Gunner Asch wrote:
On Mon, 15 Sep 2008 12:53:49 -0500, "Lloyd E. Sponenburgh"
lloydspinsidemindspring.com wrote:

I have a casual acquaintance who I respect for one of his areas of
expertice. Besides that knowlege, he claims to have been "a machinist
for decades". He's of retirement age now.

Recently, he instructed a raw-beginner HSM on how to turn long tapers
using the compound and frequent re-chucking, and using a file for
dressing up the jaggies. When I suggested turning between centers and
offsetting the tailstock, he bristled, saying that it was
"impossible" to ever get the tailstock back on center again.

Later he made a comment to another fellow allowing that "owning a
lathe and a mill would only be a dream for me."

Can I presume this guy is NOT "a machinist"? G

Or is it possible that production-floor machine _operators_ call
themselves that?


LLoyd

Ayup..sounds like a Boeing "Machinist" who came in to one of my
clients looking for a job as a Bridgeport machinist.

He didnt have a clue how to do anything other than the same 3-5 parts
he ran for his entire carreer at Boeing.

He didnt get the job....shrug

I wonder if he came in with the attitude "I am an apprentice now" or if
he was looking for the same pay rate &c as he was getting.

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