San Francisco, CA 94103-5133
United States
To rent studio time, please email info@sfcb.org or call 415-565-0545
Who Can Rent:
Students who have completed our core curriculum in letterpress printing or have attended a supervised Open Studios session and have been certified by the Studio Monitor are eligible to rent press time. Students who have taken Beginning Bookbinding (or equivalent class) are qualified to rent equipment in the bindery. You may also be certified to rent facilities by completing an examination with the Studio Manager. To be certified to use the guillotine or electric cutter, you must schedule a training time with SFCB staff. Requests for a certification examination or for a special piece of equipment can be made to info@sfcb.org as well.
Studio Rental Policies:
Rental Costs
$10.00 per hour for bindery equipment
$20.00 per hour for press rental, platemaking time rental
Plate material is $20.00 per 8.25” x 11.75” plate.
SFCB carries both sticky back/Boxcar plates and steel back plate material.
Payment: SFCB accepts credit card, cash, check, as payment for rental.
Usage of bindery equipment requires a minimum of 1/2 hour rental
Equipment available for rental at the San Francisco Center for the Book:
Three table top paper cutters (also called a Kuttrimmer)
31" guillotine paper cutter
One Board shear
Six Cylinder Presses
Two Jobbing Platen Presses (C&P floor model 10” x15”)
Three 6” x10” Tabletop Platen Presses
Two etching presses
A polymer platemaker
Many cases of wood and metal hand type, and all the usual equipment you expect to find in a letterpress printshop and hand bindery.
Polymer Bases:
12 x 16" - magnetic (2 bases)
12 x 12" - magnetic
10 x 12" - Boxcar
8 x 12" - magnetic
4 x 6" - Boxcar (2 bases)
Have other questions? Please feel free to email info@sfcb.org with any questions and we will be happy to answer them. We look forward to seeing you in the studio soon!