I was in a sheet fed shop for 8 years, mostly Heidelberg's.
1, 2, 4, 5, and 6 color presses 28 and 40 inch machines did a lot of high end work annual reports, artwork, prints, posters etc,
If we got wound up to 12 000 sheets per hour we were flying.
From the day I started we were putting in 75-80 hour weeks, made lots of money but had no life.
The day the 2 color started up on its own while I was cleaning the plate gap was the day I walked away from the trade, I heard the click of the contactor and pulled my arm back just in time as it tore the wrench out of my hand in the process.
All safety's and stop bars were engaged at the time, the Heidelberg technician figured a contact had welded itself and when my arm wiggled the safety bar it set things back in motion.
Regardless it was the day I walked out the door for the last time.
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