School Etching Press 180MM Supplied With 3MM Felt Mat

Manufacturer	Fome
Model Number	RF180

The School Etching Press is a portable press from Italy that is well engineered and comes with a solid steel roller and a 3mm thick metal bed. The lifting up of the top roller is for relief printing only and you will not be able to print anything but thinner intaglio plates on this press, optimally up to 1mm metal with a decent bevel on or thinner 0.8mm plates like our economy zinc or transparent printing plates. The Fome presses work well for line etching, drypoint, monoprint and relief. It must be stressed that these small press will not print with the same pressure as a larger heavier studio press. If you have designed your prints with your plates, inks, paper using a large heavy press, you will not necessarily be able to reproduce them on these small presses. Putting too much pressure on the presses can damage them.

Well engineered portable presses from Italy with solid steel
rollers and 3mm thick metal bed. Lifting up the top roller is
for relief printing only, you will not be able to print anything
but thinner intaglio plates on this press, optimally up to 1mm
metal with a decent bevel on or thinner 0.8mm plates like our
econimy zinc or transparent printing plates. The Fome presses work
well for line etching, drypoint, monoprint and relief.It must be
stressed that these small press will not print with the same
pressure as a larger heavier studio press. If you have designed
your prints with your plates, inks, paper using a large heavy
press, you will not necessarily be able to reproduce them on these
small presses. Putting too much pressure on the presses can damage
them.Please Note: The manufacturer recommends to attach this press
to a table so you can get enough leverage for proper printing
function.SpecificationsWeight: 6 Kg Length: 25 cm Width:
23.5 cm Height: 17 cm Width of roller: 18 cm Diam.
lower roller: 3.5 cm Diam. upper roller: 3.5 cm Metal
plate: 18.6 x 32 x 0.3 cmMaximum board or lino thickness: 1.7cmRead
our series of blog posts about setting up and using the Fome School
Etching Press.Other Fome Presses available here.Replacement Fome
Felt Mats available here.