[JessFinds] Im-PRESS-ed?

One of my New Year's resolutions down! I am certified to use the Vandercook Proof Press 4. As a matter of fact, here is a picture of my Vandercookie:

 

This is the print space ... the red thing is the press. 

Downright industrial, no?

I was mixing paint on the table by the window and turned abruptly, smashing my hip in to the crank of the letterpress. Battle wounds. As our instructor would say: "H-Core."

I am already yearning to get back on the thing. Dying to take another class. Or maybe tackle it on my own.