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On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 08:07:53 -0400, Tom Francis - SWSports
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 14:09:26 -0500, Vic Smith
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On Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:53:50 -0700, Jim wrote:



I actually meant that putting the screwdriver under a running belt would
scare the **** out of me, until I'd done it and seen the screw driver
wouldn't get thrown at me like a knife.

Yeah. Since I put away the timing light and dwell meter I don't get
my hands near a running engine. Checking trans fluid and sometimes
touching around with a steth probe is about it.
Even then I check my sleeves first.

I haven't seen a sleeve do it, but I did see a rag get snatched out of
a guys hand on a high speed lathe, come back around and debrided the
back of his hand.

The guys who worked on check sorters used to say "if you get your tie
caught in there they will have a hard time getting your socks out"

Even the laser printers that were slow by comparison still moved paper
at 32 inches a second.
The check sorters were more like 250 inches a second.

The NCR check sorters were even faster. Everyone who worked on them wore
clip on ties. The IBM sorters read the checks better, but the sorting was
slower. At BofA San Francisco, they had maybe 9 IBM sorters to read into
the computer and the sorts were all done off line on I think 5 sorters.
Yes, those 3800 laser printers were inpressive. Worked on the channel
interface for a Siemens ND2 laser printer. 30" a second printing. Brings
back some good memories.