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3. Leonard W. Molberg (MO) - 2008-06-08 03:13:30 |
Though I only met Jim once in person, I was impressed with his integrity and friendliness earlier through other dealings.
I had worked on another customer’s Ludlow (stuck plunger which I removed with my custom slide-hammer plunger puller) then became friends with the fellow. When he decided to sell his Ludlow, which had, in his case, been a bad decision for his application, he gave me the copy of Jim Parrish’s Ludlow Trouble Shooting Guide.
It turned out that there were missing pages in the guide. I called Jim to see if he could help me with that, then he sent me a complete new copy. He didn’t have to do that - it had been a few years since the original purchase and I did not purchase it at that!
He then gave me extra information on drilling and cleaning the cooling channels on a Ludlow mold, recognizing my understanding of the situation as a machinist.
Then Jim visited Denver, Colorado one time when he was able to attend a luncheon of the "Wrong Fonts" - officially now known as the Rocky Mountain Letterpress Society. He was a wealth of information, especially as in regards to his dealings with OSHA on the lead issue, giving us comfort as to the very low danger we face in that regard and why. He was nice to visit with and I cherish the memory of our visits by phone and in person.
Mo - aka Leonard W. Molberg - dba The L W Molberg Press - Trade Letterpress and Hot Type. |
" target=_blank> 2. Pepper - 2008-06-08 03:12:08 |
| I am sorry I never got to meet Jim. So many people in our travels tell stories of how he was a wonderful man. David misses him every day. |
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" target=_blank>1. David Seat - 2008-06-08 03:10:40 |
One of my favorite stories, is one that Jim told me.
He said that when he was 15 or 16 he worked for a local print shop there in Brinkley, AR. He said the owner was one to visit the local pub at lunch time and one this particular day he did as usual. Jim, decided to disassemble the Ludlow machine to see what made it tick. When the owner got back the machine was all over the floor and he was totally upset and called Jim every thing but nice. Jim, in his own style, told him to get out and go back for some more lunch and he would get it working again. After a few hours he did get it back together and working and when the owner returned and saw it was functioning again, he told Jim to NEVER touch the Ludlow as long as he worked there. But did give him many more maintenance jobs to perform.
Jim said this was the start of his love affair with the Ludlow machine which continued until his passing.
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