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<blockquote data-quote="Dzaw" data-source="post: 144757" data-attributes="member: 7794"><p>I agree with Jerry on that point.</p><p></p><p>My father was an INCREDIBLE machinist. Especially on that big goddamn 3 phase Bridgeport Mill he put in our garage when I was a teenager. He was no slouch on a lathe either!</p><p></p><p>However, as he discovered the hard way, those skills are rapidly becoming specialty, boutique skills. There isn't enough market for men like him anymore, and the skillset is dissapearing. CNC can do anything even the best of machinists can, and do it faster, with one exception:</p><p></p><p>It takes quite awhile to draw up a program for a complex, one off custom job. Given a proper drawing, my father could just spark up the old mill and start carving. By the time the CNC instructions were written, the finished product was ready!</p><p></p><p>However, for repeat jobs, if three or more peices are going to be made, CNC can do the job as well as even the best human hand, and will crank out peices faster by a lot. </p><p></p><p>Now, instead of the skilled machinist, the machine needs a babysitter to make sure the tooling is changed when needed, kep sharp, the lubricant resivoir is full, and everything just keeps going like its supposed to. Babysitters are cheaper to pay than machinists by a lot.</p><p></p><p>I'll probably catch a lot of flack for those comments, but I'm not entirely sure I care. Having seen a real old school machinist at work, I have a jaded view of CNC operators, who basically forced good men like my father into working for less than half of what thier skills should be worth only because these "operators" are willing to take that low of a payscale.</p><p></p><p>Not to knock the technology, and I mean no disrespect to anyone individually. Just expressing regret that this is, all too often the price of "progress"</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Dzaw, post: 144757, member: 7794"] I agree with Jerry on that point. My father was an INCREDIBLE machinist. Especially on that big goddamn 3 phase Bridgeport Mill he put in our garage when I was a teenager. He was no slouch on a lathe either! However, as he discovered the hard way, those skills are rapidly becoming specialty, boutique skills. There isn't enough market for men like him anymore, and the skillset is dissapearing. CNC can do anything even the best of machinists can, and do it faster, with one exception: It takes quite awhile to draw up a program for a complex, one off custom job. Given a proper drawing, my father could just spark up the old mill and start carving. By the time the CNC instructions were written, the finished product was ready! However, for repeat jobs, if three or more peices are going to be made, CNC can do the job as well as even the best human hand, and will crank out peices faster by a lot. Now, instead of the skilled machinist, the machine needs a babysitter to make sure the tooling is changed when needed, kep sharp, the lubricant resivoir is full, and everything just keeps going like its supposed to. Babysitters are cheaper to pay than machinists by a lot. I'll probably catch a lot of flack for those comments, but I'm not entirely sure I care. Having seen a real old school machinist at work, I have a jaded view of CNC operators, who basically forced good men like my father into working for less than half of what thier skills should be worth only because these "operators" are willing to take that low of a payscale. Not to knock the technology, and I mean no disrespect to anyone individually. Just expressing regret that this is, all too often the price of "progress" [/QUOTE]
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