Re: OT Survey: Age & Years of Machining Experience


"BottleBob" <bottlbob@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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To All:

I was cruising through Practical Machinist and saw that someone had
asked this two-part question over there and received a LOT of
responses. So being curious about the regulars (and lurkers) over here,
I thought I'd ask the same questions. The more detailed the response to
the machining question, the better IMO.

1. What's your age?

I just turned 40 last month.



2. How many years have you been involved in machining?


24


When I was a Junior in high school, I started a 2 year "Machine Tool
Technology" course. From there I hired on as an apprentice at a local mold
shop. I was laid off there just a few months before my apprentice program
was finished. I went to work at another shop for a few months, and then back
to the first one when business picked back up. After a few more months, my
boss forgot about the raise that he promised me, so I went to a third shop
in 1988. This new shop had a couple of cnc's, so I spent every minute I
could soaking up that info. I learned to run every machine in that shop
including the CNC edm's and I became proficient at programming too.
Eventually, I became shop forman-head programmer-estimator. I guess I didn't
have enough jobs, so one day the boss asked me if I knew how to design a
mold. Next thing I knew, I was doing that too. Then, one day the boss and I
got into a discussion about morals. He seemed to think they didn't have any
place in business, and I disagreed. I guess he was right, because I found
myself out of a job. So, I started my own shop in 1998.


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