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Subject: Linotype machine saved from scrape heap to live again!

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Joe Cushner - Arlington Press

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Date Posted: 13:46:31 08/30/01 Thu
In reply to: Prewitt S 's message, "Do People Want Linotypes Any More?" on 09:50:57 06/06/01 Wed

On August 24, 2001, a colleague of mine, the owner of Eastern Printing Co. in Baltimore, MD traveled to Phila. PA to purchase a Model 8 Linotype Machine (which is in excellent condition) that was destine for the scrape yard, if it's owner couldn't find a new home for it. I think my friend paid $300 for it. He got the lead for this machine from a printer down in Tennesse who's sole mission is to save as many linotype machines from death as he can. My friend has been a hot metal man since the 1960's and has run a linotype in his business continually until his present machine's metal pot gave out about a year ago. He has been on the lookout for a replacement ever since. He uses the machine to cast linotype slugs used for imprinting carbon-leaf forms on a Heidelburg Windmill Press.

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