Melbourne Museum of Printing
OUR MACHINERY COLLECTION
Index of `Other' Machines
[NOT TYPESETTING, NOT PRINTING]
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Other Machinery

Other Machines in Our Collection


Guillotines


Stitchers, Staplers


Folding Machines


Other Paper Devices


[Jogger, Round Cornerer, Drill, Perforator, Punch, Laminator]

Other bookbinding items can be found on our Bookbinder's Hand Tools page.

Typesetting-Related Devices


Composing Saw, Lead and Rule Cutter, Mitring Machine, Low Slug Cutter

Stereotyping Items


Stereotyping Press, Moulding Box, Backplaner, Router, Bowler
Stripcasting Machines

Stripcasting Machines in Our Collection

Including Technical Descriptions


These produce a range of extruded strips of typemetal for spacing and rules. (A rule is a strip of metal which is type-high and prints a straight line.)

Elrod Stripcaster


Nebiolo Stripcaster


Note that the Monotype Supercaster (under typecasters) is also adaptable to produce strip materials and particularly in later years was widely used as such.
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