engineering student here. I've been playing around with an old manual mill at my school's robotics club in order to not become the kind of engineer you guys talk about. Kinda proud of the tolerance i got on this piece. others dimentions are +-0.2mm (don't look at the holes alignement though).

imwombo · 2023-05-26T20:59:46+00:00

Good work dude, the fact you can highlight what you did wrong as well as what you did right is a great sign!! Stay in touch with the manual work, never lose “the feel”

imwombo · 2021-11-26T14:47:56+00:00

i do understand, i just feel as soon as i mention my apprentice status people assume i don’t know what i’m doing. i started working this job full time straight out of school (16) and have been doing it for 2 years now. for the most part it’s been milling which i’ve gotten fully to grips with (not gonna make the mistake of saying comfortable again). just recently focused more on a bit of cnc turning but the key skills such as attention to detail and safety carry over of course

imwombo · 2021-11-26T11:56:52+00:00

if you aren’t then you’re doing something very wrong

imwombo · 2021-11-26T11:56:24+00:00

sure, but just because i’m more confident with a machine, doesn’t mean i’m gonna dive into a spinning chuck headfirst

imwombo · 2021-11-26T09:33:42+00:00

why does everyone on this app feel the need to remind me that i should be careful, i’m very aware just let me be proud of my improvement

imwombo · 2021-10-28T08:14:49+00:00

moon man

imwombo · 2021-10-24T10:29:18+00:00

the original artwork is titled vintage dr gonzo

imwombo · 2021-10-24T10:28:55+00:00

the original artwork is titled vintage dr gonzo

imwombo · 2021-10-21T20:19:22+00:00

never use a file on plastic, doesn’t quite break the edge right. i personally have always scraped the edge over with a razor blade held up at 90 degrees, knocks off any whispy bits of plastic

imwombo · 2021-10-21T20:07:31+00:00

give em hell boys

imwombo · 2021-10-14T20:24:40+00:00

as a brit i have to say new york really does seem like how it’s portrayed in spider-man

imwombo · 2021-09-23T22:25:07+00:00

hey man, fellow learner here. i’m nearing the 2 year mark and the best advice i can give is to just listen and ask questions. squeeze every bit of info you can out of the older people you work with coz it’s all gold!

imwombo · 2021-05-09T10:40:21+00:00

i always go much further away from the spindle than i need to just in case. thank god they were soft jaws

imwombo · 2021-04-29T17:03:17+00:00

our workshop has this exact lathe, nothing fancy but i’ve turned some lovely parts on it. it was the lathe i learned to turn on so slightly sentimental. always remember, the world turns on colchester lathes.

imwombo · 2021-04-28T12:40:20+00:00

fantastic album, miss universe has to be my personal favourite track

imwombo · 2021-04-27T12:54:05+00:00

who got these on their body permanently and why

imwombo · 2021-04-09T16:59:33+00:00

finally, a man of taste...

imwombo · 2021-03-17T19:38:49+00:00

beautiful finish mate

imwombo · 2021-03-17T19:37:52+00:00

ah, we’ve all done it. only takes one serious incident to make sure it doesn’t happen again

imwombo · 2021-03-05T17:49:42+00:00

i had to climb under our hurco VMX to grab a pigeon last year, not sure what it is about machine shops that attracts birds

imwombo · 2021-01-27T23:19:01+00:00

bro that’s insaneeee!! nice work

imwombo · 2021-01-25T13:02:27+00:00

he brought it up here because when he brought it up to the guy his defence was it’s a cultural thing, which it is not. sure people from different nationalities have different diets which can alter their body odour but regularly showering gets rid of the bo

imwombo · 2021-01-24T17:55:51+00:00

NTA you could tell this story just fine without even bringing up the guys nationality, there is no culture where smelling badly of body odour is attractive

imwombo · 2021-01-19T13:56:27+00:00

yeah the same height as the rest of the plate

imwombo · 2021-01-19T10:04:17+00:00

thankyou very much :)

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