{"id":4403,"date":"2015-07-20T15:42:27","date_gmt":"2015-07-20T15:42:27","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/?page_id=4403"},"modified":"2024-03-26T10:14:50","modified_gmt":"2024-03-26T10:14:50","slug":"warnings-and-notices-to-put-on-machines","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"http:\/\/tech-ops.co.uk\/next\/warnings-and-notices-to-put-on-machines\/","title":{"rendered":"Warnings and Notices to put on Machines"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

Dave Mundy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Here’s a useful notice to stick on your appliances, just in case they stop working just when you need them not to!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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Jeff Booth<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

This reminds me of being on the air at TVC. The machine only went wrong when the red light was on!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

See also The Support Proximity Effect and Percussive Maintenance<\/a><\/p>\n\n\n\n

Dave Mundy<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

… one of my favourites:<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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(a variation on this has been used in Model Railway exhibitions for donkey\u2019s years \u2026 (APB))<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u2026 and following the above cod-German notice here is the cod-English version from Germany – who says they haven’t got a sense of humour!<\/p>\n\n\n

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Sara Newman<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

I remember a really good notice outside a technical workshop that had a time sheet\/schedule  regarding the days in the month. There was an inordinate amount of Fridays as apparently everyone wanted their piece of equipment by Friday – at the latest. Other days of the week had specific designations too.  The technician in said workshop rarely displayed any humour as I remember but I would chuckle every time I read his notice.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Pat Heigham<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

A TR90 under my ‘control’ went apeshit on playing the end music during (luckily) rehearsal). – press play button – tape rolled then speeded up “widdly, widdly, whoossh!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Tried again – same result.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

SS and I tried again, and watched, mystified, as the tape crawled up the pinch roller and flipped over the capstan, whereby the take-up spooled it on at increasing speed, as it was still in contact with the replay head!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Thus were the problems in the days of 1\/4 inch!  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also remember witnessing a TR90 being delivered to LG – probably for one of my \u201cDr. Who\u201ds – the delivery chaps just dragged it off the tailgate for a four foot drop to the ground!<\/p>\n\n\n\n

John Howell (Hibou)<\/strong><\/h3>\n\n\n\n

Sound Sup. John Staple recorded and leadered up all the music cues for a drama at home (his Hi-Fi was better than the BBC’s equipment of course) and while the crew rigged he got me to play through to check levels and cue points.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

All fine and I put the TR90 into rewind. When the tape was nearly back on the supply reel the machine had reached a considerable speed and the usual plan was to let it run off the end and shred a few inches of leader as the brakes came on. This time however John, alerted by the spin-dryer effects and the draught on the back of his neck, spun around, yelled “Dear God!” and punched the Stop button.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I reckoned that only the first 5 cues had been ‘bootlaced’ and had disappeared inside the cheeks of the spools. but others suffered severe creasing. The upshot of it all was John going home and re-recording most of the music. He re-appeared with a new tape just in time for lunch. Not bad going, but anyone who had experienced John’s ‘enthusiastic’ driving style would not be surprised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

I also recall a derig when John was on the studio floor, standing chatting to Dave Newbitt when someone behind the cyc asked for a cable to be freed. Dave, seeing the problem, and with the speed of a stand-up comedian yelled “I can’t, it’s Stapled to the floor!”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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