Machine Shop committee meeting 20211023

Machine Shop Committee Meeting 10/23/2021
5:00 PM

ATTENDANCE

In-Person:

• Tim Bene
• Charlie Procter
• Nick Silva
• Art Givens
• Tails Hartnett
• Paul Cinak
• Tim Barnhill
• Thomas Fagan
• Malcolm Galland
• Max Holthaus
• Dave Kessinger
• Shay Galland
• Malcolm Galland
• Jim Kreter
• Jay Phelps

On-Call Attendees:

• Paul Morley
• Chris Marlow

PROXIES

Attendee..........Proxy for
Tim Bene..........Bob Karnaugh
Tails Hartnett....Chris Marlow
Charlie Procter...Randy Lisbona

Action Items:

• (Thomas) HAAS - Find and order a Y-Limit switch for the HAAS - Completed post meeting; it is also installed and the HAAS is back up
  

• (Tails) Granite table - Provide ideas for making the surface cover easily removable and making it accessible by all 3 sides

• (Shay) Adding a post on talk to get a list of machine shop for a list of tools in the machine shop - Completed post meeting

• (Max) take pics of the tools in the machine shop and post to Shay's Wiki

• (Someone) Reach out to Beth to determine the location of the engraver and the timeframe it needs to be removed

Discussions:

Workday 10/23/2021 was successful
12 attendees working on stuff

What got worked on:
1) HAAS - Currently out of service at the time of the meeting - Replaced after Monday and the system was brought up

• Y-Switch is non-responsive
  • This was being addressed as post power-ups there was sporadically a 0.23" offset present
  • Thomas calling HAAS for availability Monday
• On/Off Handle needs to be replaced
• Replacing the sliding side-doors crack in the doors TBD
  • Get Lexan - Impact Resistant

2) Bridgeport - In-Service and functional

• Quill spring adjustment - Max
• Quill power feed - Charlie, Paul, and Max
  • 3-Speed changer

3) Shark - In service and functional

• Disassembled / lubricated / stoned the gibb on the cross slide - Malcolm
• 1 gallon of DTE 24 - Jim and Brad

4) Colchester - out of service

• Cross slide lost a gibb - Jim K looking for it monday
• Less than a qt drained from the gearbox - Jim K will find the missing quarts monday
• Oring for the gearbox needed - addressing it Monday

5) Sherline light hanging - Chris Marlow

6) Wiki was updated for the PIG Sig - Shay Galland (Chair Hopeful for April 2022)

7) 1 panel was hung 1 is left -

8) PIG Dust collector was worked on - 30uF cap will be obtained by Tim Bene

Concern raised that a tour conducted the morning of 10/23/2021

• Comment was there are a lot of 1-on-1 training courses don't show up on the course schedule

Push for classes

• Thomas requested that is a subject matter expert on SolidWorks teaches a Key esc
  • Paul Cihak is willing to teach a class
• Tim Barnhill is willing to teach MasterCam
  • Tim has years of experience

• Upcoming classes:
  • Nick
    • 1 Shapeoko class
      • Shapeoko class to make a pen display
    • Tormach class "dry run" class in early November
  • David Kessinger
    • 2 Bridgeport classes in November
  • Max
    • Committed to a Lathe class in November
  • Jay Phelps
    • 1 Shapeoko class
  • Tails
    • Working on the Moodle on Sunday 10/24/2021

• POST MEETING CLASSES HELD By David Kessinger and Max
  • Paul Cihak and Tim Barnhill trained on the Manual Mills and Manual Lathes

Status of MasterCam Purchase

• Infrastructure is purchasing it
• Nick and Malcolm are teaching the classes
• Purchasing 4 floating licenses
• Purchasing 1 license for the HAAS computer
• The board added 2 additional licenses

Machine shop budget surplus $10162.68

Tails proposed a cover for the surface plate and adding a vice with soft-jaws to the side for assembly/disassembly and a plastic/teflon dish for cleaning. Nick is against the idea of hinging the

David K proposed locating the surface plate tools near the surface plate

Machine shop needs/requests

• Bob K mentioned that we need a tap handle for smaller taps
• Need a tap handle for size 4-40 taps and

Colchester Lathe

• Tim brought-up a DRO was approved for the Colchester and never acquired
• The committee approved $750

Meeting adjourned

Vote:

• Chair Vote
  • David Kessinger moved to vote on the new chair; Thomas Seconded
  • Tim Bene was voted chair unanimously