Letterpress gage pin and method of placement

A gage pin comprising an at least one embedded magnet, a bottom smooth surface and a top surface smaller in footprint than the bottom surface having a predefined width between said top and bottom surfaces and said predefined width comprising smooth side walls and said top surface further comprising a friction material, said gage pin further characterized by the bottom surface being substantially rectangular in shape but having one indentation on each of its two opposite ends, said two opposite ends being the two sides of shorter distance.

A method of placement of gage pins on a platen of a letterpress machine comprising utilizing an at least one gage pin comprising an at least one embedded magnet, a bottom smooth surface and a top surface smaller in footprint than the bottom surface having a predefined width between said top and bottom surfaces and said predefined width comprising smooth side walls and said top surface further comprising a friction material, placing each of said at least one gage pin into a jig housing, said jig housing comprising an at least one embedded magnet and a negative cavity space configured to be substantially the size and shape of the gage pin with which said jig is to be utilized, attaching via the at least one embedded magnet of said at least one gage pin, said at least one jig-gage pin combination adjacent to a base of said letterpress machine on said base in a chosen orientation, and then cycling the letterpress machine one turn to set the at Least one gage pin via magnetic force to the platen.