Bob...
It's really good to hear from someone who can actually accomplish
something! I know the type of person you refer to. It seems they can be
tunnel-visioned at times and very biased to views which they believe are
true. In their effort to prove those views, they do an enormous amount of
damage to a new and fragile process. People look up to the scholar for
accurate information, and (unfortunately) take what they hear as gospel. It
would really be enlightening if some of the scholars would communicate with
the "master craftsmen" and actually listen.
Just my opinion
Roger Spielman
Rocketdyne
Bob Wrote....
> My family has been in the tooling business for many generations as far as
> we can trace several hundred years. As a family legacy I was required to
> finish several complex pieces to a tolerance not to exceed plus or minus
> .0002" without the use of any machine tools of any kind. My father a
> master craftsman himself carefully inspected all my work and when he was
> satisfied with my ability gave me his cherished tool box and tools. Which
> I will in turn give to my three sons as they will have to pass the same
> test along with bachelers degrees in Engineering. A toolmaker is not
> worth much if he cannot finish anything to precise dimensions.
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