Printing presses - New York (State)

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The RIT MechE Tabletop Platen Press was desgined and constructed in 2014-2015 by RIT Engineering students George Chiu, Brendan Domos, Spencer Herzog, Nathan Sandidge, and Kevin Weinstein. The work was completed to fulfill a multi-disciplinary engineering project. It is a hand-operated platen press.

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The Uncommon Press is a modern reconstruction of English wooden common presses, specifically based on ones from 1770-1790. It was constructed in 2016 by five RIT students: Mechanical Engineering majors Seth Gottlieb, Ferris Nicolias, and Randall Paulhamus, Industrial and Systems Engineering major Veronica Hebbard, and Museum Studies major Daniel Krull. This work fulfilled a multi-disciplinary senior project. They used as many historic methods and materials as their constraints allowed.

Overview The A. B. Taylor Washington iron hand press was built in New York circa 1880. The Washington style of hand press was patented by Samuel Rust in New York in 1821. Designed to be much lighter in weight than other presses of the time, Rust's Washington press was soon copied by other manufacturers including R. Hoe and Company, whom A. B. Taylor worked for from 1822-1842 before forming his own manufacturing company. A. B. Taylor went on to manufacture various styles of presses, including this...