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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.

Map of historic presses visited by the RIT Uncommon Press team to consult for their construction of the Uncommon Press.

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 oil painting depicting Benjamin Franklin printing on a wooden common press. He is prinitng "Poor Richard's Almanack."

An oil painting depicting Johann Gutenberg casting movable type while another worker sets type. Gutenberg's press is in the foreground of the painting.

Graph showing the Flesch Kincaid Reading Level of 101 stories in a 23-book sample from the Stephen Cooper Comic Book Collection. The Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level Test calculates at what minimum grade level the passage is most likely to be understood…