This machine makes precision parts. The operator has his hands and arms in oil most of the day changing cutting tools and checking dimensions of parts after washing parts in solvent. Depending on the part being produced, the stock can be nasty and is washed off in the machine by each tool that has an oil tube spraying oil on the material being worked which causes the oil in the machine reservoir to be dirty. The operator needs to wash his hands and arms hourly with grit soap if he wants to stay well. The dirty oil produces black heads on your arms and neck and the noise is about 110 db's depending on how many machines are running in an area and ear protection is a must. This is a precision parts making machine and the operator has to be trained thoroughly. There are operators, and setters. A setter set's up the machine with the correct feeds and speeds and the tools needed like drills, taps, threaders, etc. The operator needs to be trained to a very high level so that he knows when and how to change the tools before they become worn and break, which then in turn "wipes out" all the tools in the machine if the operator is not standing directly by the machine. If you go into this trade, learn to set and operate and demand a minimum of $30 an hour plus benefits.I know, as I worked with these machines for ten years in the 70's with the United Auto Workers making valve lifters and tappets and other precision parts. Wear a plastic apron and don't bring your oily clothes home for your wife to wash.
Love the shot of the large stock rack. I visualize the stockroom with stock racks with many bundles of bar stock ready for this and the other in the shop. With a busy crew stocking the machines and degreasing the parts. And sending the brass waste back for recovery; many jobs bid so close that it was possible to make money on the waste alone. Many jobs of 50MM plus parts and more. "Spark Plug Jobs!"
sweet mullet, man.
This machine makes precision parts. The operator has his hands and arms in oil most of the day changing cutting tools and checking dimensions of parts after washing parts in solvent. Depending on the part being produced, the stock can be nasty and is washed off in the machine by each tool that has an oil tube spraying oil on the material being worked which causes the oil in the machine reservoir to be dirty. The operator needs to wash his hands and arms hourly with grit soap if he wants to stay well. The dirty oil produces black heads on your arms and neck and the noise is about 110 db's depending on how many machines are running in an area and ear protection is a must. This is a precision parts making machine and the operator has to be trained thoroughly. There are operators, and setters. A setter set's up the machine with the correct feeds and speeds and the tools needed like drills, taps, threaders, etc. The operator needs to be trained to a very high level so that he knows when and how to change the tools before they become worn and break, which then in turn "wipes out" all the tools in the machine if the operator is not standing directly by the machine. If you go into this trade, learn to set and operate and demand a minimum of $30 an hour plus benefits.I know, as I worked with these machines for ten years in the 70's with the United Auto Workers making valve lifters and tappets and other precision parts. Wear a plastic apron and don't bring your oily clothes home for your wife to wash.
What a machine just incredible.. lol
Love the shot of the large stock rack. I visualize the stockroom with stock racks with many bundles of bar stock ready for this and the other in the shop. With a busy crew stocking the machines and degreasing the parts. And sending the brass waste back for recovery; many jobs bid so close that it was possible to make money on the waste alone. Many jobs of 50MM plus parts and more. "Spark Plug Jobs!"
By spark plug do you mean literal spark plugs for a car?
@@sashasoule4585 back in the day every shop was making spark plugs. Cars ran through them crazy.
@@sideshow45 wow, thanks for the info. These screw machines are epic, but how many people still out there that can maintain/run them?
@@sashasoule4585 i personally operate and starting to setup brown and sharpe single spindle automatics