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Antique book press.
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Previously:
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...818#post186712
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...921#post148752
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...565#post139438
https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/...933#post124846
Somewhere I have a smaller version of a press very similar to that one
If you have it most probably came out of an office, as they were used in an early
copying process, which involved dampened paper being inter-leaved with an stencil like sheet...
People, especially antique dealers erroneously describe them as book presses, whereas the correct term is copying press.
The 1906 Fairbanks cat I took the pic of, lists over twenty differentAttachment 42409 styles and a couple that could be coupled to the office water supply for pressure!
