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I’ve been a machinist for 7 years. It’s a great blue collar trade. Currently I’m making medical devices. If you break your leg, you may be getting one of my products.
I'm currently in technical training for manual machining and CNC and I'm loving it. Need to find a lathe to get for the basement
hey guys i'm looking to switch up current career choices, any input regarding machining?
@Felden - CO any advice since you've got some experience?
@Goose I went to school for machining and quit after the first year for an apprenticeship position. I did Cnc setup and programming for about 3 years before I quit. I loved it and the only reason I quit was because my wife was pregnant and I was working 3rd shift with not many possibility to get 1st for a long time. I regret that decision often as I really enjoyed the work. It is very satisfying work that is not to hard and you're not stuck in a cubical every day. There are many different types of employment opportunities and different types of positions you can choose from within the field.
@Goose I’ve not done any school for my position. I did it the old fashion way of starting on super basic machines turning knobs and dials.
I know the next step in my professional development is to learn master cam and/or solid works. A lot of places want machinists that can run production and also program.
My shop hires people with zero experience. They put them on some basic stuff, like checking simple dimensions. And for me coming to this shop, I had to learn how to run these new high speed Haas machines. I watched a bunch of YouTube videos to become aquatinted with my new position.
Also, having some knowledge of advanced math does help, but it isn’t super required since we all carry super computers in our pockets (smart phones).
Hey guys I got a weird question...
I really enjoy collecting scrap to recycle, but recently I came across 2- 4' long railroad tracks.
Rather than sell them for scrap, I've seen people turn them into anvils and was wondering if anyone knew a way to "put them on the market" for a blacksmith.
I would say craigslist. Or if you have a "regular" Facebook you could find a blacksmith group or post them on Facebook marketplace.
@JesseJames thanks man
Rail track steel is premium steel.
It might be hard offloading raw track steel for obvious reasons
@here is this the place to post blacksmithing?
@Daniel Turch I know a family of farriers; a father and two sons, but I don't know much about it myself
I'm learning the trade and my fiancée is in veterinarian school for equine med, we're shooting for a family of horse people!
Pretty much all the money in blacksmithing is in farriery
She's gonna be an equine vet? That's awesome
Most of the time your back will go out before your ears, most farriers end up having at least 1 back surgery
I have a friend who's a CNC machinist and is trying to learn solid works. Is there anyone in here who has any experience in it and is willing to help a borther out?
I don’t have a lot of experience with solid works but I have some good resources if you want to dm me sometime.