[6238] in APO Printshop
Re: Vice on table
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Mitchell E Berger)
Wed Jan 26 02:57:32 2011
Date: Wed, 26 Jan 2011 02:57:28 -0500 (EST)
From: Mitchell E Berger <mitchb@MIT.EDU>
To: Catherine Olsson <catherio@MIT.EDU>
cc: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.MIT.EDU>, apo-printshop@MIT.EDU,
rhkeeler@MIT.EDU
In-Reply-To: <4D3FC0B9.7020301@mit.edu>
On Wed, 26 Jan 2011, Catherine Olsson wrote:
> On 01/25/2011 11:32 PM, Leonard H Tower Jr. wrote:
>> Use of a vise is necessary and essential to maintain and repair the
>> press shop equipment.
> Of course - we'll definitely find a home for it. But, the table it's
> currently on is not very useful in the current layout, since it has no
> under-table space. I am trying to find some way to keep the vice useable
> without keeping the entire table around, if that's even remotely possible.
>> To be useful for press maintainance, and for most use:
>> * the vise needs to be near the height it is now. That is, it needs
>> to be mounted at a height so it can be used while standing.
>> * there has to be a certain amount of working room, around it.
>> Moving
>> loose stuff next to it is OK.
>> * the top of the 'table' has to be thick, and the table top
>> material has able to hold bolts under force over time. The 'table'
>> has to be sturdy. The object in the vise has to be held well and
>> steadily.
> How horrible would it be to move it to the silkscreening room? I understand
> it would be less convenient for press maintenance, but keeping the current
> table in the office would be pretty inconvenient, too.
>
> Anyone else on the printshop list have ideas?
Folding table we can store in the printshop, maybe near the Dexion's
usual home? That would be a little less high than the existing
table, but mostly satisfies the height need. It satisfies the
working room need because you can take it out and place it wherever
you want to work. It does not satisfy the thickness or sturdiness
goals, but we could perhaps get an additional piece of wood about
the same dimension as the folding table's top, stored in the same
place, that can be put on top of it when you want to use the vice
to thicken and reinforce it.
This table could potentially find other uses, too - maybe for
ironing silkscreened shirts in the office.
Mitch
