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  • blackcat4866
    Master Of The Obvious

    Site Contributor
    10,000+ Posts
    • Jul 2007
    • 23009
    #16
    Re: I would rather be hit in the hand with a hammer...

    Originally posted by Akitu
    ... I feel like a new tech starting over again with all of this crap sometimes.
    The moment you don't feel like a newbie, you're in trouble. Technology is racing ahead of us faster than we can ever attempt to keep up with. This is the norm, not the exception. =^..^=
    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.

    blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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      • blackcat4866
        Master Of The Obvious

        Site Contributor
        10,000+ Posts
        • Jul 2007
        • 23009
        #17
        Re: I would rather be hit in the hand with a hammer...

        There was a customer with a Mita DC-131 years back. It was common to have paper follow the drum, wrap inside the cleaning corona unit, and break the cleaning corona wire. After three or four of these visits the customer knew what to look for. For a while they stopped by the office to get wires strung. At the time it was $10 per unit for walk ins.

        After a few of these office visits and some watching, we didn't see them again for a while. The customer did not know that the wire was something special (tungsten), so they used what they had. In this case it was an 18gg stranded copper lamp cord with a single strand separated off.

        Damn! I was impressed!
        It takes some skill to string tungsten or platinum corona wires. It takes 10 times the skill to string 0.040 inch copper wire! The twists don't hold well, it breaks easily ... KUDOS! =^..^=
        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.

        blackcat: Master Of The Obvious =^..^=

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          • vigour
            Service Manager

            1,000+ Posts
            • Aug 2010
            • 1038
            #18
            Re: I would rather be hit in the hand with a hammer...

            Originally posted by fixtheco. That's when he hit me with those dreaded words...[B
            "That's not what the other guy said".[/B] "What other guy?" I ask.
            The same thing happened to me 28 years ago,so I never give specifics unless I am asked. I try to be as vague as possible.
            "I have to order parts for you. I will be back tomorrow.            "

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              • Akitu
                Legendary Frost Spec Tech

                Site Contributor
                2,500+ Posts
                • Oct 2010
                • 2595
                #19
                Re: I would rather be hit in the hand with a hammer...

                Originally posted by blackcat4866
                The moment you don't feel like a newbie, you're in trouble. Technology is racing ahead of us faster than we can ever attempt to keep up with. This is the norm, not the exception. =^..^=
                Granted, there's still a level of comfort acquired after a few years on the job. The advantage of youth is it gives more time to adapt to changes. I say bring on the technology!
                Cthulhu for president! Why settle for the lesser evil?

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                  • fixthecopier
                    ALIEN OVERLORD

                    2,500+ Posts
                    • Apr 2008
                    • 4713
                    #20
                    Re: I would rather be hit in the hand with a hammer...

                    Originally posted by JustManuals.com
                    I got hit in the head with a sledgehammer in 1979. That's my excuse. Right between the eyes and above my eyebrows Ouch!

                    Yep, kids today are spoiled and don't know what it was like to show up late for homeroom back then.
                    The greatest enemy of knowledge isn't ignorance, it is the illusion of knowledge. Stephen Hawking

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                      • Tonerbomb
                        AutoMajical Resolutionist

                        Site Contributor
                        2,500+ Posts
                        • Feb 2005
                        • 2589
                        #21
                        Re: I would rather be hit in the hand with a hammer...

                        Originally posted by JustManuals.com
                        I got hit in the head with a sledgehammer in 1979. That's my excuse. Right between the eyes and above my eyebrows Ouch!
                        You weren't the only one !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Thats why we all are tied to this shitty trade................
                        Mystic Crystal Revelations

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