the job i was on at the new york times building

[cuznjohn]

when joel the biker posted his video of the generators, i mentioned that i would upload a video of one of the jobs i worked on at the new york times building, in collage point ny. i really don't remember the year i was there working, but i know it was in the 90's. it's is a little noisy in the background, but you can hear me talking.

i hope you enjoy seeing how papers are printed and made. also you will see some of the pipe work i did.
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6aKRDai-A4A&feature=youtu.be

 

[Bob Denman]

:shocked: That place is pretty busy; and I didn't see too many people in there!
Thanks for the video! :thumbup:

 

[Chupaca]

That was fun. ...

We have come a long way from the gutenburg one page manual press....:roflblack: but how much longer will they keep it going with all the new media advancements...:banghead:

 

[ARtraveler]

Very impressive. Thanks John. :bowdown::bowdown::firstplace::firstplace:

 

[Bob Denman]

Always wondered what the inside of a newspaper printer looked like. I am not a fan of the new york times, but your video is very interesting.

:dontknow: Wasn't it recently renamed to "The Failing New York Times"? :dontknow:

 

[cuznjohn]

glad you enjoyed seeing it

 

[gkamer]

Impressive

That's pretty neat. How come the ink doesn't smear when the papers goes under the rollers. Does it dry that quick? What were those big blue reels in the beginning? Is that where the newspaper paper rolls onto before it starts getting printed?

 

[cuznjohn]

That's pretty neat. How come the ink doesn't smear when the papers goes under the rollers. Does it dry that quick? What were those big blue reels in the beginning? Is that where the newspaper paper rolls onto before it starts getting printed?

as they print the paper, adds and sales, the printer collates the papers, and when you see the rail with all the folded papers on it traveling through the plant, it takes the papers up to the big blue wheels on the second floor, and they wind up on them, and are stored till they need them. when the sections stored are needed for for papers that are going out, the reals work in reverse and send the sections back downstairs to be added to the papers in the sections they belong

 

[gkamer]

Got it

as they print the paper, adds and sales, the printer collates the papers, and when you see the rail with all the folded papers on it traveling through the plant, it takes the papers up to the big blue wheels on the second floor, and they wind up on them, and are stored till they need them. when the sections stored are needed for for papers that are going out, the reals work in reverse and send the sections back downstairs to be added to the papers in the sections they belong

Ok, got it...Cool

 

[cuznjohn]

i was a electrician in local 3 IBEW, there were 3 or 4 electrical contractors working in the building at one time. at that time we were on a furlough rotation, to share the unemployment problem we were having in the union. being i did all the pipe work on one machine, the big blue roles you see in the beginning, i also pulled the wires, had to be close to 1000 wires, then 3 or 4 of us would start to wire the machine.
my 6 months were almost over, and i was getting ready to get laid off for at least 6 months, but being single, i didn't care. i enjoyed the off time. so the times was looking for people to maintain the machines. they went around to the contractors, and asked who were good men that they could hire for a house electrician. my foreman gave my name because he liked me, and i live 10 minutes away from the job. they came to talk to me, and i was thinking about it. i would still be in local 3, and the same pay rate i was getting. it sounded great. as the few of us that were picked were talking, we found out that the times did a lot of overtime. and in a emergency, they expected you to come in when called. also because i lived so close, i would be the first one they called.
I HATED OVERTIME. my motto was I WORK TO LIVE, I DON'T LIVE TO WORK!!!. so i decided to get laid off, and let the other guys picked to take the jobs.

 

[marty1096]

Started as a ppo in power plant worked up to instrumentation and controls my local was
http://www.local223uwua.org/venue/1-local-223-union-hall

 

[cuznjohn]

just re-posting this for people that might be interested in seeing it