About

Our wide range of printing equipment includes two iron handpresses, two Vandercooks, two Chandler & Price, a Heidelberg Windmill and a number of tabletop presses.

The studio also has a collection of books for inspiration and information on printing and bookbinding, as well as an active collection of printing samples that range across incunabula, Hatch Show Prints, and work representing a number of other contemporary letterpress studios.

Equipment

The Lead Graffiti equipment inventory is ideal for working on projects both small and large with a range of wood and metal type. Our presses vary in size from tabletop presses designed for business cards to our 25" x 38" Hoe iron handpress.

Stop by our studio or sign up for a workshop for the opportunity to work with your hands on this incredible equipment.

Iron handpresses

     R. Hoe
          25" x 38" platen (c. 1869)
     Albion
          21" x 29" platen (c. 1890)

Cylinder presses

     Vandercook SP-15
          14.75" x 20" paper size
          14" x 18" image area
     Vandercook Universal III automatic
          18.75" x 28" paper size
          18" x 24" image area

Platen presses

     Heidelberg windmill
          10 x 15
     Chandler & Price
          10 x 15 (motorized)

Tabletop presses

including C&P Pilot & West German clone, Craftsman Superior,
Kelsey Excelsior, Kelsey Victor, and others

Hot metal

     Intertype C4 (30 pica)
          with approximately 65 magazines, 200 typefaces,
          100 borders, and hundreds of special characters

Related equipment

     20" computer-controlled electric paper cutter
     32" rotary guillotine paper cutter
     24" Rosback perforator