Dan Fogleberg, That story always busts me up!
Dad taught my Oldest brother how to be a machinist. He was good enough with a Mill, that he was listed as a strategic asset, and they did not draft him to go to Vietnam, because he was one of two Men that could make a critical part for the Huey Chopper.
smithlabs that is so interesting! what did your oldest brother end up doing for a living, machinist making specialty parts?
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He was the second best machinist I knew. They spent decades back to back on mills, trying to best the other. He was good enough to avoid combat. He ran machinery his entire life. I have him come over here and help me sometimes when I get backed up in the shop.
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ok so he stood at a tooling machine or whatever you call it, his whole working life? he is retired now and only helps when his little brother starts crying and needs help?
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A milling machine is a souped up drill press that cuts sideways. It is possible to cut three steps into the flat of a sheet of paper with a mill. It acts like a router in metal. He was shop foreman, and kept about 50 machines and operators running, then he ran a mill when he was caught up.
He comes and helps his whiney Brother, when I need him, because I pay him well, ROFLOL!
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