What's the difference between an "inside diameter" and an "outside diameter"?
The inside diameter is the distance between the inside of the circular opening of the tube. The outside diameter is the distance between the outside of the tube. To find the inside diameter, when only |
How do I measure a paper tube or paper core?
Paper tubes and paper cores have 4 parts: 1. Inside diameter 2. Wall thickness 3. Outside diameter 4. Length Diameter Definition: a straight line passing from side to side through the center of a bod |
Two Ways to Order Paper Cores
Today we want to show you the two different ways to order tape cores and label cores. 1) Emailing Purchase Orders 2) Online Ordering 1) EMAILING PURCHASE ORDERS We have been making spiral paper cores |
Los Angeles Tape Cores and Label Cores
We’re offering a variety of tape and label cores online ! After receiving requests from customers who needed cores faster, we launched our store in October 2013 to do just that. A year and a half l |
3 inch diameter tape cores and label cores
When it comes to spiral paper tubes, the most common inside diameter is 3 inches. But why? When you order egg bites from Starbucks, the barista peels a sticker off of a roll of stickers, and adheres |
Agricultural Bee Nesting Tubes
“Mommy, why are bees yellow and black?”
“I think that is a question you will have to ask God.”
Pause
“Okay, can we go call him now?”
I love that the |
Ever Notice Concrete Form Tubes?
I was shopping with a friend of mine one day and in the parking lot and I noticed that every 15 to 20 feet there were big light posts to illuminate the area. At the base of these light posts were hug |
Heavy Duty Shipping Tubes, Shipping Tubes, Cardboard Tubes
I am always in awe when I go to the movies and sit in front of that huge screen where a story comes to life. I am able to cast aside my worries and life hardships to enjoy time just watching the acti |
Happy New Year! It’s a Great Year for Packaging!
If you are already familiar with who we are and what we make, we are excited you will be joining us for yet another year! If you are newer to the packaging industry, or to our packaging products, wel |
Are small paper tubes really that small?
Over the last few months, we’ve been having more and more conversations with customers about our small paper tubes. Cardboard tube manufacturers usually like to make a lot of tubes in the shortest |
How to ship posters?
Let’s assume you’re just starting your poster company and that you are the one who will be purchasing the supplies, packing everything, and shipping the posters yourself. And keep in mind that � |
Carpet Cores and Star Crimped Inserts
What’s the difference between a “core” and a “tube”? Paper cores and paper tubes are structurally the same, how each is used determines what it’s called. A paper tube is called a “core� |
What are “seaming tins” and why do so many want them?
Seaming tins are circular, punch-pressed metal end closures, used on the tops and bottoms of Fiber Cans and Telescope Tubes . The process of permanently applying a tin part to a paper tube is defined |
Think You Have Tube Knowledge?
Paper Tubes. It’s what we do. Last year, we set out to educate as many people as possible by launching our Knowledge Base . We had noticed that many of our clients, packaging distributors, curious |
Four Years Later
It’s been four years since we launched our e-commerce store! We’ve been manufacturing paper tubes since 1949, but it wasn’t until 2013 we decided to take the plunge. Our turnaround times have a |
You Won’t Find Custom Poster Tubes at Your Local Office Supply Shop – Part 1
Local office supply stores stock some of the common poster tubes – 2″ inside diameter x 24″ usable length, 2″ inside diameter x 36″ usable length, 2″ inside diameter x 48″ usable length |
Made in the USA
Since our first paper tube came off the line in 1949, we’ve been in Los Angeles, California. Now, more than ever, we’re proud to manufacture paper tubes and edge protectors in our own backyard. F |
Our concrete form tubes are made right here in California.
Construction projects often need concrete form tubes. Concrete form tubes are paper tubes that get their name from their application. These paper tubes are used to “form” concrete into round post |
I need 3″ tape cores and 3″ label cores…yesterday!
As a manufacturer, we make everything to order. This means we do not keep any tubes, cores, or edge protectors in stock. Distributors keep stock on their warehouse floors and deliver to end users on |
America’s Preferred Poster Tube Manufacturer
Since 1949, we’ve been making poster tubes here in Los Angeles. Hollywood is just a few miles away. Each time a new movie is released, movie posters are printed and need to be shipped around the co |