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Subject: Old Linotype Operator
Author: Raymond M. Loomis [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 02:11:50 06/19/01 Tue Hello, My name is Ray Loomis and I live in Baltimore, Maryland, USA. I first ran a Linotype in 1947. I am of course now retired from such work. However, I do get to still work on the Linotype at the �Museum of Industry� here in Baltimore. Every Saturday for the last nine years I have been a volunteer at the Museum demonstrating to the visitors the way type was set before the computer came along. Our machine is an 1930 Model 8 Linotype. It is in good condition and cast very good type. If you ever get to Baltimore look us up. The museum is on Key Highway not far from Fort McHenry the birthplace of the U.S. flag. We are also only about 1 and 1/2 miles from where Ottmar Mergenthaler invented the Linotype. Thank you for letting me tell you my story. Ray Loomis, 2414 Saratoga Ave., Baltimore, MD 21227. Email address is Rloom@aol.com.
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Re: Old Linotype Operator -- C. M., 01:57:41 09/11/01 Tue Mergenthaler Linotypes -- Lisa Linsky, 00:14:36 06/26/02 Wed Linotypes in Baltimore -- Patrick Leary, 11:27:46 07/22/02 Mon Need to visit... -- Jim Fisher, 04:53:25 04/20/03 Sun

Subject: Seek a working Lino to film in PA/NJ/DEL, etc.
Author: Gary L. Gehman [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:58:20 08/10/02 Sat I am making a film (video) on the mechanism of the linotype and would like to locate a working machine and operator to participate in this project. Ideally, this would be somewhere not too far from my home in Philadelphia, PA. All pointers and suggestions wlecome. Please reply by email to: glgehman@magic-bullet.com Thanks, glg

Subject: THE GUESTBOOK
Author: Dave [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 07:00:48 09/16/01 Sun Hi - I'm Dave, you've probably read about me if you've looked through the site. This site is now getting visitors from all over the world. Australia, the USA, Canada, former Soviet Republics. Please leave a message, tell everyone who you are and where you're from. Tell me how you came across the site and what you think of it.
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Mid-Western Ludlow Man -- John Henry, 07:02:02 09/16/01 Sun where are you -- Michael Koppa, 01:35:59 11/10/01 Sat Ludlow Typecasters -- Ian R Pratt, 07:06:49 09/16/01 Sun Ten years experience working at Mergenthaler Linotype, Bkln NY -- William F Cole, 07:10:22 09/16/01 Sun Mergenthaler Linotype Co -- Lisa Linsky, 23:30:49 06/25/02 Tue hot metal equipment manufacturers -- ted vassar, 14:35:27 09/10/02 Tue hot metal equipment manufacturers -- Tom McGinn, 05:09:08 10/04/03 Sat Happy to see you on-line. -- Nicholas G. Constantin., 21:46:16 11/01/02 Fri Mergenthaler Linotype Co -- Daniel, 18:01:56 09/25/03 Thu Harry L. Gage info -- Patrick Leary, 02:30:16 10/06/03 Mon Hot metal to no metal -- Nigel Goldsmith, 07:12:39 09/16/01 Sun NEED SOME HELP -- DAPHNIE, 22:11:03 09/29/02 Sun some help -- DAPHNIE, 21:54:34 10/02/02 Wed HI -- DANIELA, 20:12:21 02/06/03 Thu science -- No name, 00:20:38 10/02/03 Thu Linotype to G4 -- Dave Roper, 08:26:10 09/16/01 Sun Mergenthaler Linotypes -- Lisa Linsky, 23:35:01 06/25/02 Tue G'Day from Down Under -- Tim Wolstencroft, 08:29:08 09/16/01 Sun History of Linotype -- Shirley Reese, 14:36:11 09/25/01 Tue Mergenthaler Linotypes -- Lisa Linsky, 23:36:39 06/25/02 Tue Ludlow/Chadlow -- Mike Smith, 21:23:25 09/25/01 Tue Guestbook -- Mary Salazar, 04:54:20 10/23/01 Tue Linotype lover in Northern MN. -- Thomas Hall, 18:46:46 10/24/01 Wed printing press -- charles johnson, 02:05:29 08/13/02 Tue Milwaukee Linotype -- Michael Koppa, 01:46:22 11/10/01 Sat ex linotype operator -- Graeme Miller, 06:14:54 11/26/01 Mon HOT METAL TYPESETTING . . . -- BILL NAIRN, 01:06:31 12/18/01 Tue Another Aussie says hello -- Steve Dawson, 09:33:34 12/19/01 Wed Linotype operator for 25 years -- Edwin Langford, 21:50:00 01/02/02 Wed Mergenthaler Linotypes -- Lisa Linsky, 23:38:57 06/25/02 Tue Mergenthaler Linotypes -- Lisa Linsky, 23:45:46 06/25/02 Tue Intertype & Linotype spares & info -- Martin Jones, 13:11:33 04/07/02 Sun Keep up or get out -- Robert F. Turner, 02:54:35 05/08/02 Wed operator -- Frank Clark, 00:02:46 02/08/03 Sat One Less Master of the Linotype -- Carolyn, 02:56:41 05/17/03 Sat

