When the San Francisco Center for the Book got a 10×15 C&P floor model platen press last year, I helped get it set up. One of the first things we had to take care of were the rubber rollers. They’d been left on the top of the ink disc and were flat spotted. Ramco, in San Dimas CA, recovered them for us (241 West Allen Ave., San Dimas, CA 91773, 909-592-1002) and were really helpful and friendly. Next we needed a rack to hold the rollers when they weren’t on the press. I wanted a rack that even tool-challenged people like me could make and so students at the Center would have a model if they needed one for their own presses. This is what we came up with. (Knowing myself well, I took one of the rollers with me to the hardware store when I bought the hooks, so I would be absolutely sure that the ends would actually fit the eyelet and hook.)
That’s such a great idea!
Fabulous! I’m posting this link on The Southeast Letterpress Society’s Yahoo group page!