Wow hello again everyone! It's been a while, very busy handling a lot of work at the shop there's a big push to finish a lot of smaller jobs so we can focus on the glider project. (I actually completely forgot this was my last week).
This whole externship for me has been a huge success. Over the course of roughly four weeks I've managed to pick up a lot of valuable lessons including both technical skills and things about people. The nice thing about machining is how straight forward it is to measure your success. All that's really necessary is being within the tolerances you're given (how off the part can be measurement wise) and of course matching the dimensions in the drawing. From that standpoint all I've really needed to measure my growth is a pair of calipers! My lathe work has improved since I joined Floyd at the beginning of the month, I'm now comfortable working with stainless steel and doing faces on parts. I'm really glad I was able to contribute to his business.
I'm fully confident I made a meaningful contribution at Aeolus Machine. Primarily in making a dent in Floyd's workload. A lot of time is required by default because the machines (especially the mill) needs time to cut away the material in order to shape a part which can take anywhere from a minute all the way to multiple hours. For instance one of the larger jobs I did was running 60 boxes through several operations on the mill, complete with tool changes, different setups on the vice, and even separate parts as part of the order. Those took several days to complete.
All of this work directly impacts my career path, knowing already that I'm going into an engineering based field even if it is for electrical engineering I realize how important fabrication work is, Being able to make something very precise out of metals, plastics, or other materials is something extremely handy. I also have found a passion for being able to fabricate materials and my end goal is working with Floyd over the summer.
I never really did one specific project, my overall goal was to make Floyd's work as easy as possible for him. This began with cleaning up his shop, repairing the drywall and insulation on his ceiling, and tackling the tedious job of doing production work for a large quantity of parts (sitting at the mill and swapping parts when they're finished for a whole day). This enabled him to work on other projects that also needed his attention. All of this impacted my work ethic as well. There were certainly times I was tempted to ask him if I could head home when it felt like I had done a lot of work, but I kept thinking back to wanting to complete as much as possible before leaving for the day even if it was later than expected. Getting off work and heading home felt all the more rewarding knowing that you did more than what was asked.
Honestly I could keep this up for longer, which is why I'm hoping to get an opportunity over the summer. Thank you Floyd for letting me work at such an amazing place!
This whole externship for me has been a huge success. Over the course of roughly four weeks I've managed to pick up a lot of valuable lessons including both technical skills and things about people. The nice thing about machining is how straight forward it is to measure your success. All that's really necessary is being within the tolerances you're given (how off the part can be measurement wise) and of course matching the dimensions in the drawing. From that standpoint all I've really needed to measure my growth is a pair of calipers! My lathe work has improved since I joined Floyd at the beginning of the month, I'm now comfortable working with stainless steel and doing faces on parts. I'm really glad I was able to contribute to his business.
I'm fully confident I made a meaningful contribution at Aeolus Machine. Primarily in making a dent in Floyd's workload. A lot of time is required by default because the machines (especially the mill) needs time to cut away the material in order to shape a part which can take anywhere from a minute all the way to multiple hours. For instance one of the larger jobs I did was running 60 boxes through several operations on the mill, complete with tool changes, different setups on the vice, and even separate parts as part of the order. Those took several days to complete.
All of this work directly impacts my career path, knowing already that I'm going into an engineering based field even if it is for electrical engineering I realize how important fabrication work is, Being able to make something very precise out of metals, plastics, or other materials is something extremely handy. I also have found a passion for being able to fabricate materials and my end goal is working with Floyd over the summer.
I never really did one specific project, my overall goal was to make Floyd's work as easy as possible for him. This began with cleaning up his shop, repairing the drywall and insulation on his ceiling, and tackling the tedious job of doing production work for a large quantity of parts (sitting at the mill and swapping parts when they're finished for a whole day). This enabled him to work on other projects that also needed his attention. All of this impacted my work ethic as well. There were certainly times I was tempted to ask him if I could head home when it felt like I had done a lot of work, but I kept thinking back to wanting to complete as much as possible before leaving for the day even if it was later than expected. Getting off work and heading home felt all the more rewarding knowing that you did more than what was asked.
Honestly I could keep this up for longer, which is why I'm hoping to get an opportunity over the summer. Thank you Floyd for letting me work at such an amazing place!