Throw the lever

Hello all "It's alive!"

The other day I was working with a machine known as a personalizer. No, it does not create Frankenstein's monster or bring anything human characteristics. With the machine you can place people's names on items, for example I was placing names on portfolios.

I had nine to do, which is not too bad. You have a name plate and a group of letters. You place the letters backward to get the right impression. The longest part is waiting for the machine to heat up. The machine heats up and uses foil to leave an impression on your product. When the temperature is high enough I pull on a lever to bring the name plate down on the product.

There is a small lever which holds the name plate in place. As I was working with the first name, the lever broke off in my hand. I was not happy. It was late in the afternoon and the portfolios were needed in the morning. I was very upset. It was not a good time. Fortunately, we had an older model and were able to use that lever. Unfortunately, yesterday we were unable to get the switch in the right position. So I was unable to do the portfolios. I tried, but none would come out right.

So we called it a day. This morning my supervisor took a second look at the machine. He realized the correct position of the lever to hold the nameplate. We put it in place, screwed it in, and bingo. Everything was ready to go.

I was able to finish the portfolios for the meeting this morning. One problem solved.