No I wish!! The plate is copper so that’s not GF combatable. They get acid etched and I have a company I send them out for.
The press was manufactured in the 60s and is in excellent condition. I’m the 3rd owner. Initially it went into a high school in Vancouver and the teacher was the only one allowed to use it. Then he retired and it sat in storage for 20 years. The second owner was a great gentleman from Grand Rapids and he had it in his basement for hobby printing. I’ve owned it for about two years now and I added the after market foil attachment last November. Those are being manufactured today in the UK.
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Oh lord, I’m going to pretend I didn’t see that. The client sent me text and proofed a million times.
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That is such a beautiful design, but I am mostly interested in your menu choices. Looks to be a wonderful dinner. 
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I’m writing a book, maybe I should hire you to do the editing!!!
Wow, very impressive job!
I probably shouldn’t mention the manchego and haricots verts misspellings then. 
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The menus turned out beautifully!
I love that you know the detailed history of your press 
Very elegant piece! I love the foil.
Oh my gosh, that’s fantastic work! Would love to see a GIF or video of that press in action…
Really beautiful work. I’m wondering if you could use Ikonics Laser Mask on the copper plate and laser the mask and then acid etch.
There was a point in time in which my wife and I decided to hand print our invites on Japanese watercolor paper with a woodblock print.
Our marriage has lasted, I must say. Those were tense times.
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Understood! “Seemed like a good idea at the time”…
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We have that same press, we call it theWindmill. (Just about every print shop I’ve ever been in - 20-30 in the last 20 years - has one. Tough machine to kill.) I’ve ran it a few times (years ago). Pretty intimidating knowing it could kill you and would just keep running. We never did foil. Used it for numbering and die cutting. No ‘print’ on it these days, but still does die cuts and scoring for us.
Nice work on the piece.
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That’s always the way it works. I usually get absolutely, positively, checked it a hundred times, let-it-fly ready to do the “production” run of things, make one and let it sit a day. Then I let a few people see it unrelated to the project. Letting the universe cook like that seems to highlight those ooops items.
(And it helps that I used to edit in-depth product reviews so I tend to be a bit AR about spelling & grammar. But now the wife & kids share that trait. Pays off when I hit the “go point” of readiness at 2am and I force myself to wait a day and get their sage counsel.) 
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I’m sure you should see some of the Government forms that I have to ignore. When I asked about the typo’s I was told they’ve always been that way. Plus we use copies of copies of forms…
Thanks for showing the process you use. And again love that press!
You and Steve3 must be pretty well acquainted after 25 hours of printing wedding menus. Seems like it was well worth it!
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impressive!
Love this!!! I’m a graphic designer and wanted to get into some unique and custom event stationery as well as custom family greeting cards. I’ve only had my GF (I call mine BigSean) for 2 months and paper still scares me a little. I don’t want to try it before I get a fire extinguisher LOL. May I ask what type of paper did you use and your cut settings? I have about 10 designs waiting for test cuts.
Welcome to the forum. The original post for this was three years ago, and this person may not currently be active in the forum. There are quite a few posts, however, for paper and cardstock settings if you use the search function. Here is one: Somewhat Comprehensive Testing of Settings for Cutting Paper and Cardstock
As for the foil, that was not done with the Glowforge if I am reading the post correctly.