Recent content by somo

Thanks Harold. Like I said, I do not want to change how any other person does his job, I just want the ability to show what I can do. It kills me to be standing in front of a Bridgeport or one of the Cincinnati mills for 20 hours knowing I could get the same amount of work done in half the time...

I am not trying to change everything...or even one thing. I just want to be utilized not used as a block squaring, hole drilling, material cutting idiot. I am just going to show up, do what I am told to do to the best of my ability, get a check, and go home. In less then 18 months I will be done...

Took some advice from a fellow board member and became my own boss...in my shop. So, about an hour ago I started designing an air powered, 60 degree, V-twin. Here is the block...

Actually, the shop I work at is a 30 minute drive...next closest is almost an hour. I need to shoot my resume to other shops but I would need a pretty good increase in pay to offset the extra hour of commuting a day. You are 100% right though...this is in my control to fix.

Rick, they are doing things the way they are doing them due to laziness. Think about it, you are cutting a 1" wide, .5" deep slot in a 18 foot long shaft. If you break that down to the numbers it sounds pretty pathetic. Now, knowing the table has 27" of travel and the part is 18 feet long, you...

The bad thing is...I have the most "certificates" out of anyone spinning handles. I have the SW, MC, and Haas certificates proving I have successfully completed training with these products. They mean absolutely nothing to the place I work...bummer.

This may be a bit long so I apologize in advance. First off, I am not a "papered puppy" meaning I do not have a piece of paper proving I am a machinist. I came to machining out of a love of creating, a love of precision, and thinking that tools and machinery are way to cool to not play with. I...

I tend to do odd things, both in life and at work. I try to do my best to capture the moment or at least take a snap shot of it. Well, here is my first for you guys. This is what I was working on this past week at work. That is a normal sized Pepsi can sitting on the 1500+ pound gear I was...

I have a question and her it is. I am wanting to make an air powered engine as my first project and was wondering if it was alright to post it in the "Work In Progress" section? I sat down tonight in SolidWorks and started designing a I-4 that could test my skills before I jump into a spark/boom...

blighty, that is beautiful looking and sounding :bow:

Thanks and I doubt I can teach anyone here a thing. I have machined some dummy engines for display but never a running engine. I would love to start one but I am a stickler for scale realism and detail. Just have not found one that really lit my fire.

As the title says, I am a noob here on HMEM but feel like an old timer due to my long lurking status. I think a little background on me is in order. I am a machinist/welder/fabricator by day. Most of my experience in the past is with CAD/CAM and rapid prototyping, one off, and small production...