any uses for apple watch in machining?

cncmach7050 · Jan 4, 2021

Hi folks.
I just purchased my first apple watch and was wondering if there are any known uses for the apple watch in machining that I could pick up.
Thank you.

Milland · Jan 4, 2021

Use the heart monitor function to confirm you're still alive after a machine crash.

moonlight machine · Jan 4, 2021

Take it off when you are using a machine. If you are going to wear a watch get one that has no electronics at all, I wear a stainless Rolex Submariner. Nothing in it but gears!

rons · Jan 4, 2021

It's not a very bright idea to wear rings, watches, chains around your neck when working. Get a nice bottle of Crown Royal and use the purple draw bag to store
your watch.

DanielG · Jan 4, 2021

rons said:
It's not a very bright idea to wear rings, watches, chains around your neck when working. Get a nice bottle of Crown Royal and use the purple draw bag to store
your watch.

If you use the crown royal bag for your jewelry, where will you store all of your fishing reels?

EmGo · Jan 4, 2021

If you put it on Craigslist, you might get enough to buy a pail of TrimSol.

jaguar36 · Jan 5, 2021

I find it very useful to be able to ask Siri math questions or set a timer while my hands are greasy. Same thing with being able to check messages or the phone without having to get my phone all dirty.

I've got it on a watch strap with a magnetic clasp that will pull off easily if it gets caught in something. Only downside is the magnet picks up chips here and there.

I was a bit worried about scratching the face of it, but its been two years and I only have one small scratch on it.

GregSY · Jan 5, 2021

I'd do everything I could to keep Apple, Google, and all the other spy companies out of my operations.

DDoug · Jan 5, 2021

Best not to have it on or near you when machining.
Nothing like the damn thing ringing/pinging when your running the tool close to a shoulder.

Distraction at best.

Limy Sami · Jan 5, 2021

Taking pictures of the crash that occured because you were too busy messing with / admiring your watch?

GregSY · Jan 5, 2021

I think those watches are practically a guarantee of blindness. Looking at porn, and on such small screen?

rons · Jan 5, 2021

Probably the OP is thinking about using the watch as a calculator for speeds and feeds and other useful things that would make the old-timer machinist shutdown
the equipment, wash hands, and open the Machinery Handbook. There are machinist calculators right? For now I just write notes on paper. Keeps my Machinery Handbook in good condition.

Not making fun of the OP's question. I DO use Crown Royal bags for storing only the finest stuff. I do not drink the stuff but on dog walks I find those bags on the ground. There is also a peach or apricot color bag as well.

Apple success?
I remember a documentary about Steve Jobs. He needed something from you and you were his best friend. Otherwise you got something else. His behaviour didn't contribute to good health.

MrStretch · Jan 5, 2021

Dunno, use it to shim that short leg of the shop desk?

crossthread · Jan 5, 2021

This looks like a good idea.

DanielG · Jan 5, 2021

I all seriousness, outside of asking Siri math questions, I can't think of much you could do out of the box.

Now, with a decent budget for integration, you could do a lot for machine monitoring. My previous employer built a factory and the machines would page the operator when they needed a human. Having machine status, requests for help, etc. integrated into a smart watch would be pretty slick. But the smart watch is by far the cheapest part of that scenario.

Limy Sami · Jan 5, 2021

rons said:
I remember a documentary about Steve Jobs. He needed something from you and you were his best friend. Otherwise you got something else. His behaviour didn't contribute to good health.

I've heard the same about other so called ''very successful'' etc etc men, .......... I know for a fact that Richard Branson can be as nice as pie to get something and the asshole's asshole when he doesn't.

rons · Jan 5, 2021

Limy Sami said:
I've heard the same about other so called ''very successful'' etc etc men, .......... I know for a fact that Richard Branson can be as nice as pie to get something and the asshole's asshole when he doesn't.

Since you brought this up first. I was thinking about starting into this subject an hour ago.

Does thoughts and excessive drive, or hate, or any emotion to boil you up: can this make you age faster and/or die early?
That saying "the meek will inherit the Earth". ( I think I heard that before a few times).

In scientific terms:
Do thoughts in the human brain cause chemicals to be formed that are harmful? (I believe this, seen it for myself)

In layman's terms:
Do morons live longer?

Scottl · Jan 5, 2021

moonlight machine said:
Take it off when you are using a machine. If you are going to wear a watch get one that has no electronics at all, I wear a stainless Rolex Submariner. Nothing in it but gears!

I wear NOTHING past the elbows when using machinery, just as I was taught in my machining classes in school.

rons · Jan 5, 2021

I guess it is safe to wear a watch if you are doing work with CNC machines with doors and lockout mechanisms.
I like Rolex watches. One fine mechanism I could not afford to own. Always wanted a new Porsche 911 too.

Spock once said:
Wanting is more pleasing than having ... (but he was probably referring to his potential bride)

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