Ran a 10-minute mid-shift QC audit at 3:00 today to tighten our turnaround on repairs, and right on cue the pressure pot hit 60 psi and let out a whistle that sounded like it failed us. What’s the most unhelpful ‘feedback’ you’ve had from equipment while trying to keep the workflow clean and on-time?
I’ve been doing a few remote wax-up demos; a top-down camera plus a side cam at “incisal edge level” helps trainees see contours, and a cheap ring light at 45° tames glare. Remote teaching’s great, but block 20-minute grading windows between cases or quotas sneak up like runaway alginate. @SamDA even a decent webcam handled this fine.
That whistle always waits for showtime. My one fix: I slapped a QR code on the pressure pot that points to e.ggtimer - a simple countdown timer so whoever starts it owns the cycle and QC stays aligned; on days the casting run hits 3:00, I nudge the audit to 2:55. What’s your most dramatic false alarm — pot or compressor?
Totally agree on ‘apply promptly’ — landed one within 24 hours; just verify multistate bar limits before accepting, @OP. 
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