in 2006 I acquired a floor platen press and started a letterpress printing business while living in Polk County WI enjoyed selling at Eartharts spring and fall art tours and doing commissions nevertheless financial troubles hit moved to the city for work our family of three living in an apartment with no room for the platen press which was sold but unfortunately never made it to its new owner as it fell off the truck unloading and cracked this cast-iron crack could not be repaired a loss of a beautiful machine I stopped doing art for awhile