Just delivered this Kimber etching press from South Croydon to Launceston, Cornwall. The artist Geoff Uglow bought this press from the Print Technician at the Slade School of Art, Dave Christopher. The pictures do not do it justice. The bed was 2 inches thick and had to be removed from Dave's small terraced house on rollers. We guess the press is about 1200kgs all told. The bottom roller was also a beast. Access at the Cornwall end was a lot easier and the press reassembled and cleaned up a treat. Incidentally we stayed in Tavistock, just over the border in Devon at Brown's Hotel. I couldn't recommend this place highly enough, the staff were really good and couldn't have been more helpful. Just returned via Bristol, very happy with the job and the big van "Derek"performed faultlessly.
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