Connectors (was: NEXT Color Printer find

From: Ian Koller <vze2mnvr_at_verizon.net>
Date: Tue Jan 1 18:19:45 2002

> Mainly because people think it's just like a larger version of the DIY
> electric drill.
> right cutting angles on it) then the workpiece spins round and removes
> their fingers...


They can rip off a scalp too if you get long hair wrapped up
in them.



Tony Duell wrote:
>
> > I quite agree, Tony. During my pre-senior highschool year summer
> > vacation I was afforded the opportunity to work in the model shop of the
> > local Westinghouse plant. During that summer, I learned to use an
> > engine lathe, shaper, milling machine, and both gas and arc welding
> > equipment. I do not mean to imply that I was - or even thought I was -
> > a journeyman machinist after that exposure, but I certainly learned some
>
> Exactly. I don't expect mechanical engineers to be the world's best
> machinists (Most of the skills needed for that come from a lifetime's
> practice and experience). But I am not going to trust a mechanical
> engineer who's never used a lathe. And I am certainly not going to trust
> one who doesn't know what a lathe is, and what it's used for.
>
> > useful skills and a hell of a lot about manufacturability. I also
> > learned that a drill press is one of the most subtly dangerous machines
> > in a shop. Interest and curiousity are the major prerequisites for
>
> Mainly because people think it's just like a larger version of the DIY
> electric drill. They don't bother to clamp the workpiece. They hand-hold
> it, and when the drill bit 'grabs' (especially if they've not ground the
> right cutting angles on it) then the workpiece spins round and removes
> their fingers...
>
> -tony
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