Re: precision machining
<div class="ubbcode-block"><div class="ubbcode-header">Originally Posted By: 671RTO9513</div><div class="ubbcode-body">I'm glad you are taking extra time with the manual machines. I believe this will be a trade in demand in years to come. We are slowly dying out, it seems. I am a young guy in the manual business far as I can tell, and I'm almost 50.
By all means, learn to grind your own tools and drill bits. I don't think you really can call yourself a machinist if you can't. It's a real money saver, and a lot of the time a time saver.
See if you can find an old tool maker to learn from. Work holding/fixturing is a big part of the game.
All old school here, not even a DRO. And we make a pretty reasonable living at it.
We don't need no stinkin CNC's.....
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What's the difference between a toolmaker and a machinist?
...a toolmaker is a slow machinist...
I learned from two journeymen toolmakers, one of which is a <span style="font-weight: bold">master</span> journeyman. To those that don't know what that takes - look it up. Incredibly difficult, rare, and a dying breed.