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Metalworking (rec.crafts.metalworking) Discuss various aspects of working with metal, such as machining, welding, metal joining, screwing, casting, hardening/tempering, blacksmithing/forging, spinning and hammer work, sheet metal work. |
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Great Wife, Definitely a Keeper
It being school vacation I have been in my school shop doing things that I can't get done with students around. One of the things I wanted to get to was to start making whistle bodies because Cabin Fever Expo is coming up fast and I hoped to have at least forty whistles to hand out to the little kids. My wife, Terri, asked if I needed some help since she is off work presently and I said sure. All help is welcome and appreciated. So, today we headed up to school and I walked her through the operation of our CNC lathe which was set up for making whistle bodies. http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ scroll down to find Steve Lovely's Whistle Plans for the plans in PDF format. Anyway, after a bit, and some starts and stops, she got the hang of it and by the end of the day had machined 35 brass whistle bodies. Pretty darn good for someone who had NEVER touched a machine tool before and better than most of my students would do in the same time frame. She will probably not give up her day job (or more properly her night nurse job) but she made a heck of a good start as an apprentice machinist today. Come August it will be 39 years that we have been putting up with each other and I am pretty lucky to have her. Happy New year to all, Errol Groff Instructor, Machine Tool Department H.H. Ellis Technical High School 643 Upper Maple Street Dantieson, CT 06239 New England Model Engineering Society http://newenglandmodelengineeringsociety.org/ |
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