Roller Frame Abuse

[ScreenFoo]

The thing about it is, you can't idiot proof anything--the idiots are too damn smart.

If you want to be non-confrontational about it, I'd say reverse that $500 plan--they all split it in two months--every time they f*ck up a screen, take fifty out.   Sh!t, give them a thousand twice a year--you'll save a lot more than that fixing the problem.

Perhaps joke about how much you're going to have to dock their pay because they are ruining so many screens? 
(You probably can't, legally, but it might wake them up as to YOUR plight)

Hope something works out for you Alan.
I've been lucky to be in a small enough shop where I really barely have to let anyone else touch my rollers. 
Last few years have been wonderful...

[inkman996]

And now you are in the position where you have to take some kind of action on an employee. When you first had a sit down with them I am sure you gave some ultimatums. Make them all aware that someone is going to be in trouble intentional or negligence someone has to be held accountable.

[GraphicDisorder]

[Gilligan]

Well Alan, we got one as well... and we know this wasn't malicious.

So it CAN happen, no auto, rear clamps... we do have a screen rack.

[inkman996]

Well Alan, we got one as well... and we know this wasn't malicious.

So it CAN happen, no auto, rear clamps... we do have a screen rack.

This may be far fetched but does anyone think it is possible that is from a finger/thumb pressing to hard on the tape? As mentioned earlier the thread in  the tape can make damage look like that?

Maybe someone can grab a frame and squeeze it with their thumb and see if anything similar occurs.

[alan802]

I've tried numerous ways to do this damage and can't duplicate it without doing some blunt force trauma.  A finger nail or thumb press won't do it, it takes a serious slam onto something hard.  It's like they are dropping screens while trying to juggle them on top of the press, maybe I've got a circus act going on back there and don't know about it yet.

[Gilligan]

Yeah, you aren't damaging that polyken with a finger!