[MachineShop] cutting wax, logbook

[Mitchell Newberry]

> I'm a little confused. Mitchell you used the lathe to cut some wax? I'm not familiar with what's involved with that. Wouldn't the vice just crush the wax?

Yep. It's a pretty hard wax designed for lost-wax casting. It machined great! Smooth finish, great dimensional accuracy, no chatter. I'm sure I could crush it with the vice but I knew when to quit. The jaw marks did not leave a dent.

We'll probably do it again sometime.

> There is some merit in that a bad clean up job might demonstrate fundamental carelessness, which might serve as a risk marker for a potential future accident. While a log book might help, I'm not sure if it's going to be well received given the intended purpose. From my experience, if there is a mess to deal with, it's typically the individual that vehemently complains about the machine shop. The other issue is that the kind of person that leaves a mess is also the kind of person that isn't going to sign a log book. In the end there is a camera above the door, so if we really need to determine who left a mess we could ask Adam for the footage - maybe work on streamlining this, with remote viewing?

Yeah, but a logbook is tangible, fun and available to anyone. Camera footage is esoteric, not fun and only available to some inscrutable overlords.

Mitchell
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