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Mechanisms like gears, cogs and pawls allowed the motion to ink the letterpress form and produce a clamshell force that crashes the inked type onto the paper. The clear focus on operator-independent performance on the new Speedmaster raises Heidelberg’s Push to Stop philosophy to a whole new level. As opposed to the older style (think Gutenberg) printing presses that were entirely hand operated, these platen-style presses uses the inertia of a heavy flywheel to turn the press over. They were originally called “jobbing” presses and were designed to produce relatively high quantities (for the era) of smaller sized prints in a short amount of time. This can be argued, especially since so many of them have seen this very fate.ĭespite the dismal prognosis above, for our tiny shop, these machines are both undeniably beautiful and fantastically practical. Even further, perhaps they’d be worth more as scrap metal at the local salvage yard.
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It has a 3-phase 220V motor and has had new hoses installed 2 years ago. It would also be perfectly reasonable to assume these machines, apart from their mere historical significance, are utterly useless. Im selling a red ball Heidelberg Windmill 10×15 press.
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Their practicality can barely be sniffed out - especially in a world where print is already of such little value compared to the obvious alternative. The Windmill press, so called because of the revolving blades that feed, position, and deliver the paper, is based on a platen press design introduced by. These printing machines are clumsy, seemingly immovable, inefficient, cumbersome behemoths of a much older era. The 10 x 13 Heidelberg Windmill Press was newly installed in a printing facility located in a Portland, Maine mill circa 1920. It is a machine from the end of production years, the distinguishing feature of this version are: possibility to turn off the rollers arms, the drawer under the. Over one hundred years of ink and grease layering the cast iron surface of our still functional 1000+ pound letterpress printing machines exemplifies the adage “they don’t make things like they used to.” As much as this is true, it’s also equally as obvious WHY they don’t make things like they used to.
HEIDELBERG WINDMILL NUMBER PRESS SERIAL NUMBER
Each press has a special use in our shop and a unique story of how we acquired them. HEIDELBERG WINDMILL, Letter Press, 1 Color, Black, 10' X 15', Serial number T133008, Excellent Condition, Red Ball, Numbering, Perforating, Scoring, Embossing, Die. Over the last 10 years we've collected 4 letterpresses, ranging in manufacturing years from 1902-1970. 2019 Heidelberg SBG (560 x 770mm) Die Cutting Cylinder Press Fully rebuilt Heidelberg SBG Die Cutting Cylinder press.