On 2013-03-24, Ed Huntress wrote:
On Sun, 24 Mar 2013 11:55:50 -0400, "Existential Angst"
wrote:

"Ed Huntress" wrote in message
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On Fri, 22 Mar 2013 18:39:41 -0700 (PDT), jon_banquer
wrote:

On Mar 22, 6:15 pm, Ignoramus6048
wrote:
On 2013-03-23, wrote:

On Mar 22, 8:28?pm, jon_banquer wrote:
That would require building a skill. That's not iggy's bag. iggy is
almost totally focused on buying stuff for nothing rather than
building skills.

Buying stuff for nothing is a skill. Maybe not the same as your
skills, but a skill never the less.

Thanks.

Converting a Bridgeport milling machine to Linux is also a skill.

And yapping on forums about "having access to a friend's shop" is not
a skill.

As for single point threading, my current problem is that the spindle
has to be on brake. However, spindle brake right now is tied to
estop. It only activates when the mill is e-stopped, and deactivates
when the mill is out of estop. Fixing that requires me to spend a
considerable time writing emc2 logic statements (to interlock brake
and estop and spindle running safely). I do not have time for this
right now.

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iggy has very few metalworking or welding skills even after many years
of posting here. He's a butcher/hack with no clues.

Gaining skills means paying your dues. iggy refuses to pay his dues
and he has no respect for others such as Precision Machinist. iggy has
kill filled Precision Machinist who, unlike Mark Wieber, refuses to
coddle and spoon feed iggy. The sad fact is that iggy can't handle
anyone who tells him the truth about his ****ed up approach to
metalworking and welding. He's on a series ego trip that for years has
prevented him from properly learning and acquiring the needed
metalworking and welding skills and it shows in almost every post iggy
makes.

Hey, Jon, knock it off. I saw what he did with his Bridgeport. This
guy looked deeply into what Bridgeport had done, and what was possible
with some modern components and his own programming skills, and did
something that would have amazed any of the commercial CNC retrofit
companies I've visited and interviewed.

Furthermore, he's gone from zero to a pretty good speed on learning
how to machine parts. He takes his own path -- he seems to be as
interested in the creative aspects of the work as in learning the
conventional wisdom. He's put a lot of work into it and he's tenacious
as hell.

He's paid his dues, but not to prepare for some conventional machining
job. He's doing his own thing and he's had some successes. Unlike many
others, he's more of an inventor than a follower, and he's not afraid
to fail.

That's not to knock conventional training. It's just different; much
rarer; and, to me, very interesting and impressive.

So lighten up on him. He catches some very unfair flak. I've never
seen him tell anyone that he knows how to do something, and they
don't. He's just doing it his way.

Ed,
I think ig is independently wealthy, that he scraps just for the exercise.
He should be perty buffed after that 50 ton milling station, eh? lol

He does appear to be doing quite well. And he's in a lot better shape
than I am -- but that's a low bar. d8-)

I am not in a super great shape, because a year ago a bandsaw fell on
my foot, it hurts in the mornings and evenings, I will go to an X ray
next week.

It took three years for my frayed Achilles tendon to heal, but finally
I can walk again without pain. I'll be in better shape this year.

I hope for the same