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Re: GUN machining
« Reply #10 on: November 18, 2021, 01:06:35 PM »
It seems around here that most of the really good machinists are passing away. It is a terrible waste of talent as most of them do/did not have an apprentice.

That happens with too many true craftsmen no matter what trade they're in.
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Re: GUN machining
« Reply #11 on: November 18, 2021, 01:19:02 PM »
Not actually unreasonable .
That's why machinists spend so much time learning to use a file.   ;D


Say, There is ONE person nearby I could ask. 
So BAC, how do you feel about personal projects ?    ;D

(Not a serious question, I know how it is   ;D  )

I remember reading about an old machinists or metalworkers exam, in Germany IIRC, where they were given a chunk of steel and a file. Then they made a 1" cube (or whatever the measurement was) with no other metal working tools. Slap it in a vise, file, check for level, file, check for square, etc., until you had your perfect little steel cube. Or you didn't. It was a GO - NO GO kind of test, pass or fail. It wasn't like high school woodshop where we were graded on a kerf. ;)
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Re: GUN machining
« Reply #12 on: November 18, 2021, 05:03:01 PM »
I remember reading about an old machinists or metalworkers exam, in Germany IIRC, where they were given a chunk of steel and a file. Then they made a 1" cube (or whatever the measurement was) with no other metal working tools. Slap it in a vise, file, check for level, file, check for square, etc., until you had your perfect little steel cube. Or you didn't. It was a GO - NO GO kind of test, pass or fail. It wasn't like high school woodshop where we were graded on a kerf. ;)

Project #1 of pretty much any good machining course.
When C&Rsenal talks about Werndle getting sick of filing in Dad's factory, he doesn't mean shuffling papers.   ;D
One of my 3D print programs is a 25.4mm XYZ cube  ;D 
That is actually the purpose.
You are making a calibration cube so your first project is your first functional tool.

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Re: GUN machining
« Reply #13 on: November 19, 2021, 09:11:44 AM »
I remember reading about an old machinists or metalworkers exam, in Germany IIRC, where they were given a chunk of steel and a file. Then they made a 1" cube (or whatever the measurement was) with no other metal working tools. Slap it in a vise, file, check for level, file, check for square, etc., until you had your perfect little steel cube. Or you didn't. It was a GO - NO GO kind of test, pass or fail. It wasn't like high school woodshop where we were graded on a kerf. ;)

We had to pass a test like this in HS machine shop class before we were allowed to test on the machinery. The teacher gave us a 4" long bar of 2" x 3/8" cold-rolled, two files and a blueprint....and we were allowed to use a 6" bench vise to clamp it in. I still have the piece somewhere in my trappings.
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