[modeleng] Re: Swarf!
- From: Allen Messer <al_messer@xxxxxxxxx>
- To: modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Tue, 3 Jan 2006 07:03:36 -0800 (PST)
Now, now, Hubert! I have seen some photographs of
your work and ye ought not to put yerself down so
hard, laddie.
Al Messer
--- shep <shep.28@xxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote:
> Hi Peter
>
> Practical fitting and turning is no longer used in
> production engineering,
> nor I suspect, is technical drawing - all being
> supplanted by the computer
> in its various guises. This is sad, as indeed is
> the absence of practical
> courses at school, which introduced so many
> present-day model engineers to
> the joy of model making.
>
> I would not qualify as an engineer (my maths is
> appalling) or as a
> craftsman - I think that the generic term to
> describe my 'skills' is:
> Bodger!
>
> Carry on Bodging! Bodgers of the World Unite!!
>
> Cheers! Hubert
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: <peter.chadwick@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> To: <modeleng@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>
> Sent: Tuesday, January 03, 2006 12:15 PM
> Subject: [modeleng] Re: Swarf!
>
>
> > Shep,
> > I seem to do pretty well at swarf production - but
> it's mainly aluminium
> > and brass.
> >
> > An interesting question is if the techniques of
> skill were taught by
> > 'engineers' or 'craftsmen'.
> >
> > How much of what we do is 'engineering' in the
> professional sense of the
> > word, and how much is really craft work?
> >
> > Similar to the one about the 'engineer' coming to
> fix the telephone or
> > washing machine or photocopier, when they're
> really technicians - and in a
> > lot of
> > cases, even that designation is a bit suspect in
> terms of tehoretical
> > training.
> >
> > These days, few engineers (in the sense of
> professionally qualified)
> > coming into the electronics field seem to have
> done a proper workshop
> > practice course, including lathe work, milling,
> technical drawing etc. I
> > suppose part of this is the cost compared with a
> few PCs.
> >
> > Peter Chadwick
> > Swindon
> >
> >
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