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Team Assembling Press 2
The mahogany platen has hung from the hose with a series of 4 knots, tied with string.
Team Assembling Press 3
Team member Ferris Nicolais, with the finished mahogany platen.
Video of Press in Action
Video of the Uncommon Press in action, with narration explaining how it works.
Still with Print
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.
Diagram with Glossary
Diagram of the Uncommon Press with parts labeled.
Moxon's Common Press
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.
Le diverse et artificiose machine del Capitano Agostino Ramelli Figure CLXXXVIII
Image of Agostino Ramelli's original design, found in his 1588 work Le diverse et artificiose machine del Capitano Agostino Ramelli.
Assembly of Bookwheel
An image of a team moving the Bookwheel. From left to right: Unidentified, Ian Kurtz, Reese Salen.
Two Students with finished Bookwheel
An image of two students with the finished bookwheel. From left to right: Ian Kurtz, Reese Salen.
Three Students using Modern Equipment to work on Bookwheel
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.