Much like the wood shop in which the unfortunate person that trips the saw stop is expected to pony up money or the replacement - the machine shop has voted to do the same with the Cold Cut blades.
The main reason the cold cut blade has broken has been to poor clamping which makes it a user issue. Cold cut blades run about $165 each. We realize that there is wear and tear on it from use so if you’re the unlucky person that breaks one we will be requesting a $75 replacement fee. This is effective immediately.
simple - make sure it is clamped.
It is a pneumatic clamping system which you only have to manually clamp close to it. Engaging the clamp closes the rest of the way. It is still the responsibility of the user to simply reach up, tug on the workpiece to make sure it doesn’t move.
Other issues may have been with roundstock which can ‘lift’ or roll up as it is clamped. Again, the user should check that it is firmly secured. cheers!
PS. While I was editing the wiki page, I removed the names of a couple dozen “committee members” who are no longer members of DMS. I left everyone who is still a DMS member.
I don’t think there is any expectation that you pay for the blade. This was a going forward action and was part of a broader discussion at the meeting on the increasing cutter, drill, saw blade costs.
