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AZ does not require a front plate. I GUARANTEE it would get put on the front of my Tina
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Reminds me of my dad, he would use lacquer thinner and other stuff like that all the time with no protective equipment. Who can say if its why he got prostate cancer, but it couldn't have helped.
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My dad would wash stuff in an oil drain pan with gas and a cig hanging out of his mouth. He never ate right and would ask for the fat I trimmed off of a steak. He smoked since he was a mid teen and made it to 77. A heart attack got him.
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Codicil!!! Might be boring!
When I started my career in 1970, air quality wasn’t even thought of. One large room, 5 guys each had a workbench. We had glue pots that we had to glue our components. We would put glue on the leather and other materials and wait for the glue to get tacky and work on something else. Quite possibly light up a smoke,. We used Methyl Ethyl Ketone as a glue thinner.and then we had special other solvents. Friday afternoon, about 1/2 hour before close up we would clean our cutting boards with one of the chemicals and paper towel. Also clean glue off out fingers. Bare hands.
Moved to a new building in 1981, built our areas, had occupational health and safety do an inspection. They told management that we had to have a dedicated ventilated grinding, vacuum forming, oven and machine room or we would be shut down. In certain parts of the common area we had downdraft air removal ducts. We could still let our glue dry by these vents. We made a decision about 1982-3 to quit smoking in the department.
In case some don’t know. As soon as something is noted as being medically related, the prices skyrocket. When the question came to purchase a vacuum system for the orthotic department, they were given a quote of over 20,000.00. The three departments could benefit from having lines. I suggested we contact a dairy supplier to get a quote. That initially went over like a lead balloon. ( What would people selling milking machines know about vacuum machines! I said they suck) If the equipment can serve a whole barn it should work for us. Anyway, after some badgering we got a quote. The whole cost for all departments was done for around 14,000.00 or less. We also had a local business that would be able to look after any repairs.
I retired in 2009, still get invited to some functions. Like the 75th Anniversary of the Council in the spring of this year and some of the people that are retiring now. If I wanted to go in and vacuum form something, use the grinders or equipment I am able to with very little grovelling.
When I started my career in 1970, air quality wasn’t even thought of. One large room, 5 guys each had a workbench. We had glue pots that we had to glue our components. We would put glue on the leather and other materials and wait for the glue to get tacky and work on something else. Quite possibly light up a smoke,. We used Methyl Ethyl Ketone as a glue thinner.and then we had special other solvents. Friday afternoon, about 1/2 hour before close up we would clean our cutting boards with one of the chemicals and paper towel. Also clean glue off out fingers. Bare hands.
Moved to a new building in 1981, built our areas, had occupational health and safety do an inspection. They told management that we had to have a dedicated ventilated grinding, vacuum forming, oven and machine room or we would be shut down. In certain parts of the common area we had downdraft air removal ducts. We could still let our glue dry by these vents. We made a decision about 1982-3 to quit smoking in the department.
In case some don’t know. As soon as something is noted as being medically related, the prices skyrocket. When the question came to purchase a vacuum system for the orthotic department, they were given a quote of over 20,000.00. The three departments could benefit from having lines. I suggested we contact a dairy supplier to get a quote. That initially went over like a lead balloon. ( What would people selling milking machines know about vacuum machines! I said they suck) If the equipment can serve a whole barn it should work for us. Anyway, after some badgering we got a quote. The whole cost for all departments was done for around 14,000.00 or less. We also had a local business that would be able to look after any repairs.
I retired in 2009, still get invited to some functions. Like the 75th Anniversary of the Council in the spring of this year and some of the people that are retiring now. If I wanted to go in and vacuum form something, use the grinders or equipment I am able to with very little grovelling.
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We just called it Mek......and it's in stuff like Weldwood contact cement. In fact, when you opened the lid on the cement, the smell you get is the MEK and is what keeps the glue in a semi-liquid state. The the MEK dries once applied and the glue does it's job. And your company sounds a lot like what Exxon did. They didn't listen to our ideas on how to make things run better at all. AND they even had a 'Coin Your Idea' program where they paid you extra if they used the idea. Problem was, they would eventually use the idea and tell us that the time limit had run out and wouldn't pay us for it. Wasn't long before no one would participate in it anymore.
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Didn’t notice the latex post.
Many years ago we had a young woman spend the summer working as a student in our orthotic department. She had just gotten married about a month before. There aren’t many people in the Orthotic, Prosthetic and watered down Pedorthic Practices. Some of us knew her father from years before, he was a partner in a P&O practice.
She informed the inventory clerk that she was allergic to latex. Of course everyone hoped she was on the pill . She also said she she was allergic to fellow staff members. Went on to be successful in her career.
Many years ago we had a young woman spend the summer working as a student in our orthotic department. She had just gotten married about a month before. There aren’t many people in the Orthotic, Prosthetic and watered down Pedorthic Practices. Some of us knew her father from years before, he was a partner in a P&O practice.
She informed the inventory clerk that she was allergic to latex. Of course everyone hoped she was on the pill . She also said she she was allergic to fellow staff members. Went on to be successful in her career.
Did he wipe it on his plums regularly?
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Did he wipe it on his plums regularly?
So now I also wonder if the glue he would clean with lacquer thinner was that MEK stuff. There was a time when he had a furniture shop and it seemed he was always gluing linoleum or some thin veneer. Also doing all this while smoking a cigar.
Cuban hand rolled....or factory spun?
So now I also wonder if the glue he would clean with lacquer thinner was that MEK stuff. There was a time when he had a furniture shop and it seemed he was always gluing linoleum or some thin veneer. Also doing all this while smoking a cigar.
Makes a difference......
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I have this memory of using MEK as a cleaning solvent and having the rubber gloves I was wearing just shred and fall apart.
It is weird because the MEK didn't do a good job of cleaning but sure ate the heck out of the gloves.
It is weird because the MEK didn't do a good job of cleaning but sure ate the heck out of the gloves.
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I think they were just cheap factory, I can't remember the name but I would know the logo if I saw it. I think there was a picture of a lady on the label. This was the 70s and he stopped the habit in the mid 80s, no idea if the brand even exists anymore.Cuban hand rolled....or factory spun?
Makes a difference......
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