Re-board and a Golding Jobber?
Jo Francis tracks down the solutions to your technical troubles
Q How do I get a sample of Re-board? Sounds like a great product and I want recycled/reused/recyclable/reusable materials.
Julie Sladcik. Austin, Texas
A This query came my way via Twitter, in response to a blog I wrote about an interesting substrate spotted at Ipex called Re-board – a very strong and lightweight paper-based board, available in thicknesses from 10mm to 96mm. It can be used for many things, including point-of-sale, exhibition stands and temporary furnishings. A bit of digging around on Swedish manufacturer Design Force’s site (www.designforce.se) reveals the US distributor to be ZN Production Co (www.znprodco.com). Here in the UK it’s Oriam Green (www.oriamgreen.co.uk) or Northern Design (www.northerndp.com). To paraphrase the BBC, other boards are available, so worth looking at UK manufacturer Dufaylite’s range (www.dufaylite.com), as well as Falconboard (www.falconboard.com) and Xanita (www.xanita.com).
Name that press#2
An alternative take on the identity of the mystery press picture from last month (PrintWeek, 28 May), comes from George Greenow, who describes himself as a semi-retired gopher at the Cheddar Valley Press in Somerset: I read with interest your piece about the tre(a)dle machine in a recent PrintWeek, and I have a suspicious feeling that the machine in question is a Golding Jobber. If you look carefully at the operator’s foot, you will note an initial letter G. This denoted that it was a ‘Golding’ production. This was the American equivalent of the Arab platen and was introduced by William Golding of Boston in 1869, some 140 years ago. If you search for Golding Jobber online, you will find more information and a photo of a similar machine. I still use a Golding Jobber of 1907– originally letterpress, but now having dismantled the inking system, I keep my legs in trim by punching holes in A3 boards for finishing into thermal office folders. I still do odd bits of letterpress, but computers have now taken over – they can do everything but perforate. That is where a platen is still useful!
Many thanks for this answer George – and good to know your press is still proving its worth more than a hundred years on. Fantastic.
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