ritzblitz
Aluminum
- Joined
- Apr 12, 2013
- Location
- Quakertown, PA
Hi guys,
I am at an interesting point in my life. I am nearly finished with my degree in kinesiology from Penn State, but I can't see myself using it any time soon, I've lost interest in prosthetics and orthotics. However, I enjoy machining and I've worked at a machine shop over school breaks since I was 15. I have done nearly everything in our shop including setting up Swiss turn lathes.
Now I am an apprentice to the shop foreman, who in my eyes is a highly skilled toolmaker. I'm going full time now due to the completion of my degree and the foreman wants to make me his right hand and continue teaching me the trade.
My question is this- is a toolmaker still a valuable skillet in this age where everything is cnc? I enjoy the difficulties of manual machining but a lot of it is too slow to be practical.
Even though our shop has a "tool room" how many other shops do?
Thanks guys!
Alex
I am at an interesting point in my life. I am nearly finished with my degree in kinesiology from Penn State, but I can't see myself using it any time soon, I've lost interest in prosthetics and orthotics. However, I enjoy machining and I've worked at a machine shop over school breaks since I was 15. I have done nearly everything in our shop including setting up Swiss turn lathes.
Now I am an apprentice to the shop foreman, who in my eyes is a highly skilled toolmaker. I'm going full time now due to the completion of my degree and the foreman wants to make me his right hand and continue teaching me the trade.
My question is this- is a toolmaker still a valuable skillet in this age where everything is cnc? I enjoy the difficulties of manual machining but a lot of it is too slow to be practical.
Even though our shop has a "tool room" how many other shops do?
Thanks guys!
Alex