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Bob La Londe
Professional Hack, Hobbyist, Wannabe, Shade Tree, Button Pushing, Not a "Real" machinist
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I always wanted a welding stinger that looked like the north end of a south bound chicken. Often my welds look like somebody pointed the wrong end of a chicken at the joint and squeezed until something came out. Might as well look the part. -
I see parallels to the R/C airplane hobby. Those that learned to fly with a buddy box and a mentor(manual machinists) and brand new people that rely heavily on a flight computer, throw the model into the air, flip a switch, and hope for the best.(new CNC machinists). Eventually everyone ends up on the same page... -
I smiled when I saw the comic posted on Facebook. I started out with CNC machines and now I own several manual machines as well. When you gist need ta waller a hole in something that ain't no point in taking all the time to sit that on that there computering thing and sit there and wright a big old fancy detailed program.--
Bob La Londe
Professional Hack, Hobbyist, Wannabe, Shade Tree, Button Pushing, Not a "Real" machinist
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I always wanted a welding stinger that looked like the north end of a south bound chicken. Often my welds look like somebody pointed the wrong end of a chicken at the joint and squeezed until something came out. Might as well look the part.Comment
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Somewhere in the 90 to mid 90% range is manual for me --- and "usually" much faster than CNC, but yeah oh fuque when you need a CNC you need a CNC...Comment
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Generally from my experience manufacturing uses CNC, repair and maintenance was manual
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There are 2 kinds of folks doing " Machining", Those that are mostly interested in getting some part/device made, and those who ENJOY the activity of "making chips" and watching a part slowly appear from a block of metal.. The CNCers and the real Machinists . :-) :-)
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I agree that it's far simpler to fix something on a manual, and CNC is king for production. I personally hate making multiples of the same part, it stops being fun at #8 or #16.Comment
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Last time I checked the title of this forum and the magazine that sponsors it I saw "Home Shop Machinist". To me that means mostly folks doing this activity as a hobby. And by extension doing it mostly for fun and personal reward.
If the most F&R comes from tickling a keyboard and seeing 3D renderings turned into solid then great. If the most F&R comes from manually moving handwheels and feeling the chips peeling away on a manual machine then great.
No one is wrong, no one is right. We each pick our own path.
Me? I've got no interest at all in having a computer making my chips. And in fact I'm having a lot of fun getting to know and use my shaper, mill and lathe and becoming a better classical manual machinist. And overcoming the puzzles of how best to hold parts to carve the shapes.Chilliwack BC, CanadaComment
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You can say one thing for sure..... Anyone working as a manual machinist who hasn't invested some time in learning basics of CNC and CAD/CAM is making a "dumb" career decision.
And, yes there are some machinists too dumb to do CNC work because they're math phobic.Last edited by DR; 09-14-2023, 09:07 PM.Comment
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Nothing in my life, aviation included, requires more math than machining, manual or CNC. I don't need Trig for aviation but you sure do for machining, lol.Originally posted by DR View PostComment
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I guess I’m going to sell my Mill &Lathe,never took anything close to Trig.Originally posted by RB211 View PostComment
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So you never used a sine bar before or a tooling ball?Originally posted by Tundra Twin Track View PostComment
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I don't see any jobs currently listed, but when they do there is a line in the job description: "your CNC skills are of no use here".Comment
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