Boring Bar Preset - 1982
Self-portrait sitting at the granite block tool setting table in Preset at Beloit Corp in 1981 or 82. Looking over the prints and paperwork associated with setting up a job for the horizontal CNC machining machining centers. (CNCs were located outside my "cage" and behind me in this photo.)
At the time this photo was taken, presetting was a new job title for me. The Sony digital height gage to the left was a piece of new technology equipment then.
Timed release exposure, taken with my old Rollei miniature 35mm and available light. Scanned from a 5 x 7 print I made for my wife. The camera was sitting on the wooden box we used to hold the preset tooling. (In later years the boxes were metal with plastic tool "pots.") Cameras in the shop were always a big "no-no" due to proprietary tooling, tooling setups and methods.
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gac added this photo to his favorites. (79 months ago)
rocketjim54 (79 months ago | reply)
i really like the composition here.
like the two "words of wisdom" postings as well.
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Atomook (74 months ago | reply)
There is a TON of personality in ths pic. I think that is why it is your "most favorited." Kinda like the Mona Lisa. Plus, it is from the 80's, so it has to be great! Dig it!
Richard Culleton [deleted] (74 months ago | reply)
This photo is perfect. I've no idea why, but its really compelling.
OldOnliner (74 months ago | reply)
Thanks for commenting.
I need to correct one thing... My old Rollei didn't have a self-timer function. this was done using a cable release out of frame, in my left hand.
And the mystery continues...
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localsurfer (49 months ago | reply)
You had NC in 1980? I'm guessing pegboards or punchtape... :-)
Our shop frowns on cameras too - weird when everyone has a mobile phone camera in their pockets these days.
OldOnliner (49 months ago | reply)
Yes, in 1980 they ran off paper and mylar punch tapes. The programming language was MDSI's Compact II, I learned it at local tech college using a time share to a main frame via an acoustic coupled modem.
There were no CRTs, just a big roll of paper, your notes, and paper tapes. The newer machines did have small green screen CRTs. The operators could only make changes on a per-line basis, replacing characters, some CNC had a small buffer to store the changes.
NC Programmers wrote up your program, sent it to keypunchers (usually women who typed rapidly), the tape came back and you checked it - even ran it on a plotter if it was complicated enough to warrant that waste of time.
hestopshethinks added this photo to their favorites. (44 months ago)
Wenström (41 months ago | reply)
Impressive resume! I used to run a 6 axis nc mill at Ingersoll in a previous life. I remember the old Allen Bradley 7320 controller with mylar tapes. What a pain in the a$$ they were to edit if the tape was bad! Then I moved into supervision and then came the dawn of DNC. We thought it was a giant leap for mankind. I sometimes miss the old days. Ingersoll was once a great place to work.
My how things have changed.............
arthur1957 (38 months ago | reply)
Mark:
Wish we still had that much hair today, and it was not gray!
Art
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