A couple of weeks ago, there was a posting on the free section of craigslist- "old printmaking equipment". A few pictures were attached, enough for me to realize that it was all old letterpress equipment:
They were in a little ramshackle shed-so dilapidated that the volunteers we spoke to were tearing it down later in the week. The floor was a layer of sludge and mud. Someone pointed out a little heap that I thought was a rag-a dead rat.
We arrived at the same moment as a couple of scrap metal men. They were running around shouting "we can take it all, scrap it all". And I was looking around in agony, contemplating daring rescues. But really, none of it was salvageable. It had all been flooded, so the cast iron was so rusted that the moving parts were all locked up. I rescued two things: a bracket that was missing on my press, and a brass pica pole (a ruler used to measure type).
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