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bearhunter
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My Students would like to get some t-shirts made showing there pride in being a machinist. Does any one have a good saying or quote. Serious or funny
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Machinist sayings or "quotes" 3
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something like...
Machinist...let me count the ways I love you
G1, G2, G3, G4.....
Cameron Anderson - Sales & Applications Engineer
Aerotech, Inc. -
"Dedicated to the Science of Motion"
Machinist...let me count the ways I love you
G1, G2, G3, G4.....
Cameron Anderson - Sales & Applications Engineer
Aerotech, Inc. -
"Dedicated to the Science of Motion"
My quote (which I made up myself) after constantly being badgered by PITA managers pushing for too much haste is just begging to be printed on a T-Shirt.
"You can have it right or you can have it now, but you can't have it right now"
in fact for many years I have toyed with the idea of getting some printed myself just for the hell of it.
"You can have it right or you can have it now, but you can't have it right now"
in fact for many years I have toyed with the idea of getting some printed myself just for the hell of it.
Aw shucks, all the good quotes have been used up.
onernorsk came "closest" on dead nuts. "Dead nuts is generally when you see no indicator movement on a standard .0005 graduated dial indicator. Therefore, less than .0002."
that's "close" onery-one but no bannana. even at my advanced age, I can detect .0002 movement on a .0005 indicator. Dead nuts is +or- zero zip on a tenths graduated indicator. Of course this is grinding tolerance but aren't grinding machines considered machine tools? In other words dead nuts means about the same thing as basic dimension in GD&T, kinda sorta.
What is so unquantitative about a hair. We ain't talk'n Bear hairs or Alpaca hairs. Well maybe bearhunter would. we is talk'n human hairs which average "about" .003-.004" unless it be blonde or redhead which would be about .0015-.002." That's plenty close for government work!
I like the cartoon where the rookie is explaining to the lead machinist: "I admit it isn't in tolerance but you gotta admit it's pretty darn close!"
And then there is the one with a shaft laying on a work bench which has the classical double elliptical crosshatched pattern used on drawings to depict a forshortened long cylindrical part. Except in this case it is drawn in isometric. The machinist has a file in his hands and says, "the O.D. wasn't too bad but the cross section was a real challenge." Wouldn't work on a T-shirt 'cause the average dude wouldna have a clue.
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
onernorsk came "closest" on dead nuts. "Dead nuts is generally when you see no indicator movement on a standard .0005 graduated dial indicator. Therefore, less than .0002."
that's "close" onery-one but no bannana. even at my advanced age, I can detect .0002 movement on a .0005 indicator. Dead nuts is +or- zero zip on a tenths graduated indicator. Of course this is grinding tolerance but aren't grinding machines considered machine tools? In other words dead nuts means about the same thing as basic dimension in GD&T, kinda sorta.
What is so unquantitative about a hair. We ain't talk'n Bear hairs or Alpaca hairs. Well maybe bearhunter would. we is talk'n human hairs which average "about" .003-.004" unless it be blonde or redhead which would be about .0015-.002." That's plenty close for government work!
I like the cartoon where the rookie is explaining to the lead machinist: "I admit it isn't in tolerance but you gotta admit it's pretty darn close!"
And then there is the one with a shaft laying on a work bench which has the classical double elliptical crosshatched pattern used on drawings to depict a forshortened long cylindrical part. Except in this case it is drawn in isometric. The machinist has a file in his hands and says, "the O.D. wasn't too bad but the cross section was a real challenge." Wouldn't work on a T-shirt 'cause the average dude wouldna have a clue.
Jesus is THE life,
Leonard
I'll never forget when I came home and told my mother that I had made my first part "Dead Nuts". She thought it was an expletive!
Actually I understtod it from the oldtimers as producing tight fitting threads for a nut. This was a real skill and still is on Manual equipmwnt.
Actually I understtod it from the oldtimers as producing tight fitting threads for a nut. This was a real skill and still is on Manual equipmwnt.
thelastengineer
Mechanical
this is the quote that my old skilled mentor ronnie barron
told me
"NIL ILIGITIMO DESPERANDO CARBURUNDUM"
DONT LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN
may the laws of physics be with you
regards
told me
"NIL ILIGITIMO DESPERANDO CARBURUNDUM"
DONT LET THE BASTARDS GRIND YOU DOWN
may the laws of physics be with you
regards
Dead nuts is when you have to check and make sure the indicator is actually touching the work piece.......
Funnelguy, you need to relax.
When a machinist tells you its a hair off, you should count on atleast .003" out of tolerance, if it was only .0002" most wouldnt even come to see you.
I can tell you from experience on both sides. Engineers get sick of the stuff you described and Machinists get tired of Engineers and Detailers that dont know how to apply GD&T.
My favorite quotes: It's not a Church......
Good enough for the Women I date......
Funnelguy, you need to relax.
When a machinist tells you its a hair off, you should count on atleast .003" out of tolerance, if it was only .0002" most wouldnt even come to see you.
I can tell you from experience on both sides. Engineers get sick of the stuff you described and Machinists get tired of Engineers and Detailers that dont know how to apply GD&T.
My favorite quotes: It's not a Church......
Good enough for the Women I date......
aamatureracer
Mechanical
My favorite is that:
It can be done three ways:
GOOD
FAST
CHEAP
You only get to pick two of the three
If it is done GOOD and FAST it can't be CHEAP.
If it is done GOOD and CHEAP it can't be FAST.
IF it is done FAST and CHEAP it can't be GOOD.
It can be done three ways:
GOOD
FAST
CHEAP
You only get to pick two of the three
If it is done GOOD and FAST it can't be CHEAP.
If it is done GOOD and CHEAP it can't be FAST.
IF it is done FAST and CHEAP it can't be GOOD.
The shop boss at a place I used to work had the good fast cheap saying on his wall. I always wanted to make a teeshirt
Look like a Triangle with each of the words at a vertex.
"PICK TWO" UNDERNEATH....
INSIDE THE TRIANGLE IS A MACHINED PART (PHOTOGRAPH IF YOU WILL)...
Wes C.
Look like a Triangle with each of the words at a vertex.
"PICK TWO" UNDERNEATH....
INSIDE THE TRIANGLE IS A MACHINED PART (PHOTOGRAPH IF YOU WILL)...
Wes C.
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