Unless it's clutched real low be ready to purchase a middle plastic frame and rebuild your copier around it.
1/2 turn to the left and same screw in plastic frames, by hand, will save you this expensive and youthful mistake.
Unless it's clutched real low be ready to purchase a middle plastic frame and rebuild your copier around it.
1/2 turn to the left and same screw in plastic frames, by hand, will save you this expensive and youthful mistake.
I used to have that problem Hoglegg, so I know exactly what you're talking about. I work for a parts vendor. Where I work a pallet of printers gets stripped, the parts rebuilt, tested and packaged. In the middle of that we get interrupted by tech support calls, orders for specific parts and parts in regular production. Throw in a few printers techs in the field can't fix, testing returns, R & D on new products, identifying parts that techs send us photos of, writing service notes, writing installation instructions, and being responsible to fix everything the front office needs from the paper folding machine to the postal machine and you can see that we are far to overloaded to use a handheld all the time. I need a cordless screwdriver that can adjust torque high for removal and low to put them back. After a while you learn how to do it without damaging anything. There are still techs out there who don't know how to remove a screw that locked tight. I have a couple of very nice screwdrivers for stuck screws. I don't really worry about it. I've haven't damaged a frame...yet I suppose there's a first time for everything. There are some techs I would not give a cordless driver to (I've seen some I wouldn't have handed a regular screwdriver to), but a good tech learns how to use them. Everyone has their preference. I've got a buddy that refuses to use a cordless driver and just shakes his head when he sees me use one (he's too impatient a person to use one, torques up all the screws). At least my arm doesn't hurt after stripping #8 HP 9000 for the day. Did I mention, I make the coffee too?
Life should NOT be a journey to the grave with the intention of arriving safely in an attractive and well-preserved body, but rather to skid in sideways - Coke in one hand - chocolate in the other - body thoroughly used up, totally worn out and screaming "WOO-HOO, what a ride!".
Couple things I realized I'm glad I carry:
Very bright AAA led flashlight with a magnet attached to the end, small enough to stick inside a machine to watch things turning or while you are dis/assembling.
Offset ratcheting screwdriver.
Dental type mirror.
Typing eraser (clean corona wires, contacts, etc... good luck finding one!) Magic rust erasers for knives work just as well but are more akward to use.
Finishing nails (good stock to cut pins from if you loose one)
Magnetic pickup tool (i'd like to have one that is just magnetic enough to pickup a screw BUT the ones that pick up 5 or 10lbs have their place also... with them a lot of times you can move a screw from an inch away just enough to get to it without taking something else apart)
I will not give you service manuals or firmware.
No prob, you got a good deal, got mine at Lowes, and cost me a 100 bucks, but I'd pay that again for it, got 3 screwdriver bits and 4 drill bits, and yes it will drill, plastic, wood, mild steel, some of the machies when un-boxed, have these steel plates stuck to the packing foam under the wheels, it will drill through that.
Ok, a bit of nostalgia . This thread is 14yrs old and needs an update. You just have to read through the thread to see what techs used and carry back then. I make most of my tools or modify the ones that I buy. I am a shop tech and have made quite a variety of helpers from the scraps of used parts.
My favourite tool is the one I made from a 60 watt 120v led bulb that I put into a plastic tube. I broke off the head of the bulb and fitted it into the tube and attach a switch and a female copier power cord. I hate using batteries and I hate not seeing what I am doing properly. I also attached a magnet to the tube so I can place it in the close area of the work. I also made one from a very lightweight aluminum flashlight and attached a fax cord with a usb connecter at the end. I can use it if the copier is working or any usb device avaliable, or a usb battery bank .
So, what's in your bag today ?.
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If you'd like a serious answer to your request:
1) demonstrate that you've read the manual
2) demonstrate that you made some attempt to fix it.
3) if you're going to ask about jams include the jam code.
4) if you're going to ask about an error code include the error code.
5) You are the person onsite. Only you can make observations.
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