chandler and price platens

[dantheprinterman]

I'm a letterpress printer by trade but never came across a chandler and price platen when I did my apprenticeship in the uk. Can anyone tell me, is there a mechanical adjustment for the forme rollers whereby I can adjust the rollers to type height?'.
thanks in anticipation
Dan kuhl

 

[alibryan]

I'm a letterpress printer by trade but never came across a chandler and price platen when I did my apprenticeship in the uk. Can anyone tell me, is there a mechanical adjustment for the forme rollers whereby I can adjust the rollers to type height?'.
thanks in anticipation
Dan kuhl

If I remember correctly, there’s no mechanical adjustment but similar to a Kluge, I believe you can build up the track path that the roller journals ride on when they’re traveling over the type form. The journals are only spring loaded to begin with, anyway, so this is a pretty simple adjustment.