09-01-2013, 10:17 AM
I do love CNCs too, I was trained on them as an Apprentice and until a few years ago owned a shop with good CNC capability, but a "machinist" should be able to manually machine, have a good general engineering knowledge base and a deep respect for hand tools, I have noticed that the young folk sitting at the controls of CNCs rarely develop any of these things.
So it seems to me that the Hobby world is the only place left to maintain these skills.
I think the education system is destroying the spirit of kids with technical tendencies these days, the "Degree Culture" meaning anyone working blue collar has "failed" before they even start. This attitude is super prevalent here in Cambridge, 7 out of 10 of the checkout operators here in our village supermarket have good sound degrees from good universities! not that they can add up without their computer system running.
Rick
Regards
Rick
So it seems to me that the Hobby world is the only place left to maintain these skills.
I think the education system is destroying the spirit of kids with technical tendencies these days, the "Degree Culture" meaning anyone working blue collar has "failed" before they even start. This attitude is super prevalent here in Cambridge, 7 out of 10 of the checkout operators here in our village supermarket have good sound degrees from good universities! not that they can add up without their computer system running.
Rick
Regards
Rick
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