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

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.

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

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

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

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…

Intern Josie Bready printing on the Acorn Press

Intern Josie Bready printing on the Acorn Press

The spindle, commonly referred to as the 'heart of the press' was the most difficult part to machine within the capabilities of the RIT shop. The 3 start, 2 inch pitch threat at the top of the spindle challenged the specialist at the shop. In order…

Jenna Doran, a fourth-year microelectric engineering student from Olympia, WA., holds a print of the First Amendment, made on an 18th-century-style wooden printing press created by an interdisciplinary group of students in 2016.