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On 8/14/2024 6:34 PM, Jim Wilkins wrote:
> "Gerry" wrote in message
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> 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!
>
> --------------------------------
> 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
I'm more impressed that he's doing it without running up debt. He and
his significant other are looking for a house. If they find something
that will shoot that in the foot though. I was looking at houses listed
locally on Realtor dot com and the cheapest house (shack really) with
land (postage stamp size) listed was 125,000. It wasn't that long ago a
buddy of mine was buying up repos for 20-60 grand.
--
Bob La Londe
CNC Molds N Stuff
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