Salz employees Chuck Anstead and Joe Bellas Salz employees Chuck Anstead (left) and Joe Bellas work with a Sheridan Press. Sheridan Presses were large machines designed to create heat and pressure. When leather was sandwiched between these huge plates, the surface was flattened, brightened and textured if desired. The process was called "plating leather". Source of information: Jeremy Lezin
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Salz employees Chuck Anstead (left) and Joe Bellas work with a Sheridan Press. Sheridan Presses were large machines designed to create heat and pressure. When leather was sandwiched between these huge plates, the surface was flattened, brightened and textured if desired. The process was called "plating leather". Source of information: Jeremy Lezin
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