Are you only doing prepress at work? Or...?

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DigitalCrapShoveler

#75
September 24, 2014, 01:02:24 PM
Quote from: Ear on September 24, 2014, 01:01:08 PMIndeed. We use .012 for the heatset but our news web uses .008 plates that are the size of 4-up gto plate (23x36). They suck because not only are they sharp, they are noodly... especially after the notches are punched in them. Fortunately, with auto load and stack, I don't handle them anymore. The press crew gets cut regularly but who cares. :evil:

Word.
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Fontaholic

#76
September 24, 2014, 02:02:53 PM Last Edit: September 24, 2014, 02:09:02 PM by Fontaholic
For people who have to handle sharp metal plates on a regular basis -- I wonder if those "chainmail fine mesh gloves" I see meat cutters / preppers at Chipotle wearing when they cut the meat with sharp knives would help any...?

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John the Fontaholic :drunk3:

born2print

#77
September 24, 2014, 02:12:48 PM
Not a bad idea John.
What WAS a bad idea was that they were trying to say we all need to wear those whenever we cut anything, and only to use spring-loaded-auto-retracting box cutters...
I fought like Della Reese over a piece of chicken and convinced them that prepress are skilled artisans and needed an exemption.
We do not have the gloves and we may use any exacto, olfa, etc... as we see fit.

I guess that was my little victory for the decade.
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Farabomb

#78
September 24, 2014, 02:13:40 PM
I have a feeling plates would slip right out of your hand. I haven't had an issue in years. I take my time and I have to handload plates.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
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DigitalCrapShoveler

#79
September 24, 2014, 02:14:39 PM
Yeah, but a fly could land on those plates and ding them. Couldn't imagine what chain-mail would do.
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Farabomb

#80
September 24, 2014, 02:15:58 PM
Reddot autolock with black olfa blades here. Have to hide it, every time the boss uses it he can't figure out how to snap a blade so he ends up wrecking a new blade.

He does pay for them though.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
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DigiCorn

#81
September 24, 2014, 02:17:50 PM
Maybe kevlar gloves?
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

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"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Farabomb

#82
September 24, 2014, 02:27:17 PM
Kevlar might work but it will eventually slice through. It's tough but you can still cut it. I've gone through 3 kevlar hot sleeves working on cars.
Speed doesn't kill, rapidly becoming stationary is the problem

I'd rather have stories told than be telling stories of what I could have done.

Quote from: Ear on April 06, 2016, 11:54:16 AM
Quote from: Farabomb on April 06, 2016, 11:39:41 AMIt's more like grip, grip, grip, noise, then spin and 2 feet in and feel shame.
I once knew a plus-sized girl and this pretty much describes teh secks. :rotf:
They who can give up essential liberty to obtain a little temporary safety, deserve neither liberty nor safety.
         —Benjamin Franklin
My other job

Joe

#83
September 24, 2014, 02:43:23 PM
Quote from: Farabomb on September 24, 2014, 02:13:40 PMI have a feeling plates would slip right out of your hand. I haven't had an issue in years. I take my time and I have to handload plates.

I rarely output plates but when I do I always get cut. I suppose if one does them a lot you learn how to avoid it. I output 9 plates last night and have 3 cuts. :sad:
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born2print

#84
September 24, 2014, 02:53:16 PM
If I may be so bold, part of the issue may be our aging / thinning skin  :-[
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Joe

#85
September 24, 2014, 02:53:55 PM
But I'm only 12.
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DigitalCrapShoveler

#86
September 24, 2014, 02:54:22 PM
I get cut more by that damn Spinjet paper than plates.
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DigiCorn

#87
September 24, 2014, 03:01:07 PM
I usually get cut from the paper boxes for the digital press more than plates. They always want to separate when you're carrying them from the offset pressroom to the digital press.
"There's been a lot of research recently on how hard it is to dislodge an impression once it's been implanted in someone's mind. (This is why political attack ads don't have to be true to be effective. The other side can point out their inaccuracies, but the voter's mind privileges the memory of the original accusation, which was juicier than any counterargument ever could be.)"
― Johnny Carson

"Selling my soul would be a lot easier if I could just find it."
– Nikki Sixx

"Always do sober what you said you'd do drunk. That will teach you to keep your mouth shut."
― Ernest Hemingway

Slappy

#88
September 24, 2014, 04:33:03 PM
Quote from: Joe on September 24, 2014, 02:43:23 PM
Quote from: Farabomb on September 24, 2014, 02:13:40 PMI have a feeling plates would slip right out of your hand. I haven't had an issue in years. I take my time and I have to handload plates.

I rarely output plates but when I do I always get cut.
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born2print

#89
September 24, 2014, 04:34:32 PM
Good one!  :cheesy:
My lips are moving and the sound's coming out
The words are audible but I have my doubts
That you realize what has been said
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