Letterpress et al

Vandercook tympan and press packing materials

2009-06-15T17:27:00.000-07:00

The Bieler Press stocks several high quality calipered press packing materials, specifically those configured for hard, yet resilient, packing on letterpress flatbed cylinder presses. All materials supplied will fit 15 and 20 inch presses with correct cross cylinder grain direction per cylinder size.

Items stocked include .002" and .003" Riegal and .006" Drum Head undersheets as well as .007" PolyPak (tympan top sheet) and .021" Kimlon (tympan bottom sheet). These are available in economical small lots. Materials provided are not scored or die cut for specific presses and sheet sizes are maximized for largest 15 and 20 inch presses, thus you will need to cut to fit using templates.

A PDF of sizes and prices is available upon request. Sales are limited to the Southern California region (pickup and delivery only).

Letterpress T-Shirts

2006-10-17T20:05:00.000-07:00

T-shirts offered are super heavyweight 100% pre-shrunk cotton manufactured by Gildan. Loose, comfortable fit—great letterpress printing shirts (your mileage may vary). Available in S M L XL 2XL 3XL while they last. Limited serigraph printings. In stock and shipping.

Garment color is charcoal (purple-gray—same color as the old Vandercook press manuals). Black imaging, centered, upper chest. Logo measures 5-1/2 inches wide in the largest size.

Garment color is natural (off white). Black imaging, centered, upper chest. Logo measures 9-3/4 inches wide in the largest size.

Available direct from The Bieler Press. $17.50 (California residents add $1.71 state sales tax). Add for shipping: Priority Mail $4.95, Priority Mail International (NA $10.95, all other countries $12.95). PayPal payment accepted.

Type-High-Pie paper weight

2006-09-23T18:18:00.000-07:00

These are handcast by Ninja Press Castings and each is unique in appearance, dependent upon the artisan’s whim. I flipped when I first laid eyes on the prototypes. They are delightful.

This is one solid piece completely made from discarded metal printing type. Type bodies are visible on surface and occasional characters can be seen on the sides, as well as emerging from the surface. Each weighs between 19 to 20 ounces. They measure 2-9/16 inches in diameter at the top, 2-3/16 inches at bottom (slanted for easy handling).

They actually do measure +/- type height (.918) from bottom to upper lip and have fabric attached to bottom to prevent marking.

Only two dozen of these were produced for sale.

Place your orders directly with Ninja Press.

Metal foundry type collections

2006-07-13T00:54:00.000-07:00

Offered is an extraordinary healthy collection of as new European foundry type:

Dominante, designed by Johannes Schweitzer in 1959 and cast by Ludwig & Mayer. Roman: 12-, 14-, 16-, 20-, 24-, 28-, 36-, 48-pt. Italic: 14-, 16-, 20-, 24-, 28-, 36-pt. Bold: 14-, 16-, 20-, 24-, 28-, 36-, 42-pt. There are 28 cases (including one case with type in wrappers, and extra sort case as shown). 1,080+ pounds.

Also available are several rare and hard-to-find metal typefaces from various domestic and foreign foundries. The fonts are in very good to as new condition.

Bulletin Typewriter (BB&S) 18-, 24-, 36-pt in 4 cases (155+ pounds)
Domino (Ludwig & Mayer) 20-, 30-, 54-pt in 2 cases (65+ pounds, as new)
Folio Medium Extended (Bauer) 24-, 30-, 36-, 42-, 54-, 66-pt in 6 cases (260+ pounds)
Information Grotesque (Klingspor) 24-, 42-, 66-pt in 3 cases (100+ pounds)
Lydian (ATF) 84-, 96-pt in 4 cases (110 pounds)
Nubian (ATF) 6-, 18-, 24-, 60-, 72-pt in 5 cases (180 pounds)

Vandercook roller cores: Universal I

2006-06-18T07:50:00.000-07:00

Form roller cores (with old rubber) for the Vandercook Universal I. Purchased new, original covering (set of two cores).

Honeywell Micro Switch BZE6-2RN2

2006-05-16T20:26:00.000-07:00

Several Honeywell BZE6-2RN2 Micro Switches are available. New in opened box. Includes installation instructions, screws, and housing, as issued. These are the adjustable roller lever, side mount type as used on Vandercook Universal Power presses.

Hard-to-find metal spacing material

2006-04-13T00:56:00.000-07:00

Large lot (74 pounds) of metal spacing material in small pica (11-pt): 5.5-, 5-, 4-, 3-to-the-em, en quad, em quad. This sizing was specially ordered for hand composition. Originally purchased for the production of a book-length manuscript (very clean and sorted). Cast by the Press and Letterfoundry of Michael & Winifred Bixler.

Small sets of large point size foundry-cast script spacing material: 42-pt, 48-pt, 54-pt, 60-pt, 84-pt. Total of 25 pounds. This is used in setting foundry straight-bodied script where the letterforms extend beyond the boundary of the body.

Large amount of metal type spacing material for sale in the form of medium to large point size quads: 24-pt em (11.75 pounds), 30-pt em (23.50 pounds), 36-pt em (9.50 pounds), 48-pt em, (11.50 pounds), and 48-pt x 36-pt (16.25 pounds). We also have small amounts of large and odd-size spacing material.

Usuzumi Japanese paper

2006-04-13T00:49:00.000-07:00

Available from The Bieler Press are several colors of Usuzumi Japanese paper. Remaining colors and quantities:
227 blue-green (turquoise)
478 purple
506 orange
527 blue

This was made from recycled calligraphy paper (fairly smooth on one side, slight bit of texture on the other) and is a very durable text weight (40± lbs per ream). Extremely color fast. Non-acidic. Very useful as endsheets and a great letterpress paper; prints well without dampening. It also prints without problem with a laser printer. Size is 21.5 x 31 inches. This paper was discontinued in 1996.

Repackaged (mixed quantities/colors):
1-99 sheets $1.25 per sheet; 100+ sheets $1.00 per sheet.

100 sheet bundles (one color each bundle):
1-4 bundles: $87.50 per bundle (broken bundle overage per color at .75 per sheet); 5+ bundles: $75.00 per bundle (broken bundle overage per color at .675 per sheet).

Warnock Jaw Hooks for Diagonal Block Bases / Honeycomb Base Essentials

2005-12-21T19:20:00.000-08:00

Offered are No. 4 Standard Jaw Hooks for securing and registering photomechanical engravings on PMC Warnock Diagonal Block Bases. Bevel at 20 degrees. These hooks are designed for thin-lipped style bases and will not fit the later thick-lipped bases. Patent on hooks is Dec 11, 06 / Oct 31, 11. Manufacturer is Printing Machinery Co. We have a small lot of these available.

Also available are as new hooks, keys, key bits, for honeycomb bases.