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magindat
12-20-2007, 11:34 AM
The boss just brought out a paper shredder he jammed the ***** out of. Asks me if I can fix it.

It seems stuck and says on the label it needs oil once in a while, so out pops the security manager with a can of WD40 like spray.

So I spray the cutter drums and work them back and forth manually.

Plug 'er in... push the button... BOOM :mad2:.

Fumes from the spray blew from the motor arcing!!!! :lol:

So the hell with it. I pull it apart to discover he has sheared 3 teeth of the motor's drive gear.

He's at the store now with a PO!!!!! :stupid:

fastblackmerc
12-20-2007, 12:20 PM
Use spray silicone with a non-flammable propellant next time.

mtenderenda
12-20-2007, 12:47 PM
You only fix computers, you know nothing else...:lol:

magindat
12-20-2007, 12:47 PM
The spray he brought out beat the spray/oil I had which was, um... NOTHING!!!

I just thought it was funny as hell!

I know...
Next time get a boss who doesn't jam 30 pages in a 6 pages shredder!!!!!

magindat
12-20-2007, 12:48 PM
You only fix computers, you know nothing else...:lol:

I fix anything!!!!!

J D
12-20-2007, 01:46 PM
This happened to me too, father jammed 18 folded pages in an 8 page shredder, and just hit the forward reverse button one too many times.
And though I didn't spray WD-40 in it, after opening up the motor I found out the main gear had lost a single tooth.

Bluerauder
12-20-2007, 02:03 PM
Plug 'er in... push the button... BOOM :mad2:.

Fumes from the spray blew from the motor arcing!!!! :lol: :stupid:

I see some future Darwin Awardees in the making. :rolleyes:

magindat
12-20-2007, 02:11 PM
Ah, yes. A Darwin moment!!

:lol:

Local Boy
12-20-2007, 02:50 PM
That's interesting...We use WD-40 all the time to lube our shredder at work...

I will keep this info. to myself...would like to see the thing blow...

That would be kind of cool...

ALOHA

ckadiddle
12-20-2007, 03:05 PM
I gotta go get a can of WD40 right now. :)

SC Cheesehead
12-20-2007, 09:24 PM
The boss just brought out a paper shredder he jammed the ***** out of. Asks me if I can fix it.

It seems stuck and says on the label it needs oil once in a while, so out pops the security manager with a can of WD40 like spray.

So I spray the cutter drums and work them back and forth manually.

Plug 'er in... push the button... BOOM :mad2:.

Fumes from the spray blew from the motor arcing!!!! :lol:

Hmmmmm, was that an 80 or 100 shot?;)

SCCH

pantheroc
12-20-2007, 09:57 PM
Neck ties clear the jams. Tell him to try that next time, he'll never have a paper jam again.

ncmm
12-20-2007, 10:55 PM
that's why I use this. . . :D
http://youtube.com/watch?v=ldAkkJWN46g