I might have 5-6 hours machining time in them. It was more of having fun with the challenge to redesign them to work, make the tooling (I always wanted the die holders), and I used the job to re-calibrate the lathe. Honestly, I was having fun playing.
I grew up on a poultry farm; we raised 1200 pheasants, 500 turkeys, and 500 chickens. The family has been doing it since the 1920's. My father who married into the family was a tool & die maker. When I was 10 he got me a Birdgeport Mill; At 12, an Atlas lathe. My father holds tolerances of millions of an inch, in fact if you touch the metal it expands out of tolerance. We tried produce farming in the late 70's, and we stopped raising poultry and farming in 83.
I wanted to be a mechanic and machinist. Dad said I was going to college; then I could do what ever I wanted. In 90, I graduated with a bachelors in Mechanical Engineering. Soon times were tough with a down turn in the economy, but I got a job at a cutting tool manufacturer where I works 12-15 hours per week in the office, and the balance out on the shop floor. That was a gift. Lathes, Mills, Blanchard Grinders, ID, OD, Cutter grinders, etc. Even got to learn CNCs. I was taught by the old timers.
In 2005, Michigan was hit hard,and I found my way to the local High School teaching Technical Drawing, Electronics, Engineering, Robotics, and coaching the afterschool FIRST robotics team.
I have no CNC's at home, but close to 30 machines in the heated workshop and another 30 in the pole barn storage. The mill I use is a Kearney & Trecker 2CH. My specialty is spiral milling and cutting tools. Its almost a dead trade.
At school we have a Tormach CNC mill and a 4ft x 4ft CNC router (wood, plastic & aluminum). I am spoiled.
For those old schoolers, I make my students learn manual machining first, with vernier calipers, micrometers, dials, etc. and only if they master it, then they get to use the Digital readouts and digital measuring tools. Best of both worlds. Builds creativity.
I also added the pictures of an oil drain I just made. Been wanting one for years.
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