just wondering, I am 18 and just got my first job at a machine shop in the cnc dept. there. I really enjoy the trade and I know there is allot to learn still. Im just curious to see who on here is one.
how many on here are a machinist?
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I are in the Tool and Die trade.
Been doing it for 5 1/2 years. I do manual machining though, as CNC isn't my nack. I'm one of those people who learns stuff really easily if it interests me, but if it doesn't I have a hard time picking it up. I could never retain G and M codes, and how to write sub-programs and all that other CNC stuff when I was in school.
Good luck with your career.
Been doing it for 5 1/2 years. I do manual machining though, as CNC isn't my nack. I'm one of those people who learns stuff really easily if it interests me, but if it doesn't I have a hard time picking it up. I could never retain G and M codes, and how to write sub-programs and all that other CNC stuff when I was in school.
Good luck with your career.
I am. I got a 2 year Associates Degree in machining including CNC and CAD/CAM. I have been doing it for 7 years now. I enjoy it and learn something new everyday. I am the 2nd shift supervisor/2nd shift lead tech so I get to do something different everyday.
I am just the opposite. I picked up quickly on the CNC side so that is where all my experience is at. You can make some money in tool and die if you are good. I prefer making an actual finished product where the tolerances are not so tight. +/-.005" is about as close as it usually gets for me.
Me too. :beer:
The old 2nd shift lead man joined the Army at the age of 38, and I took over from him about 2 1/2 months ago. Got me an apprentice I'm training thats still in school. Doesn't seem long ago that I was an apprentice myself. lol.
I think CNC is where its at for young people. A few years ago I got layed off from my job for almost 10 months, and couldn't find a manual machinist job to save my life. It seemed like all the manual jobs were taken by older, more experianced people who didn't know CNC either. I had several very good paying job interviews, but they were all CNC jobs, and I had to tell them that I could come in and learn it, but that I wasn't experianced in it. Luckily I got called back to my job. I had to run presses for a while.
Ive been working in a machine shop for 4 years so far..all manual machines,its a interesting job i think
CNC and machinist trades are different. What are you doing in the department?
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I've worked with a small lathe before (my dad's) and a mill.. (neither CNC) I do remember him saying that it took a real machinist to setup a CNC machine, then a monkey could operate the CNC machine after that..
He learned the trade as a MR(Machinery Repairman) in the Navy, then worked for ElJay in Springfield Oregon, working on rock crushers..
He learned the trade as a MR(Machinery Repairman) in the Navy, then worked for ElJay in Springfield Oregon, working on rock crushers..
Did tool & die , lathe work and started with some minor servo machine set up and programming before I decided to pursue a career In public safety . I liked the income and loved the engineering and mechanical aspects but was tired of the daily grind and smelling like machine oil . My bro still does it full time and has mastered CNC and STAR programming and set up..... He makes some nice coin.
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wow quite a few, I am only 18 and mostly just run parts now but I learn new things everyday. so far i dont know alot of the G and M code programming but I have used conversational a bit. I found out the place i work at has compensation for school if you have good grades while you work full time so I think thats the route im taking. Ive always loved working with anything mechanical, metal, or just something to make and I liked how this was a challenge and everyday isnt the same. I think i am going to go for mostly cnc and cad/cam stuff but I really enjoy the manual machines.
sure will man, you need to come out with jason and me soon. we went to hooters last night and wanted to call but we didnt know how far yah were since you've moved so much.
Stayed in because of the rain, car has not been out for a while.
car doesnt have to be out to hang with us. were are you living now?
i went to school and got my certificate then landed at job as an aprintice. i just finished that up and now i am a machinist 1. i like it but i dont know if its what i want to do the rest of my life. we do mostly one off parts on manual machines but we do have a conventional cnc lathe and mill
how did you get a job with no experience? This field really interests me i just cant get myself to get back into school for 2 years.
Im in high school but my junior year took the precision machining class offered and I did well that year so now (senior year) I can work out of school and get all my credits and also college credits.
did you like it? Ive already met alot of smart and knowledgeable people were i work.
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