A rhetorical question

Lloyd E. Sponenburgh · 2008-09-15T17:53:49+00:00

I have a casual acquaintance who I respect for one of his areas of expertice. Besides that knowlege, he claims to have been "a machinist for decades". He's of retirement age now.Recently, he instructed a raw-beginner HSM on how to turn long tapers using the compound and frequent re-chucking, and using a file for dressing up the jaggies. When I suggested turning between centers and offsetting the tailstock, he bristled, saying that it was "impossible" to ever get the tailstock back on center again.Later he made a comment to another fellow allowing that "owning a lathe and a mill would only be a dream for me."Can I presume this guy is NOT "a machinist"? Or is it possible that production-floor machine _operators_ call themselves that?LLoyd

Sep 15, 2008 22 Replies

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Larry Jaques 17 years ago

On Tue, 16 Sep 2008 22:05:36 -0500, with neither quill nor qualm, "David R.Birch" quickly quoth:

Got it. Thanks anyway.

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Which MATC?

I went to UTI for auto mechanics and ended up programming websites. When it slowed down, I got my contractor's license and became blue collar again. I now run both companies and almost stay afloat.

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aarcuda69062 17 years ago

Milwaukee, the first hit... Campuses in downtown Milwaukee, the south side of Milwaukee (near the airport) and Mequon (ritzy northern suburb).

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David R.Birch 17 years ago

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Been a manager, been a supervisor, not my bag. Let the boss handle the aggravation as long as he keeps giving me raises, bonuses(boni?) and extra paid days off at review time.

David

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