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Re: Keeping the Vise on the Work Table
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Leonard H Tower Jr.)
Fri Aug 28 21:19:22 2015
Date: Fri, 28 Aug 2015 21:19:19 -0400 (EDT)
From: "Leonard H Tower Jr." <tower@alum.mit.edu>
To: Maggie Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>
cc: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>, "benazeer@gmail.com" <benazeer@gmail.com>,
"ccrazy@panix.com" <ccrazy@panix.com>,
APO Office Manger <apo-om@mit.edu>, APO Press <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
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Vicki:
I didn't see a reply from you to Maggie on her query:
"Vicki, do you think that it is possible to clean the office/ arrange
it in a way that we keep the table until I get back on campus?"
Have you?
-len
Date: Mon, 24 Aug 2015 12:50:50 -0400
From: Maggie Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>
To: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>
Cc: "benazeer@gmail.com" <benazeer@gmail.com>,
"tower@alum.mit.edu" <tower@alum.mit.edu>,
Margaret R Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>,
"ccrazy@panix.com" <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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Hello,
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I must confess that I did not realize how important the vise and worktab=
le
are to the print shop. Vicki, at this time, please do not remove the tab=
le
or vise from the office. We will try to find a solution that benefits bo=
th
the office and print shop. Vicki, do you think that it is possible to cl=
ean
the office/ arrange it in a way that we keep the table until I get back =
on
campus?
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Best,
Maggie
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On Mon, Aug 24, 2015 at 5:14 PM, Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu> wrote:
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> Hi Len et al.,
>
> We are trying to get rid of the table the vise is on because while squ=
are
> footage-wise it is small, it is inconveniently placed and we just don=
=E2=80=99t
> have the room for it right now. We=E2=80=99ve agreed as an exec team t=
hat not
> having it would be better for the office. Is it not possible to replac=
e it
> with a sawhorse-type worktable that can be disassembled when not in us=
e?
>
> Also, if the paper cutter is not in good shape we=E2=80=99ll grunge it=
=2E I don=E2=80=99t
> have the time or know-how to repair it and I don=E2=80=99t think that=
=E2=80=99s
> particularly expensive anyways. As for the hand-turned pencil sharpene=
r, we
> can try to relocate it if you really still want to use it.
>
> Best,
> Vicki
>
> From: Benazeer Noorani <benazeer@gmail.com>
> Date: Monday, August 24, 2015 at 10:53 AM
> To: "tower@alum.mit.edu" <tower@alum.mit.edu>
> Cc: Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>, Margaret R Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu=
>, "
> ccrazy@panix.com" <ccrazy@panix.com>, APO Office Manger <apo-om@mit.ed=
u>,
> APO Press <apo-printshop@mit.edu>
> Subject: Re: Keeping the Vise on the Work Table
>
> For what it's worth, the paper cutter is in bad disrepair. I tried usi=
ng
> 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 print=
shop
> customer. If I recall my long-ago active days correctly, it was in bad
> disrepair circa 2001-2005 as well.
>
> --Benazeer
>
> On Sun, Aug 23, 2015 at 11:52 PM, Leonard H. Tower Jr. <tower@alum.mit=
=2Eedu
> > wrote:
>
>> 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=C2=B9s talk more a=
bout
>> what surfaces can be used with the vise, but the one it is on righ=
t
>> 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 ju=
st
>> 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 h=
igh
>> enough.
>>
>> * the surface the vice is mounted on has to be thick, and material h=
as
>> 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 w=
ith
>> 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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