I've now moved again, and hopefully for the last time for awhile. I had to sell my big cast iron nipping press as there is no room for it as I've downsized residence yet again.
In my previous post I mentioned how the leaky garage had damaged a lot of my equipment and one of those was my smaller nipping press.
It isn't extreme but the press is not functioning as smoothly as it should. So I got to work and started to clean it up.
WD40, steel wool, rotary brass wired brushes, and a hand held wire brush is what I used for the initial cleaning. It took about an hour and a half but I managed to get the worse of the rust off.
Next step is to disassemble the press to get the last of the rust off and I'm probably going to prime and paint the metal support bars as there really is no reason for them to be bare metal. The good news is the wood did not suffer at all from the damp.
Also to add to my collection is this lovely 1932 Dryad Nipping Press! Dryad Leicester made hobby tools originally for occupational therapy for soldiers returning from WWI. It didn't take long before they were the largest hobby supplier in the world. This Dryad Press will go great with my other Dryad items, plough and finishing press, and sewing frame. Still on the look out for a standing press from them (with logo still on it).
I'm still on the lookout for a smaller cast iron nipping press, something that can fit an A3 size book if needed but doesn't necessarly need to have the height for multiple books (an example below)
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| My old nipping press which I had to sell |
I now have a spare bedroom which I will be turning into my bindry. I have found a very sturdy metal workbench which I can stand on and it doesn't wobble. It looks like it was over engineered and made in the 90's. there is ample space for large projects and I am hoping to finally be up and binding again within the next couple of months. I certainly have missed making books.
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