OT making me a better toolmaker

[boslab]

I had the block test, 2,3,4 hacksaw, file second test same block scrape it in to +- not a lot, no power scraper
By hand, you got attached to the block, as it was drilled and reamed next
You got blisters, then callouses on the palms of your hands, happy to go back and do it again!
Mark

 

[Bill D]

I had the block test, 2,3,4 hacksaw, file second test same block scrape it in to +- not a lot, no power scraper
By hand, you got attached to the block, as it was drilled and reamed next
You got blisters, then callouses on the palms of your hands, happy to go back and do it again!
Mark

Did you get to use a ruler or square?
BILL D

 

[CAMasochism]

Did you get to use a ruler or square?
BILL D

Had to cut them out of a piece of flat with a torch then scrape the lines in with your finger nails.

 

[memphisjed]

All I had to do was forge nails and make so many scrolls.... after smelting steel from ore.
Two things I learned. My own work usually contains 1 scroll, buy the right stock for the job.

 

[reggie_obe]

You got blisters, then callouses on the palms of your hands, happy to go back and do it again!
Mark

Next time use some lube.

 

[bigjon61]

These are questions you should be asking your employer, not an online forum. I get that you are frustrated and probably quite frankly pissed off about it, but this isn't the right place to come looking for answers.

 

[plastikdreams]

These are questions you should be asking your employer, not an online forum. I get that you are frustrated and probably quite frankly pissed off about it, but this isn't the right place to come looking for answers.

Not looking for answers just venting

 

[boslab]

Don’t worry we understand,
Mark

 

[???]

Had to cut them out of a piece of flat with a torch then scrape the lines in with your finger nails.

This requires its own Monty Python type thread, I had to get up before I went to bed and walk 20 miles to work in a blizzard, uphill both ways. Mine the ore to forge the tools and then hand file a perfect sphere. I forgot I didn't get paid, I had to pay them for the privilege of working there.

 

[tnmgcarbide]

acquire a drawing table and a drafting machine: an KEUFFEL & ESSER or dietzgen would be ideal. draw the parts , dimension everything .. then re-dimension.
get to know the genuine tolerances on the print vs: the sloppy-ass tolerances from the title block that few enginerds/draftsman bother to acknowledge. how many of
us made parts to print...only to find later the draftsman(now engineer with a laptop) had 'nary a glance at the title block, with stuff like +/- .005 on a shaft and bushing.
unless you had an assembly drawing , how would you know . stand strong . be a man.

 

[DDoug]

acquire a drawing table and a drafting machine: an KEUFFEL & ESSER or dietzgen would be ideal. draw the parts , dimension everything .. then re-dimension.
get to know the genuine tolerances on the print vs: the sloppy-ass tolerances from the title block that few enginerds/draftsman bother to acknowledge. how many of
us made parts to print...only to find later the draftsman(now engineer with a laptop) had 'nary a glance at the title block, with stuff like +/- .005 on a shaft and bushing.
unless you had an assembly drawing , how would you know . stand strong . be a man.

Nothing wrong with CAD.
Wasting your time on a board & machine.
It's what goes on the print that matters, not how you draw the lines
Learning CAD is what the world uses now, and it also drives CAM, which a paper print cannot doo.

 

[michiganbuck]

It seems like being well organized, having all your tools where you can find them, be neat enough so not to lose something, keeping your mind on the tasks are important to being good at most things.

 

[tnmgcarbide]

Nothing wrong with CAD.
Wasting your time on a board & machine.
It's what goes on the print that matters, not how you draw the lines
Learning CAD is what the world uses now, and it also drives CAM, which a paper print cannot doo.

nothing wrong with going back to basics for a spell to refresh . i use cadcam when
i need it . but not every part is a 3d-4axis . lots of similar parts can be programmed by cut/paste .
maybe a refresh of g code input is in order. ....and not every one-off is cnc .

besides... the op said his manager insisted he prove himself . nothing better to show up some
smug, self-important asshole than to prove them wrong with oldschool mad skills.

 

[DDoug]

nothing wrong with going back to basics for a spell to refresh . i use cadcam when
i need it . but not every part is a 3d-4axis . lots of similar parts can be programmed by cut/paste .
maybe a refresh of g code input is in order. ....and not every one-off is cnc .

besides... the op said his manager insisted he prove himself . nothing better to show up some
smug, self-important asshole than to prove them wrong with oldschool mad skills.

Ya right....make sure your twirl the pencil when drawing all those lines so the line width stays the same.....

 

[plastikdreams]

I use paperCAD now...I'll be damned if I can figure out how to translate objects

Maybe I should start using pencil.

 

[technocrat]

I use paperCAD now...I'll be damned if I can figure out how to translate objects

Maybe I should start using pencil.

Scissors and tape. Pro tip - a pencil is easier to fit behind your ear than a cad system