fourjawchuck

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   by fourjawchuck 4y ago

   I’m actually not sure where they source it from but my guess would be they just have an abundant stock of it given the abundance of everything else in the shop. It’s black wax 5 hole paper tape and the controllers the use it are Allen Bradl
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   by fourjawchuck 4y ago

   The machine shop I work at still runs machines that use 5 hole paper tape. In fact there is a fixture in the shop we just finished on one of those machines that is for an aerospace customer of ours. It’s very interesting to me and something
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   by fourjawchuck 4y ago

   I am a manual machinist. Our shop is more or less that, a job shop that does one-offs or short run work on items that are larger than most cnc machines. However some of the machines have fanuc controls and can thus run programs as well.
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   by fourjawchuck 4y ago

   Others have mentioned solar and getting your own home running on that which I think is a good first step. Then understanding battery storage for the solar and integrating this. You should become licensed to do all of this or be prepared to
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   by fourjawchuck 4y ago

   I’m a manual machinist. I think it fits your criteria. I recently left software development partially because of the complaints you mentioned. Machining doesn’t pay much these days though so don’t expect software money