Tuesday, March 10, 2009

Another fine day in late August

Yes, I know its not August, but thats what today felt like (actually its been like this for weeks). The temperature in my workplace is ~83F, and I got to work with a piece of equipment that was running at 165F!. I sick of the heat. It seems that something is finally being done about it, after all, this is not a country club.

Well, I ran two tests of my own and assisted on three of someone else's. On top of that, I ran 18 specimen on the waterjet. Not a great day, but not a bad day of work. Testing specimen at temperature just eats up too much time, and I wish there was a better way.

The other three tests were impressive to hear, but as with most failures there is before and after. The failure occurs in a split second. Ive had things within inches of my face blow apart (not this time). Its somewhat scary, but I have yet to be hurt. Mostly since I know where to stand to minimize the hazard. The most impressive is when a object about the volume of a shoebox was within inches of my nose, and in an instant split in two and ended up a foot or two away. Well, enough for now.

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