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Offline Frog

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Moments of "doh!"
« on: April 18, 2017, 11:14:43 AM »


We've all had them. (And I have plenty!)
Share, but let's do it just one at a time so more can play.
I'll start with that ever popular printing of a board without a shirt, and the ensuing sound of the screen breaking free of the adhesive.
That rug really tied the room together, did it not?


Offline Prince Art

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #1 on: April 18, 2017, 12:15:49 PM »
How about when you don't realize until you're packing up the order that there are shirts missing? Somehow the entire order has gone through ordering, receiving, printing, and catching, then you look at the paperwork, and say, "Wait, where are the 5 extra smalls?"
Doesn't happen often. But when it does... "doh!" barely covers it.

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #2 on: April 18, 2017, 01:36:42 PM »
I left a floodbar or squeegee clamp on a pallet during setup. Went to register another position, hit the table lift button on the printhead, and POW! Had to reshoot, dry, tape, and re-register that position.
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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #3 on: April 18, 2017, 01:52:21 PM »
That's not as bad as lifting tables into a quartz flash with something sitting on a pallet. Not that I ever have.

I hate to say it, but if it is a bonehead move, I've probably done it.
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Offline Colin

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #4 on: April 18, 2017, 02:35:54 PM »
Pushing to hard on the touch screen for an auto press..... crack/spiderweb.....

Darn thing wasn't responding.... grrr... I felt like such an idiot.
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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #5 on: April 18, 2017, 06:00:13 PM »
Burning film backwards and not notice until you tape up and start to register screens on press ;D who does that,  me me me me!! :-[
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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #6 on: April 18, 2017, 07:34:58 PM »
printing on the wrong side of the shirt
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DUE TO CIRCUMSTANCES COMPLETELY WITHIN MY CONTROL YOU SHOULD GET YOUR OWN TEE SHIRT AND A SHARPIE MARKER BY NOON TOMORROW OR SIMPLY CALL SOMEONE WHO GIVES A SHIRT.

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #7 on: April 18, 2017, 10:34:51 PM »
Used the darn metal paint spatula that I even ground the corners on,
that yup- just went through the screen, again!

An invention for someone- make a stronger goop scoop with more of a beveled end
that doesn't hold any ink coming out of a 5'er.  :P

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #8 on: April 19, 2017, 08:18:21 AM »
Burning film backwards and not notice until you tape up and start to register screens on press ;D who does that,  me me me me!! :-[

sorry Darryl, while this is not a competition, I can top that! We actually went ahead and printed the job thinking the backwards screen was background for the art!!!
DUHHHH!

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #9 on: April 19, 2017, 08:25:23 AM »
Come on guys, we do all this crap every day! Step up your game here.

How do you spell BASKETBALL? We spell it BASETBALL. But only for an NBA TEAM
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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #10 on: April 19, 2017, 09:18:21 AM »
One of my finer moments has to be indexing a pallet under an empty print head catching said printhead (which was unlatched at the time) in the process and shearing the stop block on a tri-lock pallet off.

Offline Prince Art

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #11 on: April 19, 2017, 09:38:54 AM »
There's also leaving a pallet under the flash, walking away for awhile, then having 4 ft high flames catch your attention. (I was only a witness to that one!)
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Offline Prince Art

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #12 on: April 19, 2017, 09:40:37 AM »
Come on guys, we do all this crap every day! Step up your game here.

How do you spell BASKETBALL? We spell it BASETBALL. But only for an NBA TEAM

Doh! is bad enough. But if it's Doh! the customer sees, you're playing at another level.
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Offline Doug B

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #13 on: April 19, 2017, 09:43:35 AM »
  Many, many years ago, I spelled it basketballl.

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Re: Moments of "doh!"
« Reply #14 on: April 19, 2017, 10:39:12 AM »
gotta love printing on a pallet with no shirt on it haha dang it!!
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