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"A simple and affordable solution towards solving the problem of plate travel without the use of magnets or spray-on adhesives, the Boxcar Base is the most innovative addition to the process of letterpress printing with photopolymer plates that I have seen in years."
Gerald Lange. Bieler Press. Marina Del Ray, CA
" I couldn't live without it! It's a beautiful system."
Robin Price, Printer and Publisher. Middletown, CT
"It's [The Boxcar Base] such an easy and clean way to print. The grid helps align type and art and the pressure adhesive prevents plates from creeping. It's easier and more exact than printing off metal-based photopolymer plates on a magnet base. I love my Boxcar Base!
Regula Russelle, Cedar Fence Press
"The Boxcar Base? Well, it's a work of art. Harold Kyle at Boxcar Press provides a wonderful and exact system for letterpress printing as well as excellent customer service. After using the base and adhesive backed polymer plates, I can't and won't use anything else."
Vivian Leung, Principal, 9SpotMonk Design
"So excellent, I feel that angels are present."
Michael Bixler, The Press and Letterfoundry of Michael and Winifred Bixler
"I borrowed a large magnetic base for my first polymer printing. It was large, very heavy and I heaved a sigh of relief as I put it down onto the bed of my Vandercook SP15. Then I realized I had put the magnetic side down! It took a friendly engineer with a wooden bar almost an hour to finally move it to the bottom of the press, which broke the magnetism. A horrendous experience--which, with great inattention, I duplicated about six weeks later. I quickly returned the borrowed base and bought a non-magnetic one from Boxcar which is invaluable. "
Elspeth Pope, Printer
"Printing is a snap with the base. We simply adhere the adhesive backed plates, aligned to the grid to keep the art/type square. Prints like a dream. Easy to use. Harold's attentive service alone is worth triple the price of base! "
Suzie McKig, Twig & Fig Press
"We LOVE the base. It's fantastic. It's almost boring how consistent the printing is"
Anna Moschovakis, Ugly Duckling Presse