Speedspools
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Listen to ' Printing at Speedspools' (2:35 min)
Harry McIntosh; typographer, typefounder and printer has been actively involved in the casting of types and the production of books printed from these types for the second half of the 20th Century. Mr McIntosh began his apprenticeship at J & J Grey, Annandale Street, Edinburgh in 1952. During his National Service he served in communications in the RAF where he learnt his keyboarding skills. From there he transferred onto the monotype keyboarding, from Bishops to Oliver & Boyd where he perfected his skills. When Oliver & Boyd amalgamated with Darien Press and Constables he moved across to the firm T & A Constables. From Constables Mr McIntosh decided to branch out on his own and founded the firm Speedspools. The firm began setting type, type casting and then moved into spoolsetting. Mr McIntosh operated out of Gayfield Place and latterly moved the firm to his house in Edinburgh where he adapted the hot metal composition caster to run off computers and desktop publishing packages.
Mr McIntosh has transfered a substantial section of his printing machinery to City of Edinburgh Museums. The machines show the development of machinery throughout the 20th century and are a visual illustration of the move from hand composition to hot metal, to computerisation.
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