I restored a small scale letterpress several years ago.

That gave way to learning about hot metal typesetting, manual typesetting, and other essentially abandoned technologies and skills.

I also got to volunteer at a local university library [0] that has a fully functional print shop to learn the necessary skills to manually typeset. Needing several parts, I got to visit a collector who had amassed a warehouse of type, typesetting materials, presses, and parts. Here are some photos [1] [2] [3]

Linotype, and this video, represent the pinnacle of mechanical automation for printing. It took over 500 years to go from Gutenberg to the recording of this video, but only a couple of years to go from the invention of the microchip to digital typesetting. What a great reminder of the transforming power of computers!

[0] - http://www.uky.edu/Libraries/KLP/tour/

[1] - https://www.instagram.com/p/KSZCKGiPrAy_zXgJslBGhi6rRHkpSu1d...

[2] - https://www.instagram.com/p/KSZnFWCPrUTwdRHmwz6hrf_hQzmuWnD5...

[3] - https://www.instagram.com/p/KSaKYciPrhndq1LVqk1S-iQBvX60FNPD...