From: muratlanne@gmail.com   
      
   "Gerry"  wrote in message news:gc53bjtirokrsnad8d6n0426lsafuq4lbt@4ax.com...   
      
   On Mon, 5 Aug 2024 14:14:49 -0700, Bob La Londe    
   wrote:   
      
   >On 8/5/2024 1:54 PM, Bob La Londe wrote:   
   >> My son got a second job as the guy taking care of, helping with setups,   
   >> etc at the NAU (Yuma Campus) machine shop.  Primarily they have a couple   
   >> HAAS Mini Mill 2 VMCs, and a TL1 lathe... along with some other   
   >> equipment.  He was over helping me install some equipment in my shop the   
   >> other day. (He's skinny enough to get behind some stuff without moving   
   >> it)  We got to geeking about things.  One thing I suggested to him a   
   >> while back is to see if he could get the university to pay the for the   
   >> cost of him taking the HAAS certification courses on those machines.  He   
   >> asked and they agreed.  They even went the extra expense of bringing out   
   >> somebody from HAAS to complete the certifications.  Part of the courses   
   >> are on-line, but you have to do the final certifications in person. Most   
   >> people travel to their HQ for that.  The university is bringing somebody   
   >> out from HAAS.   
   >>   
   >> One of the other things we talked about was tooling.  The university has   
   >> a deal with HAAS where they have to use all HAAS tooling.  Sounds at   
   >> first like they got educator prices on machines, and then got stuck, but   
   >> no.  The price of just about everything I looked up was really good. New   
   >> CT40 tool holders for less than the price of used ones on eBay.  A   
   >> Haimer 3D taster for a little more than 25% less than the CHEAPEST other   
   >> source I have found.  I might actually buy one at that price... with a   
   >> whole box of spare probes of course.  LOL.  I didn't look at everything   
   >> obviously, but the price for the HAAS tooling we looked at is very   
   >> reasonable.  That is not some special educator price either.  That's the   
   >> price you or I would pay.   
   >>   
   >> They asked Rob (my son) to give them a list of tooling he wanted for the   
   >> machines.  They baulked when it was as much as another machine.  LOL.   
   >>   
   >> His first job is as a licensed pharmacy technician.  Okay maybe that's   
   >> the 2nd job and the NAU machine shop is the third.  He is also a full   
   >> time engineering student.  He already has several AA degrees and is   
   >> working on his BA.  That's his primary job.   
   >>   
   >>   
   >   
   >Okay, I checked some other stuff and some of it is pretty daffy   
   >expensive, but there is still a lot that is crazy competitive.   
   >--   
   >Bob La Londe   
   >CNC Molds N Stuff   
   You have a son to be proud of!   
      
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   With that skill mix he could do well in biotech instrumentation, robotic   
   surgery machines or pharmaceutical manufacturing. My skill mix of chemistry   
   + physics, electronics and machining got me good and interesting prototyping   
   jobs where I fleshed out the initial concept and then built it. A design   
   engineer who understands manufacturing can avoid the expensive wrong turns   
   engineers who don't know it can make. Even senior mechanical engineers can   
   miss practical details, at Segway I introduced one to PEM nuts for simple   
   and secure blind attachments to sheet aluminum, which he had avoided using   
   in a robot because he didn't trust sheet metal screws.   
   jsw   
      
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