[5306] in APO Printshop
Re: squeak-squeak; press oiled; round corner cards
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell E Berger)
Thu Nov 8 17:22:42 2007
To: tower@alum.MIT.EDU
cc: apo-printshop-journeyman@MIT.EDU, apo-printshop-operators@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: Your message of "Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:12:42 EST."
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Date: Thu, 08 Nov 2007 17:22:36 -0500
From: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
Hi Len,
> * the large press has a strange double quick squeak-squeak.
> noises like that means wear, which could cause the press to fail.
>
> if any of you can find out what is causing that squeak-squeak, or
> any other unusual noise, please let me and us know, so we can figure
> out how to stop the wear.
Yes, actually, Jen and I noticed this... it began late into the
Reg Day run...
> * because of this, i fully oiled the large press. the squeak-squeak
> did not go away. it will run faster for a while.
Indeed... we oiled everything in sight at the time, with the same result.
I guess my hope that some of the oil would settle into whatever crevice
was causing the problem was misplaced.
> * several years back, the round corner cards that we use for LSC and
> other jobs stopped being made. at the current rate of use, it will
> be some years until we are out of them.
>
> it might still be possible to find some in inventory from the paper
> suppliers. perhaps the shop should stock up on them?
Yeah, I took a detailed inventory of what was left when I started working
on the LSC job. I'll look into it. It's already the case that some colors
(I think blue, for example) are so low we can't run any jobs with them.
Mitch
