Man, my neck hurts. My arms hurt. My brain hurts. My trousers are covered
with grease. What a trip!
I went over to north Dayton today and dissassembled a 1920s vintage Golding
7x11 Pearl platen press and somehow managed to squeeze it into the Nissan
Sentra. (I have a picture of me at age two standing in front of my father's
pre-1920s Pearl. I also have hopes that some day I'll find one of that
vintage.) It came apart with a reasonable amount of coersion, after I chipped
a couple decades of dried ink off the main shaft & platen rocker shaft. Too
bad someone had brazed the throw-off back together . . . twice.
So you guys who are into old radios, I understand. Or you understand me.
Something about these old cast iron beaters gets me going. And a treadle
powered press too! What a great way to get some exercise, ne? Print my own
QSLs. Got enough type, sure 'nuff. Bet the sound of that press running will
bring back memories from when I was just a little beaker.
So if you don't see me goin' on about them badgers ate my cheese for a while,
you'll understand, ne? I have to go over to Indy and get some parts off Dave
Churchman (he's nuts... he has 8 or 9 of these things in his warehouse) so
that the base is solid as designed. Something about putting a 300 lb press on
a base that's missing two cross-brace pieces just seems a little too
dangerous. Kinda like leavin' the 30m vertical mounted on the ground so the
neighbor's pre-teenage delinquent son can get rad burns off it.
And if you want me to tell you what the hell a Pearl is, email me directly.
I'll bulk main answer any questions. All but one. Cindy asked me where I'm
gonna put it. I figure it'll fit in where the Intertype caster is now. Once I
find a bone head what wants to come get it and free up some garage real
estate space. For the Pearl, of course.
Now where's that address for Acme Printers Roller Co?
(And yes, this will be on my web page once it's done . . . with a link to the
PostModern HomePage. . . but that's another story.)
73
Nils
WB8IJN &c
proprietor of The Tagalong Press . . .
founded in 1946 by G. Bull Young
who taught his son the joy of leaving inky fingerprints
on all the light switch plates in the house... much to
the dismay of more finnicky members of the family.
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