Subject: My "new" Intertype
Author: Speed Gray [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:55:00 09/14/02 Sat Hello listers: After searching for nearly a year, this week I found my dream machine and purchased it. I am now the proud owner of a 1957 Intertype C-4 with Star Quadder. This machine is one of the last black ones, before Harris Intertype switched to the gray color in 1958. I haven't cast any slugs yet, but have the machine wired and have cycled it several times. All seems fine. I'll probably try some casting in a couple of weeks. I haven't operated an Intertype for 35 years, since I was in college and worked as a Lino operator for a local weekly newspaper. So, I've got a lot of "refreshing" to do, but I am sure I will enjoy every minute of it! Moving ther machine was quite a bit easier than I expected. When I picked the machine up, in Lindsay, Ont. (about 75 miles east of Toronto) the owner of the print shop had a forklift, so it was lifted easily on to my open utility trailer. It took me about two hours to strap it down and wrap it (in case of rain, which I didn't go through on the way home). Unloading at my home was equally easy, as I constructed a large patio "pad" just outside my walk-out basement which has the same deck height as my trailer. I rolled my pallet jack under the Intertype and rolled it right off, and into its final position in my shop. I'm glad winter is right around the corner . . . I can get out of working in the yard, and get in some serious Intertype play time! Speed Gray, APA 736 The Gray Quill Press Grand Rapids, MI
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Where did you get m/c from? -- Dave Hughes, 00:01:47 09/15/02 Sun Intertypes -- Arthur Johnson, 12:53:48 09/21/02 Sat Lucky guy Speed -- Tony Gayle, 19:56:30 09/22/02 Sun 1957 INTERTYPE C4 - COLOUR -- BILL NAIRN, 00:15:50 09/25/02 Wed Intertype -- *No name, 13:16:27 11/29/03 Sat*

Subject: REQUESTS FOR INFORMATION
Author: Dave Hughes [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 20:17:15 06/06/01 Wed Please use this are to request general information from other users of the Forum. If your request is for equipment, etc. please put that in the Equipment Sales and Wants section. Please try to give as much info as possible in the subject line of your reply
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Composing room -- Nancy H, 20:44:54 06/06/01 Wed Harris/Intertype, Winchester, Virginia -- Dave Lasko, 08:21:52 07/12/01 Thu Re:Harris/Intertype -- Mary, 20:41:24 09/10/01 Mon Carding and Feathering -- Mike Byrne, 01:46:26 08/08/01 Wed Re: Carding and Feathering -- Dan Robinson, 01:59:13 08/23/01 Thu I need information -- Mary Cronk, 20:27:35 09/10/01 Mon 1889 -- Dean Nayes, 18:41:50 09/15/01 Sat PRINT SHOPS - 1880s -- BILL NAIRN, 01:08:53 11/26/01 Mon Cronapress Conversion Film -- Isabel, 06:08:39 10/05/01 Fri Details of printers lead alloy -- Richard Morris, 06:31:44 12/27/01 Thu Linotype Metal -- David Evans, 23:04:32 04/10/02 Wed

Subject: Paper Tape Character Set
Author: Albert Perez [ Edit \| View ]	Date Posted: 19:37:50 10/17/01 Wed As part of the last group of ITU printer apprentices in Northern New Jersey I had a brief exposure to Linotype machines in the early 1970s. I served my apprenticeship with a local newspaper that was using paper tape to drive the Linotypes. Within 6 months the Linotypes had been replaced with Merganthaler VIP phototypesetters. Recently I got into a discussion with someone who also used paper type in the past. We were trying to remember what punches represented different characters. I've searched the web extensively and can't find a complete character set. If anyone knows where I could locate it, or could forward it, I would greatly appreciate it.
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Thanks Gene -- Al Perez, 16:10:38 10/23/01 Tue six level tape to drive linotype keyboards -- William Keith, 15:57:51 02/02/02 Sat 6-level tape to drive Linotypes -- Patrick Leary, 04:31:45 04/06/03 Sun Memory -- Al Young, 00:49:44 04/09/03 Wed paper tape drive for Lino's/Intertypes... -- Jim Fisher, 04:13:14 04/20/03 Sun

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YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY...TODAY IMPORTANT NOTICE:Dave's Linotype website has now become "Metal Type" - Links below

YESTERDAY'S TECHNOLOGY...TODAY

IMPORTANT NOTICE:
Dave's Linotype website has now become "Metal Type" - Links below