Re: Model Engineers are here

>Bertho Boman wrote:
>
>> What is a Model Engineer? Is it actually a
>> professional title or a person building small models?

It's a real job description in some places. I was hired once as 'lab
assistant/model maker' and I used manual machines to produce stuff for
civil engineering soil testing. One of those proj was a rather big shear
box, suitable for railroad track ballest. It stood 8' tall, 10' square, was
boxed up with 10" I-beams and was driven by a 15 Hp hydraulic power supply.
Developed 14 tons shear and 7 in vertical load, was fully instrumented and
was controlled and had data taken by an HP scientific computer. I was
responsible for 100% of specification, design, procuring and the entire
build, setup and calibration. And that was with no formal training in engg
or for that matter in shop practice. We had no CAD/CAM either, so a good
bit of the design was sketches and out of head; try it, you'll like it.
Later I was promoted to 'instrument maker', about the same thing as far as
duties but a bit more $$$ and a bit more time spent sitting on ass.

Best wishes,

Hoyt McKagen


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