1 Jan
2002
1 Jan
'02
10:19 a.m.
Mainly because people think it's just like a
larger version of the DIY
electric drill.
right cutting angles on it) then the workpiece spins round and removes
their fingers...
They can rip off a scalp too if you get long hair wrapped up
in them.
Tony Duell wrote:
I quite agree, Tony. During my pre-senior
highschool year summer
vacation I was afforded the opportunity to work in the model shop of the
local Westinghouse plant. During that summer, I learned to use an
engine lathe, shaper, milling machine, and both gas and arc welding
equipment. I do not mean to imply that I was - or even thought I was -
a journeyman machinist after that exposure, but I certainly learned some
Exactly. I don't expect mechanical engineers to be the world's best
machinists (Most of the skills needed for that come from a lifetime's
practice and experience). But I am not going to trust a mechanical
engineer who's never used a lathe. And I am certainly not going to trust
one who doesn't know what a lathe is, and what it's used for.
useful skills and a hell of a lot about
manufacturability. I also
learned that a drill press is one of the most subtly dangerous machines
in a shop. Interest and curiousity are the major prerequisites for
Mainly because people think it's just like a larger version of the DIY
electric drill. They don't bother to clamp the workpiece. They hand-hold
it, and when the drill bit 'grabs' (especially if they've not ground the
right cutting angles on it) then the workpiece spins round and removes
their fingers...
-tony