Sonia..bought one of these from hobbycraft about 18 months ago after taking in some soft lino cuts for the manager to try out as a demo to other crafters, worked fine after a few adjustments, no blanket so stuck lino to some foam board , we used print pads for inking, not the best but saved a mess in the shop. Pleased with results so bought it and apart from lousy inking on my part and not using a proper blanket its been a good buy as my wife also uses it for die cutting and crafting…have built my own press very recently and working on lino cuts for this now tho will use the Xcut for checking proofs.:)

Just bought one of these and love it!!
Have medium and small etching presses but was curious about this when I saw it on an FB page.
It works very well for all the small printing jobs when I don’t want to unpack ‘everything’ to print on my large press. I also like that it folds up and can be put on a book shelf so it doesn’t have to sit open like my Fome tabletop press, sometimes that extra space is needed for something else.
Print lino on it, low relief collograph and plastic plate drypoint but have not tried metal plates on it yet….probably ok but I prefer the larger press for metal plates because my etching press roller is heavier… and I don’t risk over tightening and breaking the screw dial of the XCut.
Won’t give up my ‘day press’ in a hurry but it’s fast overtaking my small Fome tabletop press as my ‘go to’ for small prints.

It looks like a fine little press. If used within it’s limits, I bet it will produce excellent prints. I’m glad to see that it is being embraced by printmakers. If printmaking is to thrive, we need small, inexpensive presses for folks to learn on.

I find it funny, however. A few years ago a similar press was shown on Briar Press….. and the response was far from friendly. Folks who had never actually used one posted all sorts of mean things about it, declared it to be useless, and all but blamed it’s maker for dstroying the entire field of printing. When I pointed out it’s good features, I was lumped into the “bad influences” group myself.

My conclusion is that the press on Briar Press, and probably this one, were not designed for old fuddy-duds… only bright, young (or young feeling) printmakers who want an inexpensive, simple, fun little press.