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Video of the Uncommon Press in action, with narration explaining how it works.

Two students working on attaching the handrail to the bookwheel. From left to right: Reese Salen, Matthew Nygren.

An image of two students with the finished bookwheel. From left to right: Ian Kurtz, Reese Salen.

An image of three students using CNC (computer numerical control) machine to cut wood for the bookwheel. From left to right: Matthew Nygren, Reese Salen, Ian Kurtz.

Team member Ferris Nicolais, with the finished mahogany platen.

The mahogany platen has hung from the hose with a series of 4 knots, tied with string.

The Uncommon Press team worked in the engineering machine shop to fit, assemble, and oil components of the press, before the final assembly in the Wallace Library. Here the tympan is being attached to the coffin.

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.

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…

Intern Josie Bready printing on the Acorn Press