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Posted by Paul Cook in Kempner, Texas [76.0.107.207] on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 15:15:13 :
In Reply to: Regarding engineering threads below posted by Clint Dixon [74.206.63.42] on Saturday, April 14, 2012 at 09:23:48 :
we called the turret lathe a "screw machine". All cuts were made using settings from engineering tables. And everyone who operated any machinery had to follow blue prints.
The link is about one of my first jobs. My employer manufactured hydroelectric turbines.
It was a summer job while I was working my way through college studying mechanical engineering. I started as a draftsman. No CAD here. It was the real thing with slip sticks, "t" squares, Starret tools, and India Ink. Blue Prints were produced using the oxalic acid process. The following Spring I ran out of college funds and went to work in the shop as an apprentice machinist.
My limited industrial experience gave me an opportunity to go to work at the International Harvester Truck assembly plant as a quality control inspector.
I alternated between attending college and working in various industrial jobs until I was drafted. My experience gave me a lot of understanding of the work ethic. You all are pretty accurate in you observations.
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