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Farmer Tim *8N15513*
08-11-2002 03:47:47
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Re: Any Machinists out there? in reply to ChrisB.(Ohio), 08-09-2002 20:52:09
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Hello Chris-
Good for you! Basic Machining is a dying trade as far as new, younger students picking up on it and it's sad. I've been maching for over twenty-five years and started when I was seventeen. I have a degree in mechanical engineering now but my job is programming CNC turn-mills where I work. The CNC field is fascinating, however, in my encounters with younger guys, very few have the basic machining skills to function as a machinist. Most just want to operate and don't know how to program manually. The ones that are interested in programming can't/won't do it unless they are in front of a tube. Granted, the tube (CAD/CAM) systems are great for tricky countouring but if you don't know if the numbers it spits out are correct for instance on an angle if you punch in 15.5 degrees and the print says fifteen degrees five minutes, well you'd better know the difference! Like I said, it's sad because management isn't bringing in young apprentices to train in some of the other skilled trades either-grinding, manual lathes, bridgports, etc.
My advice-learn the basics first and then proceed to the CNC field. I tell my boss not to send me any nnew programmers unless they know SFM, RPM, FPR, IPM, DOC, TRIGONOMETRY, GEOMETRY, TOOLING, and much more...tim d.
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