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Technical drawings created with digital tools to show the whole press, and the subsystem of the spindle and hose, which send the platen down to exert the printing pressure

Image of parts created by the blacksmith Matt Schofield for the Uncommon Press.

Matt Schofield, lead blacksmith at Genesee Country Village and Museum in Mumford, NY, creates the wrought-iron hose band.

A glimpse into one of the buildings full of wood at Irion Lumber, in Wellsboro, PA. One of the boards in this view eventually became the press's platen.

The team traveled to purchase white oak from New England Naval Timbers, in Cornwall, CT.

Field trip to document and measure the Louis C. Roy Press at the Mackenzie Printery and Newspaper Museum in Queenston, ON, Canada.

The RIT Uncommon Press design and construction team from left: Daniel Krull, Educational and Social Media Specialist; Seth Gottlieb, Research Lead; Randall Paulhamus, Lead Engineer; Veronica Hebbard, Project Lead; Stephen Spector, Carpenter; Ferris…