where as space for substitute to be embossed or engraved is 13 cm x 11 cm.
A machine for emboss or engrave maximum to 11 cm x 8 cm .
My disclaimer;
Precisely unidentified item , No marks , No past history . My description and details are based on its physical prosperities and data's available on net.
Please be own master , ask for more details for more clarification and /or information's.
Condition;
Used , Second hand period item. This may subject to timely depreciation , imperfection .