That's what I thought, too. Nice image though.
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- Herb Roflcopter
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About 7 months ago I was picking up dog crap for a living when it hit me- I was picking up dog crap for a living.
I spent the next 6 months looking for something- anything- just to get some sort of job I could be look forward to going to each morning. (My once-promising maintenance career fizzled into a glorified janitorial gig, with a rotten emergency call rotation where one person is on call 24/7 for 30 days straight.)
So I now I have an entry-level machinist job that doesn't pay as much as my previous employer, but will pay more if I can stick with it. The job requires about 50 hours a week, takes up a lot of my spare time and really is designed for someone about 20 years younger, but at least I'm learning a trade.
It's gratifying that someone was willing to give me one more shot. There isn't much demand for guys like me.
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For some reason I keep getting CNC Lathe positions sent to me. I work in IT. Not sure if that's something you'd consider but I seem to recall you being pretty good with computers so maybe that's a direction to take the machining into. I've known a few machinists and they're all good, hard working people. It's an honorable profession.
- AeroDillo MkII
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I need more machinists for that shop I'll open...eventually.
Just throwing that out there.
Just throwing that out there.
- Herb Roflcopter
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Cousi wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 3:56 amFor some reason I keep getting CNC Lathe positions sent to me. I work in IT. Not sure if that's something you'd consider but I seem to recall you being pretty good with computers so maybe that's a direction to take the machining into. I've known a few machinists and they're all good, hard working people. It's an honorable profession.
I'm currently at the mistake-making level, so it's a bit rough right now. Part of the problem is that most of my co-workers have English as their second language, and everyone has their own style, so I often get conflicting information, or not enough. But, I'm managing and it's more fulfilling than picking up dog crap.AeroDillo MkII wrote: ↑Thu Nov 08, 2018 4:38 amI need more machinists for that shop I'll open...eventually.
Just throwing that out there.
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I'll have to put up a picture of the SuperChip one of these days.
Made on a 1940-dated lathe the size of a minivan, turning approximately 16rpm and taking a .250 cut with a burnt-out carbide cutter. It was something to see. I've still got a length of it rolling around my toolbox somewhere.
Made on a 1940-dated lathe the size of a minivan, turning approximately 16rpm and taking a .250 cut with a burnt-out carbide cutter. It was something to see. I've still got a length of it rolling around my toolbox somewhere.
- Herb Roflcopter
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AeroDillo MkII wrote: ↑Fri Nov 09, 2018 4:25 amI'll have to put up a picture of the SuperChip one of these days.
Made on a 1940-dated lathe the size of a minivan, turning approximately 16rpm and taking a .250 cut with a burnt-out carbide cutter. It was something to see. I've still got a length of it rolling around my toolbox somewhere.
I'd like to see that if you can get a pic.
In the meantime, here's more abstract art:
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I'm thinking either the bottom of an aquarium or slate rocks for a driveway.
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I partially agree with Cousi, that resembles the Pennsylvania shale/slate driveways of my youth.
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Yeah, close enough- it was an area of lawn near a driveway where there would normally be grass- the owners decided rocks would be better.
Speaking of other states, this pic was taken in Missouri- the sidewalks at Johnson's Shut-In State Park are paved in this manner: