Rebuilding Worn Out FADAL's

You took the high road, see where it got you? If JB was any good he would understand the stuctures of the machine he is using. Doesn't mean he has to fix it but be able to tell something is not right.

Wes

I was just curious. It seems like a place that large would be able to get things processed in a short period of time without using overtime.

No thank you.

Actually, my place of employment is nationally unknown. I never said it was more impressive than yours. A small machine shop. 5 verticals, 4 horizontals, 1 5-axis (my responsibility), 6 2-axis lathes, 1 4-axis lathes, 1 6-axis lathe, 2 opposed spindle 4-axis per spindle gantry fed lathes, and various support equipment. I have programmed/set-up all except 2 of the horizontals. 6M yearly in sales, probably 4.5M net after materials.

It's relaxing, though, for those of us who enjoy it.

Jonny boy, I don't run machines, I repair the carnage. I do know about the proper buttons, softkeys, safe start blocks and such so that I can run a proved/unproved program safely. Sadly, I often have to teach the operators about those nice features that keep me lifting my coffee cup instead of my wrenches. I'd rather fix an operator than have to fix a crashed machine.

I don't hurt machines because I don't run them. You told a lie. How long is your nose?

Seek help because you need it, just to verify it is you, ask for a vote, see how many tell you you are sane. Either you get off on being the laughing stock of amc or you are truely double plus unwell.

I hope you seek healing,

Wes

I have worked for 14 shops, some 2-3 times. Iv'e worked for a 2 man shop and Iv'e worked for a fortune 500 company. ive worked in shops with 200 machinists per shift, and Iv'e worked for a company with 6 plants. Truth is, the small places required me to have a hell of a lot more skill than the big ones. The most money I made was a 5 man shop. 15 years ago, 24$hr, tons of overtime. I can only dream of that money now. Don't be put down cause the place you work at isn't huge or famous. Most people who work in those big places wouldn't last a day in a 5 man shop. No place to hide in a 5 man shop. You either make the grade or make the exit. Iv'e seen completely retarded folks hide in big companies for decades and feel all proud of themselves. My advice to young people is start out in a tiny shop.

Machines are cheap. Shop labor is 75 bucks an hour. A year of going slow will cost a machine or more. If your not wrecking your not racing. JB is just some weird dipshit 50 year old apprentice without a clue.

I don't mind it when the engineer (that is who programs where I work) uses the machine. I'll happily fix the wear items if it is making money. Shop labor a a fair bit lower, we have operators, world of difference. I work in a manufacturing setting, make the same parts day after day.

Wes

Wes:

LOL Now THAT'S sig material.

Trust me Bob, if I see two operators standing in front of a control, I'm right over there. Wes

Your place of employment and it's equipment list is DRASTICALLY more impressive than Jon's. The faux "machine shop" he works in consists of a few tool banging/dropping Haas verticals, and a Kennedy versa cart covered with uncalibrated measuring tools from the 70s and 80s. He even recently started a topic about how impressive and great his employer is, because he just got a fancy ground and lapped edge finder. Ooooooooo. Impressive!

jon,

This is the book you are looking for:

Sam,

The Ed Connelly Machine Tool Reconditioning book? I've had it for years and never done a thing with it. I hope to finally get around to taking a scraping class very soon. I just purchased a Baldor carbide grinder that hasn't arrived yet. I'm going to convert one end of the Baldor carbide grinder to a cast iron lap that can be charged with diamond past to lap my scraping blades.

Jon Banquer San Diego, CA

Wow, what a surprise........

this deserves a top post.

BWAHAHAHAHAH!!!!

Sam,

The Ed Connelly Machine Tool Reconditioning book? I've had it for years and never done a thing with it. I hope to finally get around to taking a scraping class very soon. I just purchased a Baldor carbide grinder that hasn't arrived yet. I'm going to convert one end of the Baldor carbide grinder to a cast iron lap that can be charged with diamond past to lap my scraping blades.

Jon Banquer San Diego, CA

Mitutoyo or Enco?