TomBoctou
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Dec 29, 2007
- Location
- Boston, MA, USA
I hope this isn't inappropriate content, someone smack me down if so.
A local maker space is moving soon and there's a Miehle vertical printing press (serial # V-19639) that belonged to a member who, well, seems to have met with some sort of misfortune, and is unlikely to be back to collect it in the near future.
Supposedly this worked when it was brought in and I don't think that anything's been done with it since. It's a beautiful machine, wonderfully complex with all sorts of parts that do who-knows-what, even from the perspective of a C&P owner. But sadly it's got pretty much as close to zero resale value as is possible.
At the very least it's got a 3hp 3ph 220/440 motor, what look like a couple of V twin air pumps, a larger all-metal Bijur oiler, gauges, knobs, levers, a shiny flywheel, etc. Probably a bunch of the interesting parts won't come off trivially - parts hold other parts on, parts are pressed onto shafts, etc. There doesn't appear to be more than a trifling amount of copper alloys, in case someone's thinking of scrap value.
I can arrange for a convincingly responsible person who can act somewhat like an adult (the standards are pretty low in this community) to come in and salvage parts off of it, or (ideally) take the whole thing away. We're really busy with the upcoming move, there's unlikely to be anyone here who wants to talk about printing presses, deal with "maybe" anything, or help you. We have a 5500 lb pallet jack, a loading dock, and ground access. That's all there is for help. I have no idea what it weighs, I'm sure you can look it up if you're curious.
PM me if interested. Don't ask me about the press, I've already told everything I know.
A local maker space is moving soon and there's a Miehle vertical printing press (serial # V-19639) that belonged to a member who, well, seems to have met with some sort of misfortune, and is unlikely to be back to collect it in the near future.
Supposedly this worked when it was brought in and I don't think that anything's been done with it since. It's a beautiful machine, wonderfully complex with all sorts of parts that do who-knows-what, even from the perspective of a C&P owner. But sadly it's got pretty much as close to zero resale value as is possible.
At the very least it's got a 3hp 3ph 220/440 motor, what look like a couple of V twin air pumps, a larger all-metal Bijur oiler, gauges, knobs, levers, a shiny flywheel, etc. Probably a bunch of the interesting parts won't come off trivially - parts hold other parts on, parts are pressed onto shafts, etc. There doesn't appear to be more than a trifling amount of copper alloys, in case someone's thinking of scrap value.
I can arrange for a convincingly responsible person who can act somewhat like an adult (the standards are pretty low in this community) to come in and salvage parts off of it, or (ideally) take the whole thing away. We're really busy with the upcoming move, there's unlikely to be anyone here who wants to talk about printing presses, deal with "maybe" anything, or help you. We have a 5500 lb pallet jack, a loading dock, and ground access. That's all there is for help. I have no idea what it weighs, I'm sure you can look it up if you're curious.
PM me if interested. Don't ask me about the press, I've already told everything I know.
