Printing quoins - photo

[Altair]

Printing quoins are expanding blocks used to secure the type to the chase (frame).

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Previously:

Gutenberg press replica - photo
Feeder for Heidelberg printing press - GIF
Restored 1909 printing press - GIF
Vintage cast iron paper cutter - photo and video
Paper stack splitting machine - GIF

[jdurand]

That takes me back a few decades... ok, more than a few. I just did amateur stuff with California job case, lead type, and manual feed presses. An uncle ran the Line-o-Type for a big publisher so he was worlds ahead of me.

[EnginePaul]

I don't know what they were using that for, but it isn't a normal lock up.
I learned letterpress when I was 11 from a guy that was 72 at the time. He worked full time as a printer since he was 10 years old and worked until he was 78.
Ah, the Good Ole Days!