Getting the lead out . . .

Why is lead so doggone heavy?
That's a rhetorical question. Please don't respond with answers.

Anyway, I have a type case full of lead spacing slugs, and it is so heavy I almost can't lift it. I wanted to divide the contents into two separate cases, but a lead case is not easy to find.

As luck would have it, I found one on eBay and ordered it. But what I received was a California job case full of sea shells. Yikes. This is a travesty. This type case is very embarrassed.

I finally swapped that case for a lead case, and installed it today in my print shop.

Anthropomorphism
It's fastened to the wall and to the metal cabinets and tilted slightly backward. This type case is happy because it's doing what it's supposed to do.

You just can't have enough type cases
Well, you really can, and I'm at my limit with 30 of them. I've created a fully-functioning type cabinet in the knee space of these old disco-look cabinets I found on the street (at Emory Medical Center).

Just install some steel angles for drawer slides, and you're on your way. Suddenly, I have 13 additional type cases and 13 reasons to get more type.

I think this cabinet is a good match for the pink and black and blue cabinets. Stay tuned for more from Factory Press.