[6857] in APO Printshop
Paper Cutter (WAS: Keeping the Vise on the Work Table)
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Fri Aug 28 20:16:12 2015
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 20:16:06 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: Benazeer Noorani <benazeer@gmail.com>
cc: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>, Margaret R Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>,
Ellen Kranzer <ccrazy@panix.com>, APO Office Manger <apo-om@mit.edu>,
APO Press <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
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Benazeer:
Thanks for this knowledge. I find it a little balky to get good cuts
with it, but not troublesome. But if you are having trouble, enough
others will.
So replacing it is fine with me. I suggest a similar blade length.
If people want, I could try and sharpen the blade first. Might be
something else wrong with it.
Otherwise, do alumni want to fund a replacement? =20
Does Press Shop Manager Vicki want to spend Press Fund money, or ask
the actives for funds from other AX accounts?
Once a replacement is found, I could take the old one home. Be
interesting to try and get it working better.
yiLFS -len=20
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 10:53:27 -0400
From: Benazeer Noorani <benazeer@gmail.com>
To: len tower jr <tower@alum.mit.edu>
Cc: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>, Margaret R Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>,
Ellen Kranzer <ccrazy@panix.com>, APO Office Manger <apo-om@mit.edu>=
,
APO Press <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
Subject: Re: Keeping the Vise on the Work Table
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For what it's worth, the paper cutter is in bad disrepair. I tried using=
it
to cut some cardstock last summer, and even exercising all possible care
with the tool, it just shredded my paper and made me nervous about my
personal safety. I wouldn't use it on anything I was giving to a printsh=
op
customer. If I recall my long-ago active days correctly, it was in bad
disrepair circa 2001-2005 as well.
=20
--Benazeer
=20
On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Leonard H. Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit.e=
du>
wrote:
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> Date: Sun, 5 Jul 2015 14:35:03 -0400
> From: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>
> To: "tower@alum.mit.edu" <tower@alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: Margaret R Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>, "apo-om@mit.edu" <
> apo-om@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: Things to consider in rearranging the APOffice
>
> Hi Len,
>
> To answer your questions:
>
> ...
>
>
> *In your other email, you mentioned the vise and. .... 2) The
> vise as it is right now is not great for office space. We will
> probably be moving it and the paper cutter; let=B9s talk more about
> what surfaces can be used with the vise, but the one it is on right
> now is not great for the front office.
>
> Best,
> Vicki
>
> My memory is that Vicki & I had at least one more pair of exchanges
> about the Vice on the Worktable. I couldn't find them. She doesn't
> want the worktable to stay in the APOffice. She suggested that we jus=
t
> move the vise to another surface along with the paper cutter and the
> pencil sharpener. Which isn't safe.
>
> Use of a vise is necessary and essential to maintain and repair the
> press shop equipment. It's useful at times for other things.
>
> To be useful for press maintenance, 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. It is
> unsafe to use it at a lower height. It is unsafe to use it seated =
or
> bent over. None of the other surfaces in the front APOffice are hi=
gh
> enough.
>
> * the surface the vice is mounted on has to be thick, and material ha=
s
> 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. =
If
> the surface is thin or weak, it's possible for the vice to detach
> suddenly, which is not safe.
>
> * there has to be a certain amount of working room, around it. But
> that can be created on the fly, depending on how the vise is used.
>
> The hand-turned pencil sharpener on the worktable is superior to the
> electric one. You can get a sharper point with less loss of pencil wi=
th
> it. It could be relocated.
>
> It's easiest to use the paper cutter standing up at the height of the
> worktable. It could be moved elsewhere.
>
> The worktable only takes 10 (ten) square feet of floor space.
> The front APOffice has over 630 square feet of floor space, which APO
> has over 80%.
> So the worktable takes up about 2% (two%) of the floor space APO has.
> AX can't afford that floor space?
>
> We had a lengthy in-depth discussion about this in 2011(?). The last
> time the APOffice was rearranged. Many options were considered. We
> settled for leaving the vice on the worktable in the front APOffice. =
I
> could spend the time to dig that out, but time is so precious for me
> since the head trauma. If needed, could someone else dif it out?
>
> I hope a way can be found to keep the vise on the worktable in the
> APOffice. The top of the table can also be used for other things and
> tasks. The space under could be continue to be used other storage,
> perhaps the ritual equipment..
>
> yiLFS -len
>
>
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