The Porcupine's Quill

A Tour of the Press

Join PQL editor John Metcalf and author Liz Hay 
as they visit the press in Erin, Ontario

All photographs © The Porcupine's Quill

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Front door
 The front door
Greetings!
Elke greets 
John Metcalf 
and Liz Hay
Elke Inkster
Elke in the office
Heidelberg
John operating the
Heidelberg 
KORD 64 press
Baumfolder
John folding pages into signatures using the
Baumfolder
Sewing machine
John at the Smythe
Book Sewing Machine (built in 1905)
Closeup of stitcher
Close-up of the
Smythe Book Sewing machine
Bindery
Liz running the Sulby AutoMinabinda (bindery)
 
Polar cutter
Liz trimming books
with the Polar guillotine
Simba
Simba in the garden,
on the banks of the West Credit River

All photographs © The Porcupine's Quill


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Web page created 97-04-25 by Brenda J. Sharpe / 23/11/98