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An image of an English wooden common press found in Joseph Moxon's Mechanick Exercises: Or, The Doctrine of Handy-Works: began January 1, 1677.

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…

An image of a press shop with an Acorn press.

Intern Josie Bready printing on the Acorn Press

Intern Josie Bready printing on the Acorn Press

An image of a Smith style Acorn press, manufactured by R. Hoe & Co.

An image of a Stansbury style Acorn press, manufactured by R. Hoe & Co.

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 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.