re:Square Corners + Rant

Joe Vicars,

Thank you! BIG ditto!!!

Ballendo

>Don't forget my friends, the standard Bridgeport and all it's knock
>offs are 6 AXIS machines. If you look around long enough you will
>find some outrageous, amazing work being done without CNC.
> A good friend of mine (when I was a fledgeling engineer) was shop
>steward of a machine shop at a plant that employed 10,000 people. It
>was his firm belief that CNC should NEVER be used by inexperienced
>machinists as it is the quickest way to dull their skills.
> Many of the local shops in my town are complaining about the
>vocational schools turning out "Machine Operators", not Machinists.
>In fact one of my good aquaintances was "asked to leave" a school
>planning session because he refused to endorse the purchase of new
>CNC equipment (200K).
> I am not knocking the new stuff, I love Mechatronics - it is the
>New Fronteer.
> My point? Don't sluff off learning the basics. The building is
>only as strong as the foundation.
> Peace
>
> P.S. Lindsay is an indispensible resource even though it has
>been mentioned a couple of times. www.lindsaybks.com