Owner David M. MacMillan
Location Mineral Point WI, US
Status In Storage
Year 1912
It is a Model 10, which was a smaller (shorter) model intended for use where a regular Linotype was not affordable (the stories that it was intended for shipboard use may be true but remain unsubstantiated). The magazine of the Model 10 is fixed in place (not removable), but it uses standard Linotype matrices.
This machine was originally gas-fired, but at some unknown time in the past the crucible was removed from it. The pot jacket (with legs) and even the pot jacket cover are still with the machine, but the crucible (and throat and mouthpiece, therefore) is (are) gone. Dave Seat has a spare pot of unknown model and origin which appears smaller and may fit, but we haven’t tried this yet.
Additionally, at some point in the past it looks as if someone painted the Distributor Screws with that horrible silver fake-metal paint. So the status of the machine is “probably will never run again” or “incomplete”.
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