Drill Press Foot Switch
 

On Friday, February 17, 2017 at 4:31:28 PM UTC-5, Jim Wilkins wrote:
"Michael A. Terrell" wrote in message
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Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 22:03:17 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:
On Thu, 16 Feb 2017 16:47:17 -0500, "Michael A. Terrell"
wrote:

Larry Jaques wrote:

I ran the big Gorton mill at Gunners to tap the little handle
we made
for the height adjuster on the DP table. A knob on the VFD +
an
ON_OFF_ON switch controlled the speed and direction. That was
sweet.
My buddy Glenn has a VFD and speed knobs for his mill, too. It
_sure_
as hell beats changing belts, the way I learned in 8th grade.


At least you learned something, in the eighth grade! ;-)

The other thing I learned then was not to get my tie caught in
that
spinny thing on the left side of the lathe.


Ties are only worn for weddings and funerals. :(

Then and now. The safety rules we were given in the '60s had last
been updated in the '50s.


I've only worn a tie about three times, since 1972. That was when
I was in the Army. After that, it was for one wedding, and two
funerals. Before you ask, it wasn't for the same people.

The shop classes I took in the mid '60s stressed removing any
loose clothing, before class started. No ties, sweaters or baggy
long sleeve shirts were allowed. If a shirt was long sleeve, the
cuffs had to fit tight, and be buttoned. This was due to the fact of
the metalshop and woodshop teachers having been hired from
factories.

In the mid 70's I read an article that expressed surprise at the
'uniform' of a t shirt and jeans that had become standard for
engineering in small high-tech startups, I think in defiance of IBM
and Xerox. As recently as 10 years ago an article on Segway commented
on the similar 'dress code' there. I never saw anyone imitate Dean,
though.

-jsw

It's a dress-up day for me if I'm wearing shoes.