Today I got to drive myself to work. It was strange to feel that independent, but I think I will get used to it soon. When I arrived, I went into an orientation meeting with Betsy and the new machinist. Betsy walked us through the intranet site StoneAge uses. The program is called Slate, and I think it's pretty cool. She walked us through the different parts of the site. There was the calendar events, the rotating picture slide, and many other things. I think that the way the site displays Shoutouts is cool. In this format, everybody can see who is appreciating who, and what the appreciation is for. At my school, we have little cards you can fill out for appreciations and drop them in the appreciations box. The problem with this system is that it takes a while for the appreciation to make it out of the box and into your hands. I think that the Shoutout page does a good job of allowing the person being appreciated to immediately know they were appreciated.
After learning all about the ins and outs of the intranet site, I went out to the Engineering shop to help Hugh. Somehow the plates that I had started to put on yesterday were from the updated version of the AutoBox, and didn't fit with the old model body. So I took the new plates off and took them back into inventory. Then I got Hugh to explain the plumbing system to me for my project. Since I helped put the finishing touches on it, I thought it would be a good idea to model the plumbing system in SolidWorks. This would also show what I had learned in the past two weeks. So I drew a quick sketch of the system in my notepad while Hugh talked me through it. Then I took a bunch of pictures of the pipes and fittings and such and went inside to draw up a better sketch. I got out my notebook and drew a more detailed depiction of what was on my notepad. From there I started my design in SolidWorks. I started with the pump house bays. I put the big tank upstairs on next, and gave it a dome and a top. I then started the piping off of the side. I think that the hardest part about making this model will be making the control valves. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to go about that yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Another thing I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to do is represent the diesel engines and high pressure pumps. Right now I think I'm just going to put big rectangular prisms where they should be and not worry about getting the exact shape of them right. I worked on that for a while until I was summoned by Eric to look over the AutoBox for it's modeling shoot. The marketing team decided that it was alright if the side plates weren't anodized and the old ones could be put back on. So Eric assigned that task for me to complete when I came in on Monday. After that, it was time for me to go, so I got in my car and drove home.
After learning all about the ins and outs of the intranet site, I went out to the Engineering shop to help Hugh. Somehow the plates that I had started to put on yesterday were from the updated version of the AutoBox, and didn't fit with the old model body. So I took the new plates off and took them back into inventory. Then I got Hugh to explain the plumbing system to me for my project. Since I helped put the finishing touches on it, I thought it would be a good idea to model the plumbing system in SolidWorks. This would also show what I had learned in the past two weeks. So I drew a quick sketch of the system in my notepad while Hugh talked me through it. Then I took a bunch of pictures of the pipes and fittings and such and went inside to draw up a better sketch. I got out my notebook and drew a more detailed depiction of what was on my notepad. From there I started my design in SolidWorks. I started with the pump house bays. I put the big tank upstairs on next, and gave it a dome and a top. I then started the piping off of the side. I think that the hardest part about making this model will be making the control valves. I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to go about that yet, but I'm sure I'll figure it out. Another thing I'm not exactly sure how I'm going to do is represent the diesel engines and high pressure pumps. Right now I think I'm just going to put big rectangular prisms where they should be and not worry about getting the exact shape of them right. I worked on that for a while until I was summoned by Eric to look over the AutoBox for it's modeling shoot. The marketing team decided that it was alright if the side plates weren't anodized and the old ones could be put back on. So Eric assigned that task for me to complete when I came in on Monday. After that, it was time for me to go, so I got in my car and drove home.