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  1. #1
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    Default Printer’s Stone, marking off or welding bench plus vee blocks etc.Sydney

    Cast iron Printers Stone originality for assembling letterpress type.
    1400 x 1140 x 940mm high on wooden base.
    Heavy cast top about 16mm thick and ribbed underneath.
    Top is ok as photos. Blue marking squirt can death excluded.

    Pair of vee blocks and large square making out block with no holes.

    Ive used this as a marking out table with a vernier height gauge for Patternmaking.
    Top has about 1mm deviation from true.
    Asking $400 the lot.
    Pick up Sydney.
    Have crane can load onto your ute or trailer.
    H.
    Last edited by ubeaut; 26th Nov 2021 at 12:46 PM. Reason: Rib pics
    Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)

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    I spent many hours standing at one of these. Where are you in Sydney as I have some interest in this.
    CHRIS

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    I’m in Concord.
    You’re welcome to come and have a look Chris and I’d be happy to deliver it over to you at Helensburgh on my ute as I’ve been keen to check out your set up for a while now.
    H.
    Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)

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    Thanks for the offer and I may well take you up on it. My Brother in Law who lives south of Nowra is interested and he will be up here on Thursday as we have to go to Summer Hill tool buying. He would like to have a look at it before committing himself though being very familiar with these stones I think he would be happy for what he wants it for but to move it and not then buy would be asking to much of anyone. PM me your phone number and let's have a chat about what can be done. I could PM his phone number so you could both talk without me getting into the middle so to speak.
    CHRIS

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    Default Few questions from a noob

    First of all, that's a beautiful piece of gear - I assume it'd be from the 60s.. 1mm deviation is pretty fine - and with 16mm to deal with, I imagine that if someone HAD to true it up further, not much of a big deal.

    1. Why do they call it a "stone"? throwback from using actual milled stone?

    2. what is that "blue death mark" - was it a leftover from it's former life?
    3. the box at the back of the unit - wondering what that was for, it's integrated into the top?

    Anyway, nice piece, and they can't be easy to stumble upon. I did work in the production/distribution of a small newspaper back in the USA. I managed to beg my way into some Linotype they had hanging around, since I was making some hard cast projectiles. A little bit went a long way, but eventually I did run out of the various broken cubes and such.

    Thanks for humouring me with this if you have time.

    Ben

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    I have no idea why it was called a stone but I presume the first one were made of stone. The biggest problem when working on one in winter was the cold temperature and it never got warmer.
    CHRIS

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    The ‘blue death mark’ is from when a pressure pack can of engineers marking out blue decided to erupt. From memory the mate had popped off the cap and it went up.
    All over him and the stone.
    That box is a very heavy cast iron square making out aid.
    Clamp whatever needs lines scribed on it with your height gauge to it.
    The vee blocks for round stuff.
    H.
    Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)

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    I still have this for sale.
    Any interest or I’ll put it on Gumtree etc.
    H.
    Jimcracks for the rich and/or wealthy. (aka GKB '88)

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    Thanks for the post. I have one too- printer's stone, about 900 by 700 or so. Made in Japan. Never new what to call it, now I know!

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