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Re: Safety Ideas

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Originally Posted by Don Rotolo View Post

Give a short talk to the team about good safety in the pits, then stand around and enforce it with an iron fist. Or an aluminum one.

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An elite safety captain could enforce with a styrofoam fist!

...But back to reality: my team has been crafting signs (inane ones, but still signs!) out of leftover prototyping parts, mainly foamcore and dowels. We've been tossing one (it reads "I got the mad flow") back and forth across the project lab for about a week and a half, and it hasn't fallen apart yet. I can't imagine they're too expensive, and they do hold up really well. If you're going to make signs, I highly suggest the foamcore / dowel / duct tape construction method.

one more aside: this reminds me of that classic chemistry class poster that says "carol never wore her safety glasses - now she doesn't need them." for some reason that has always amused me in a dark way .
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