21H.343J | Spring 2016 | Undergraduate

Making Books: The Renaissance and Today

Image Gallery I - Making the Beaver Press

Image 4 - Section view of joint details diagram of the Beaver Press

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A section view of joint details diagram of the Beaver Press.

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Image 4 - Section view of joint details diagram of the Beaver Press
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A line drawing showing a view of a joint on a printing press, with words identifying specific parts.
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Till, or Shelf - A mahogany shelf, in wooden presses, divided in two longitudinally, that clasps the hose, and causes it and the spindle to come down perpendicularly without any play.

Spindle - The screw to which the bar of the press is affixed, and which produces the pressure on the platen.

Hose - Two upright bars of iron that connected the garter and the hose hooks, and went through the till.

Credit:
Image by Ken Stone, MIT Hobby Shop.
A line drawing showing a view of a joint on a printing press,  with words identifying specific parts.

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