Yo,
I do screen printing on textiles and flatstock as well as letterpress stuff.
This weekend I happened upon a deal I couldn't pass up. Dude was selling off the remnants of a small print shop--2 Gestetner 11x17 offset presses from the 60s, a 30" Challenge paper cutter, saddle stitcher, paper drill, and about $1000 worth of plates, blankets, inks, chemicals, solvents etc. for only $800. One of the presses was still operational and had been meticulously maintained, so I'm not too worried about that. The other press is mostly backup for parts.
The presses come with complete user manuals and operation instructions, but I'm going to be fumbling my way through everything other than that (i.e. platemaking.)
Anyone else do offset stuff? Am I totally getting myself into trouble thinking I'll be able to operate this thing? Any resources out there that would help me? There is tonnes on the internet on screen printing and letterpress, but traditional offset is just on the cusp of being taken up as a craft, so not a lot of diy stuff yet.





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