Kelsey Excelsior 5×8 Letterpress
Model P

The Kelsey Company manufactured the Excelsior Press for about 100 years (1875-1975)

Restored and use for woodblock printing

Hydraulic Press
Pressure Plate size: 22″x24″

The press is my own design and construction for the exception of the “H” press steel frame I purchased from Harbor Freight.

Griffin Series IV Press
Bed size: 39.5″x 66″
With micro-dial set

Reynaldo Terrazas founded The Griffin Company in Oakland in the 1960’s, hand-manufacturing artist’s printing presses for etching, intaglio and lithography processes. Terrazas’s mission was to provide a West Coast resource for affordable, aesthetic, and innovative presses.

Tajima Bumpodo Etching Press
Table Top Etching Press Printing Intaglio
Steel Bed: 13″x30″
Rollers: 13″
Circa 1960-70

Tajima Bumpodo, Tokyo Japan

Restored to working condition