My parallel bar jammed up right before a deadline yesterday

I was halfway through a 24x36 floor plan at 8pm when my parallel bar just locked up on one side. The cable got all twisted (I think from sliding papers underneath it too fast). I had to stop everything, take the whole thing apart, and reroute the cables through the pulleys. Took me 45 minutes and I still ended up a little off square. Has anyone else had their parallel bar go haywire on a tight timeline?

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abby_henderson12d agoMost Upvoted

Ha! Now you'll be side-eyeing that bar forever, right?

amy_foster5612d ago

OH MAN, that is a NIGHTMARE right before a deadline. I feel your pain SO much because the same thing happened to me last spring except mine seized up completely because a paperclip got stuck in the cable pulley. I was literally in tears because it was 11pm and I had to be at the printer the next morning. The worst part is that even after you fix it, you're ALWAYS paranoid it's gonna act up again. I actually started keeping a backup T-square and a roll of drafting tape nearby just in case because once was enough for a lifetime. You probably spent more time stressing about the alignment than it actually took to fix, right?

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