{"id":776,"date":"2017-06-14T10:33:46","date_gmt":"2017-06-14T09:33:46","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/?page_id=776"},"modified":"2023-01-23T11:30:55","modified_gmt":"2023-01-23T10:30:55","slug":"dropping-in","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/metaltype.co.uk\/wpress\/dropping-in\/","title":{"rendered":"Dropping In!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Thanks to Les Smith for sending in this story. Says Les: “Another story from a typesetting company in Sydney, Australia.”<\/p>\n

THE TIME had come to replace the Royal in the basement.<\/strong><\/p>\n

After many years faithful service producing repros (and running foreign orders) a new press was ordered.<\/p>\n

The Friday before delivery of the new press the Royal was suitably disassembled by young Kenny armed with a sledgehammer. Although the bed was saved as a top for the bench in someone’s shed.<\/p>\n

On Monday morning the new press was duly delivered and off loaded at the dock.<\/p>\n

In imperial measurement the new press weighed a ton so the two chain hoists rated at a half ton each at either end should be just fine &elip;<\/p>\n

However, as the press was being lowered into the void one end became caught on a fire sprinkler spigot protruding into the drop space.<\/p>\n

Which was fine, except nobody noticed the chain going loose at that end until the spigot failed and the press dropped pushing the half ton hoist past the design limit.<\/p>\n

So one end of the brand new sparkling press dropped onto the concrete floor in the basement below \u2013 with terminal results.<\/p>\n

Just in time for a couple of the directors to come wandering by and, seeing the shocked expressions on the guilty parties, made the flippant remark, “so I expect you have dropped the new press into basement”.<\/p>\n

Fortunately for the purchasers the failed hoist belonged to the supply organization, so the insurance company paid up and another press was ordered and eventually delivered and safely installed.<\/p>\n

Moral of the story \u2013 always have a backup.<\/p>\n

Disclaimer.<\/i> Your writer was not present when the above events took place, so some licence has been taken. However, be assured the new press was dropped into the basement.<\/p>\n

If you liked this story you may also like Printers’ Tales<\/strong><\/a> a compilation of similar stories, available in ebook and paperback formats.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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