2022-09-12 Meeting Minutes

Attendance:

  • Ben Jackson
  • Eris Ryan
  • Ryan Marple
  • Dave Seff

Opened: 7:40
Closed: 8:50

Air lines:

The following machines/areas require air lines. Actual implementation to be further investigated by Ryan.

  • YAG
  • HILDI
  • Lathes & mill
  • Manifold
  • Plasma
  • Manifold
  • Spring line for air guns

Open Day:

  • Dave on HILDI
  • Ryan on YAG
  • Ben & Eris should be available
  • Phil to be notified of open day
  • Look into options for custom items that are easy to make and may be sold (ie. Cutting name into steel on yag)
  • 19th of Nov working bee
  • Make it clear to other members that it’s not a project day
  • Put signs up about no projects on open day
  • Make announcements about no projects on open day
  • Created project taskade for open day

Other

  • Team meetings to be held 7:30pm Monday before the general meeting

Magnabend

  • Waiting on coil. Assigned to Eris & Josh.
  • Base is almost done. Drilling and tapping is required for mounting to stand. Assigned to Dave.

Gas Bottle Safety

  • Wait until gas monitoring project is done or further progressed.

Gas Monitoring System

  • Have a meeting at a later point on the gas monitoring project. Will meet Tuesday 13th.

Blue Lathe

  • Working fine
  • Power leads need to be cleaned up for blue lathe. Assigned to Ben.

Green Lathe

  • Electrician Required
  • Working fine

Milling Machine

  • New bolt for quill feed to prevent loss of parts. Assigned to Ben
  • Mill axis lock levers replaced by Phil.
  • Need to diagnose x-axis autofeed. Will ask Phil.
  • Need to investigate coolant in one shot oiler. Will ask Phil.

Horizontal Bandsaw

  • Non functional
  • Waiting on electrician for switch replacement

HILDI

  • Get new tool setter. assigned to Ryan
  • Mount usb hub. assigned to Ryan

YAG

  • NUC HDD is low on space. Added task to look into it at a later date.
  • Consumables need to be ordered.
  • Shielding needs to be done. Assigned to Eris.
  • Order shielding film. Assigned to Ryan.
  • Mount water filter to drum trolley. assigned to Eris and Ryan.
  • Added YAG usage document as task. Assigned to Ryan. Chris Noonan may have info.

Plasma Cutter

  • Awaiting Replacement.
  • Seek ~$1000 for plasma cutter. Make Proposal. Assigned to Ryan.

TIG Welder

  • Working fine
  • May need gas soon. No noticed gas leaks for the current bottle.

MIG Welder

  • Need new roll of wire. Eris to buy.
  • Working fine.

Cold Cut Saw

  • Had blades sharpened. Cost $55 for 2 blades.
  • Eris has float switch for coolant tank.

Startrite Bandsaw

  • Out of commission.
  • Gearbox to be inspected. Assigned to Dave.

Electrician

  • Green lathe interlock
  • Horizontal bandsaw switch

Toolroom Mill

  • Sell toolroom mill - UNANIMOUS
  • Buy plasma cutter & YAG spares w/profit if possible.

The following members met their volunteer requirements for the month:

  • Ben Jackson
  • Eris Ryan
  • Ryan Marple
  • Dave Seff
  • Phil Juric
  • meetings/teams/metalshop/20220912
  • Last modified: 19 months ago
  • by ryan6338