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Re: Paper Cutter

daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Molly Kosiarek)
Sat Sep 5 13:00:23 2015

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From: Molly Kosiarek <kosiarek@mit.edu>
Date: Sat, 5 Sep 2015 12:59:59 -0400
To: Kathleen Mahoney <endeavor@mit.edu>
Cc: "ccrazy@panix.com" <ccrazy@panix.com>, Victoria Xiao <vxiao@mit.edu>,
        Margaret R Walker <mrwalker@mit.edu>,
        APO Office Manger <apo-om@mit.edu>,
        APO Printshop <apo-printshop@mit.edu>

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The paper cutter is currently on the tall table in the back-right corner of
the front office.

Molly :)

On Wed, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Kathleen Mahoney <endeavor@mit.edu> wrote:

> Gather Here on Broadway has someone doing knife sharpening this Sunday
> from 2:30-6pm from
> http://www.ontheedgeknifesharpening.com/OnTheEdgeKnifeSharpening/about.ht=
ml
> if that=E2=80=99s convenient.
>
> Kate
>
>
> > On Sep 2, 2015, at 2:55 AM, Ellen Kranzer <ccrazy@panix.com> wrote:
> >
> >
> > I took a look at the paper cutter tonight and tightened the hinge
> > mounting and the blade. That fixed the wobble that was in the
> > blade.
> >
> > It's cutting nicely for 3 or 4 peices of paper, but any more than
> > that and it won't cut cleaning. Sharpenning the blade will solve
> > this. Can someone else deal with unmounting it and taking it to be
> > sharpened? (Joe?) That's not something I can get to for a few weeks
> > becaues I'm out of town on weekends.
> >
> > The other issue with the paper cutter is that the safety latch that hol=
ds
> > the blade in place when not in use has broken off. Fixing that will mak=
e
> > it a lot safer to do things like move the cutter. Replacing the latch
> > pretty straight forward. A replacement can be made from a flat peice of
> > metal or fashioned out of wire. I think I have suitable materials aroun=
d
> > and can work on that.
> >
> > Let me know if you have any questions.
> >
> > YiS
> > Ellen
>
>

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<div dir=3D"ltr">The paper cutter is currently on the tall table in the bac=
k-right corner of the front office.=C2=A0<div><br></div><div>Molly :)=C2=A0=
</div></div><div class=3D"gmail_extra"><br><div class=3D"gmail_quote">On We=
d, Sep 2, 2015 at 8:17 PM, Kathleen Mahoney <span dir=3D"ltr">&lt;<a href=
=3D"mailto:endeavor@mit.edu" target=3D"_blank">endeavor@mit.edu</a>&gt;</sp=
an> wrote:<br><blockquote class=3D"gmail_quote" style=3D"margin:0 0 0 .8ex;=
border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Gather Here on Broadway has so=
meone doing knife sharpening this Sunday from 2:30-6pm from <a href=3D"http=
://www.ontheedgeknifesharpening.com/OnTheEdgeKnifeSharpening/about.html" re=
l=3D"noreferrer" target=3D"_blank">http://www.ontheedgeknifesharpening.com/=
OnTheEdgeKnifeSharpening/about.html</a>=C2=A0 if that=E2=80=99s convenient.=
<br>
<br>
Kate<br>
<div class=3D"HOEnZb"><div class=3D"h5"><br>
<br>
&gt; On Sep 2, 2015, at 2:55 AM, Ellen Kranzer &lt;<a href=3D"mailto:ccrazy=
@panix.com">ccrazy@panix.com</a>&gt; wrote:<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; I took a look at the paper cutter tonight and tightened the hinge<br>
&gt; mounting and the blade. That fixed the wobble that was in the<br>
&gt; blade.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; It&#39;s cutting nicely for 3 or 4 peices of paper, but any more than<=
br>
&gt; that and it won&#39;t cut cleaning. Sharpenning the blade will solve<b=
r>
&gt; this. Can someone else deal with unmounting it and taking it to be<br>
&gt; sharpened? (Joe?) That&#39;s not something I can get to for a few week=
s<br>
&gt; becaues I&#39;m out of town on weekends.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; The other issue with the paper cutter is that the safety latch that ho=
lds<br>
&gt; the blade in place when not in use has broken off. Fixing that will ma=
ke<br>
&gt; it a lot safer to do things like move the cutter. Replacing the latch<=
br>
&gt; pretty straight forward. A replacement can be made from a flat peice o=
f<br>
&gt; metal or fashioned out of wire. I think I have suitable materials arou=
nd<br>
&gt; and can work on that.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; Let me know if you have any questions.<br>
&gt;<br>
&gt; YiS<br>
&gt; Ellen<br>
<br>
</div></div></blockquote></div><br></div>

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