"jkn" wrote in message
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Hi all
I have a yen to (someday) build a bookbinding press. One of the
mainstays of this is of course the press screw which does the
pressing. I'm wondering where to get a large example of one of these
from. I've seen vice screws on (eg.) the Axminster website, and I'm
sure these could be turned to this purpose. They are spec'd at around
28mm diameter. If I were to decide I needed something a bit larger
than this, any idea where to find one?

Any decent engineering workshop should be able to run you one off. I used to
make some very pretty ones in brass, with all the other fittings, for a chap
who did fore-edge painting and sold presses for other people who wanted to
try their hand at it.

Colin Bignell