Well after many weeks of work the rusty broken book press I bought is restored to its former glory! :D
Im so glad to finally have this finished and now I can use it to press my books and do lino prints :D
Well after many weeks of work the rusty broken book press I bought is restored to its former glory! :D
Im so glad to finally have this finished and now I can use it to press my books and do lino prints :D
Press Progress!
I’m finally getting to the point where I can put some undercoat on parts of the press. It’s really nice to finally get to the point where I can see the parts clean and nice looking. After a few more coats of this anti-rust undercoat i’m gonna paint it a nice dark green that works nice with all the highly polished brass parts.
Book Press update
Its currently in separate pieces on the garage floor. I’ve managed to get most of the rust off, but the problem now is trying to get the hundred year old enamel off, its like rock. It took 4 days to get the screw loose, it was completely seized, it took a mallet, blowtorch and a load of WD40.
Finally got the book press I bought a while ago! Cant wait to start restoring it, but first i need to fix the screw as its completely seized up with rust. So thats probably a weeks worth of work on its own. Cant wait to get started though.
Just won this book press from eBay, it’s pretty rough looking now, but it will clean up really nice! And I think the balls on the handles are brass which should polish up really well
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Graham Robson 2013.