Heidelburg Printing Press

[DuragonLeMente]

When I was 5-6 in the early 60's, my Dad (Barney Salvisberg) used to bring me to his work in San Francisco. Joe Tacchi (Buckley and Curtain Printing) had a Heidelberg press. One of the great treats for a kid was slowly feeding the idler roller against the leather belt and heaving back on the lever and ratcheting up the pressure to get it up to full speed. My Dad also ran a Linotype machine for Manchester Publications.

[johng122]

CHECKOUT HEIDELBERG REPAIR...

[CowboysCarryGuns]

Ive ran Speedmasters, GTOs, Quickmasters, TOKs, Printmasters, Chiefs, and AB DICKS yet the Windmill missed me somehow looks cool.

[GammatronTriode]

hell i havent seen a heidelberg wind mill in years

[nadnerb85]

i use these at work we got two of them i do all sorts on them i love them setin them up and trying new things with them

[CowboysCarryGuns]

like what? i feel as if i missed out on something evertime someones talks abot a windmill. ive run GTOs Speedmasters and still run Printmasters and A.B. Dicks.

The Windmill Eluded me.

[Replayer101]

i have an uncle whose bin in the trade for 23 yrs now, says its the best trade to get into. i know i like it. do you?

[handtrembler]

You'd be amazed how common these are.

[JSErwine]

Ditto, the windmill.

Seen these knock the crap out of more than one guy. The gripper arm's may as well be called mike tysons.

[bluenosemilly]

heidelberg built there first platen just after the first world war. I ran one while serving my apprenticeship back in the 1970s

[TCM1fan]

The Windmill! Ran one for years.

[MoWalleyeguy]

Yep... much newer then you said... they were built between mid 1950' to the late 1960's. I know... I own one and run it every week.

[gregwyattks]

We have one just like that at our shop

[jcwatne]

That one's actually from between 1954 and 1967 or so. It was mostly designed around World War I though.