Developers' Bulletin

10/04/13
Highlights: Page Names, InfoBox table, Team bios

5/30/13
Highlights: Description guidelines, Checklist Table, Advantages/disadvantages table (ADtable), Kaizen page, Additional resources, How to check your page, Using a table to format your page

Page discussions

 * Talk:Micrometer Measurements
 * Talk:90_Degree_Mill_Head
 * Talk:Swapping Lathe Chuck
 * Talk:Cutter Types (Lathe)
 * Talk:Cutter Types (Mill)
 * Talk:Cleaning Machines
 * Talk:Machine Setup/Maintenance (MakerBot)
 * Talk:Code Generation (MakerBot)
 * (pending) Talk:Part Design (MakerBot)
 * Talk:Tramming Mill Head
 * Talk:4th Axis (HAAS Mill)
 * Talk:Mounting Tools (HAAS Mill)
 * Talk:Squaring Rough Stock

Pages not (yet!!!) started
It is important that the first draft of these pages are started so we can give feedback.
 * Tumbler (C&M Topline)
 * Boring Head
 * Broach
 * Sine Bar
 * Rotary Table

Description guidelines
These pages do not have a proper description (the text directly under the page title):
 * Swapping Lathe Chuck
 * Cutter Types (Lathe)
 * Cutter Types (Mill)
 * Cleaning Machines
 * Micrometer Measurements

For an example of a proper description see: Code Generation (MakerBot)

Guidelines for the page description has been reproduced for your convenience here:

All pages should include a short synopsis/description at the beginning directly under the page title. See any wikipedia page for an expample, or see Manual_Lathe. This section should also include:
 * Any necessary 'Not to be confused with' statements (see code on Manual_Lathe for example of use of Distinguish template)
 * Any necessary 'Skip to' statements (see code on Manual_Lathe for example)
 * 'Main Article' statement (see code on Manual_Lathe for example of use of MainArticle template)

Kaizen suggestion page
We now have a page where anyone can add their own ideas for Kaizen projects

Additional resources
When creating these pages it is important not to reinvent the wheel (no value added in reinventing the wheel). We brought this up because there are several resources which exist that should be checked by each Kaizen project:
 * Shop Binder
 * Legacy Mindworks website
 * Machinist handbook

All teams should check these sources to ensure complete content. A table of contents of the chop binder has been posted here for your convenience.

How to check your page

 * 1) Have another group read over your pages
 * 2) Make sure to print out a copy of your page (or view it on your phone) and explicitly follow your steps
 * 3) Review the content with Russ
 * 4) Review your page with Curtis or Alex

You are not done until you have completed above steps

Using a table to format your page
Sometimes it is nice to control how the pictures and tables are laid out in your page. This can be accomplished with tables. The most basic table (without a class callout) will default to use 100% of the page, which means you can make a table with one row and two columns to help with formatting. You can also use a table with multiple rows and one column, where each cell has an entire section. If there is anything specific you would like to know, just email Curtis or Alex.

Some good examples:
 * Machine Setup/Maintenance (MakerBot)

5/28/13
Highlights:Uploading videos, Guidelines for Pictures/Figures, Itemized/Step by step table, Description guidelines

Q&A
There was a question regarding uploading videos. Please see Help:Page Editing (Quick) for more information.

Page discussions
We went through and added comments to many of the pages, including:
 * Swapping Lathe Chuck
 * Cutter Types (Lathe)
 * Cutter Types (Mill)
 * Cleaning Machines

Please incorporate comments by tomorrow midday.

Tomorrow I will be adding comments to:
 * 90 Degree Mill Head
 * Part Design (MakerBot)
 * Code Generation (MakerBot)
 * Machine Setup/Maintenance (MakerBot)

Pages not started

 * Tramming Mill Head
 * 4th Axis (HAAS Mill)
 * Mounting Tools (HAAS Mill)
 * Squaring Rough Stock
 * Micrometer Measurements
 * Tumbler (C&M Topline)
 * Boring Head
 * Broach
 * Sine Bar
 * Rotary Table

Guidelines for Pictures/Figures

 * Figures and drawings are far superior than pictures and should be used when reasonable
 * Mismatching of figures and images should be avoided
 * Figures should approach McMaster quality of figures see: http://www.mcmaster.com/#end-mills/=mycaju
 * Figures can be created in gimp, inkscape, SW or you choice of software
 * If pictures are required:
 * Try to make the group of pictures consistent. For example, the example table below has endmills laying down, and one standing up. This is bad practice!!!
 * Groups of images (pictures or figures) should have the same aspect ratio, and when possible should be of 1.33:1 (or 4:3). see: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Aspect_ratio_(image)#4:3_standard
 * Use consistent backgrounds, and when possible white background (piece of printer paper works well). This allows for easy future editing of image like background removal through gimp or photoshop.

Itemized/Step by step table (ID Table)
Simply copy and paste the code as required. Lines 1,2,3 set up the table, remember to change the table caption (Various types of mill cutters:) and the table headers (Tool/Step and Description). Copy and paste the 6th and 7th row as needed to add rows to the table, remembering to change the fileName, caption, and description fields as needed. The 5th row is an example and may be deleted. If the table is used for 'step by step' procedures, format caption as the following: Step 1: Turn on the Machine.


 * About this table
 * This table uses a template named we created RowPicture which is called by using double brackets . The template requires the necessary syntax to finish the row of the table.


 * See Also
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Table
 * http://www.mediawiki.org/wiki/Template

Description guidelines
All pages should include a short synopsis/description at the beginning directly under the page title. See any wikipedia page for an expample, or see Manual_Lathe. This section should also include:
 * Any necessary 'Not to be confused with' statements (see code on Manual_Lathe for example of use of Distinguish template)
 * Any necessary 'Skip to' statements (see code on Manual_Lathe for example)
 * 'Main Article' statement (see code on Manual_Lathe for example of use of MainArticle template)