[6234] in APO Printshop
Re: Printshop objects in the front office?
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Catherine Olsson)
Sun Jan 23 01:04:26 2011
Date: Sun, 23 Jan 2011 01:04:22 -0500
From: Catherine Olsson <catherio@MIT.EDU>
To: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
CC: Rachel Keeler <rhkeeler@mit.edu>, apo-om@mit.edu, apo-printshop@mit.edu,
Kristin Kuhn <kkuhn@mit.edu>
In-Reply-To: <alpine.DEB.2.00.1101221929540.6486@w20-575-84.mit.edu>
Great, thanks for moving those! It will be a huge help to us. Thanks
also for letting us know what else in the front office we shouldn't
disturb. =)
YiLFS,
- catherio
On 01/22/2011 08:05 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
> * Today, I moved the boxes of press stuff from under the long thin
> table to the wooden shelves by the drop posters. I got the space,
> by packing the shelves tighter.
>
> You might want to go through the drop posters, and see if any can be
> recycled.
>
> Is quilting still an active service project? If not, there is a lot
> of quilting fabric on those wooden shelves in the back office, that
> could be reused, or Goodwilled.
>
> * Re: APOster press Shop stuff in the front APOffice:
> Beside the small press, the invitation stock with shelves,
> and the filing cabinet drawer:
>
> ** The red-painted vise is important to the print shop. It is used
> a couple of times a year to maintain the large press. I don't
> see a way to get it and the table it's on into the back office.
> Having it in the silkscreen room would be very sub-optimal. The
> process is iterative, and can take dozens of tries.
>
> The vise is also used to sharpen chapter tools, and other
> misc. tasks.
>
> ** I also need to sharpen pencils when I print, and prefer the
> manual sharpener mounted on the same work table as the vise.
> I should check and see if the electric sharpener works (but it's
> less green ; - )
>
> yiLFS -len
>
> Date: Wed, 12 Jan 2011 22:40:19 -0500
> From: Catherine Olsson<catherio@MIT.EDU>
> To: Leonard H Tower Jr.<tower@alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: apo-printshop@mit.edu, Rachel Keeler<rhkeeler@mit.edu>,
> Kristin Kuhn<kkuhn@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: Printshop objects in the front office?
>
> Ok, thanks for the info! A few more questions/clarifications:
> > It be good, if someone who has moved the baby press, be around the
> > APOffice when it's moved.
> I have moved it before and I remember the one-person-per-leg procedure well.
> We'll take good care in moving it and any other heavy items.
> > When are you planning to move things around?
> Probably next week. The WUAPO will be updated and mail will be sent when we
> decide.
> > It be easier for me, if they stayed under the long
> > thin table where they are now.
> We may want to use the long thin table as a desk for people to work at, since
> the chapter is clamoring for general-purpose table space to do homework at,
> which is what's prompting this question.
> > But if you have to, it's OK to move
> > the flat packages to the top of the wooden shelves where the drop
> > posters are.
> I think we will end up doing this - that is, moving them to the drop poster
> shelves.
> > * The "stationery" shelves (they hold invitation card and envelope
> > stock) have been there a long time. It been OK for decades for them
> > to be where they are.
> I don't think we will move them, but we wanted full information anyway.
> > Until then the baby press needs to be stored on
> > top of a table or desk.
> Is this so that it can be lifted safely? What specifically is the safety
> issue of storing it *under* a table or desk?
> > * The press shop has a bottom filing cabinet drawer, near the
> > Treasurer's desk in the front APOffice. It's been culled a few times
> > to keep it to just one drawer.
> We may change which filing cabinet it is in, or where the filing cabinet is
> located, but thanks for the heads-up so we can let you know where it went.
>
> Thanks for the help/information!
>
> YiLFS,
> - catherio
>
>
