Machine shop committee meeting 20220528

Machine Shop Committee Meeting 05/28/2022
5:00 PM

ATTENDANCE

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Haas way covers and X-Axis home switch need to be replaced - parts are in house; awaiting scheduling
- Charlie will not complete until the machine is cleaned first
Evolution saw has been mounted and is back in service.
Tim is ordering Anchorlube for stainless and other use cases
Cold saw
- Cold saw blade was changed and it's in service
- was short on fluid, topped off
New Shop lights have come in
- Tim proposed dealing with this on the next work day
- Longer light-to-light extensions have arrived
- We need to procure unistrut, chain and misc items before that time

Should we purge old non-members from the Quiz Pass AD? Yes, Tim did so
Nick had some class updates
- Looking to start Master Cam classes
- Looking at more Tormach class
- Looking at Teach-the-Teacher for HAAS
Commitments
- Nick teaching Tormach class and Master Cam classes in May.
- Nick teaching HaaS class in June. Will include Max as a teach-the-teacher so that he can teach Haas in the future
- Jay teaching Shapeoko 3 once per month
- Max and Bob are doing checkouts on demand for Lathe and Mill

Shark Lathe
- Power feed switching lever that chooses cross slide or main is sticky
- Ways are sticky - may need more use or some issue with the oiler
- Lubrication pump may be out – needs further investigation
Shop vac needs new hose
- Tim is ordering a new one after this meeting
- If we need an adapter (unclear at this time) Jay offered to print one from a adjustable template he has used for the same purpose before
Shapekok 3 XXL
- We need an enclosure - this would open up cutting metal, carbon fiber, etc.
- Build vs buy discussed - buy would seem to be much cheaper and faster
- Team took measurements and looked into sourcing options and availability – build is chosen (no readily available options for Buy)
- Tim decided we will be using metal, no wood
- We’ll use the acrylic panels we have
- Working team (Tim/Jay/Aditya) to
Missing tap handle for small sized taps
- Tim will order
Some of the Sherline accessories are missing
- Kevin will perform an inventory
Chuck had an issue with the Bridgeport power drawbar sticking
- Nick had something similar and it may have been a nick in an tool holder
- Being investigated further

Incorporating Vcarve pro into machine shop via a PC
- Team agrees with approach – need to determine our existing PC options next

Meeting adjourned