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Writer's Block: DIY
Jan. 23rd, 2009 09:59 pm[Error: unknown template qotd]
When I was working at Barts, we had a really old fax machine - one that operated on sheets of inked paper on rollers instead of cartridges. Now, when I started, the thing broke down - one of the pins that was supposed to hold the roll of ink-paper-ribbon-whatever in place was just ... missing. And they simply were not going to get a new fax machine. So I did what any good secretary would do - I improvised.
The impromptu solution involved a pen and some Blu-Tak. Basically, insert pen into roller, secure with Blu-Tak, slot roller into place, continue on. I had to replace the pen a few times and make sure to re-secure the impromptu thing every time I had to change the ink ribbon or whatever it was, but it worked for nearly a year.
When I was working at Barts, we had a really old fax machine - one that operated on sheets of inked paper on rollers instead of cartridges. Now, when I started, the thing broke down - one of the pins that was supposed to hold the roll of ink-paper-ribbon-whatever in place was just ... missing. And they simply were not going to get a new fax machine. So I did what any good secretary would do - I improvised.
The impromptu solution involved a pen and some Blu-Tak. Basically, insert pen into roller, secure with Blu-Tak, slot roller into place, continue on. I had to replace the pen a few times and make sure to re-secure the impromptu thing every time I had to change the ink ribbon or whatever it was, but it worked for nearly a year.
