Filling the shoes of the missing

Well, I spent pretty much the entire day in the shop. I don't mind working in the shop, but I prefer testing. I started by taking an 8 year old scrap panel and dicing it into 3" wide lengths. Then I milled a 15° edge down the one side leaving roughly 1/16" of blunt edge of the 1/4" thick piece. Then I degreased, dried and sandblasted it to get it ready to adhere to the panel that will be tested (Switching to ASTM D3039 from dog-bone shaped coupons) The afternoon, I spent waterjetting a panel while assembling the two new chairs for the lab. Lastly I pitched in with the DCB-prep. All of this while the outside chiller is not operational (it died late yesterday, but the reset for the thermal overload was easily reset after some research by my coworker).