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Caden_Hrabak

Caden_Hrabak

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Sorry im not on lately school just started up again so ive been working diligently on my school work i wanna get at least a 3.0 this year im shooting for a 3.5 but eh.

I have a culinary class :D its 2 periods long and it doubles as a restaurant so im getting some major job experience.

Also i have more responsibility in my shop class than anyone else :P
Im in charge of maintaining and fixing all the lathes. And these are some old suckers i have to use sandpaper to get all the caked on sawdust off...

Also i have to sharpen all the lathe tools there are about 200...

Aaand im in charge of all pen related anything so i have to teach all the freshman and any newbies how to make pens and order blanks and materials :D I love teaching people!!
 
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When I was in school I had a friend who decided after the first semester that he was in the wrong field. He returned the next semester to study culinary arts. It was GREAT because he would bring us the food to sample! :smile:
Sounds like you have a good thing going! Work hard at it!
 
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bensoelberg said:
I wish the school where I teach had a wood shop.
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I worry that so many schools are eliminating shops from the curriculum! :frown:

But then, that's how I got my Rockwell/Delta lathe :biggrin: the school sold off the tools at an auction when they eliminated IA (although I don't use it much now that I have the Jet mini)

I went to the local woodturners club meeting nad was surprised at the number of members in attendance (about 50) :smile:
More than half were over 50, .... maybe three or four under 25! :eek:
What does that say about our future? :confused:
Maybe nothing ... I don't know :bulgy-eyes:
 
I currently teach high school English, but my major in college, focus during my credentialing program, and student teaching were all in Social Studies. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to transfer to a school with a History position next year...
 
But then, that's how I got my Rockwell/Delta lathe :biggrin: the school sold off the tools at an auction when they eliminated IA (although I don't use it much now that I have the Jet mini)
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Maybe I'll ask around. It wouldn't surprise me if the school had a bunch of tools locked up in a shed gathering dust...
 
Rockwell/Delta Lathe

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But then, that's how I got my Rockwell/Delta lathe :biggrin: the school sold off the tools at an auction when they eliminated IA (although I don't use it much now that I have the Jet mini)

I went to the local woodturners club meeting nad was surprised at the number of members in attendance (about 50) :smile:
More than half were over 50, .... maybe three or four under 25! :eek:
What does that say about our future? :confused:
Maybe nothing ... I don't know :bulgy-eyes:[/quote]
Lenny, mine was painted a horrid green and yellow with bad bearings. I just ordered a variable speed drive and three phase motor so I can control the speed and direction of the lathe.:biggrin: do you know where I can pick up a manual? I tried Delta and ended up with one for an old drill press instead.:confused::rolleyes:
 
Sounds like my kind of school. The school I eventually graduated from did not have any shop classes! I think it should be required from every student both male and female.
 
bensoelberg said:
I currently teach high school English, but my major in college, focus during my credentialing program, and student teaching were all in Social Studies. I'm really hoping that I'll be able to transfer to a school with a History position next year...
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Sounds just like me - History major, taught English last year...
 
Sounds just like me - History major, taught English last year...
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How did you like it? I love reading and would enjoy teaching literature, but instead I'm required to try to teach my students how to write essays based on nonfiction. Whenever we (the English department) ever mention to admin. that we'd like to teach a novel, they shoot us down. The common response is that kids these days don't need to read the whole book to learn how to do it, so we should just have them read an excerpt and write another essay.
 
ctubbs said:
QUOTE from Lenny

But then, that's how I got my Rockwell/Delta lathe :biggrin: the school sold off the tools at an auction when they eliminated IA (although I don't use it much now that I have the Jet mini)

I went to the local woodturners club meeting nad was surprised at the number of members in attendance (about 50) :smile:
More than half were over 50, .... maybe three or four under 25! :eek:
What does that say about our future? :confused:
Maybe nothing ... I don't know :bulgy-eyes:
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Lenny, mine was painted a horrid green and yellow with bad bearings. I just ordered a variable speed drive and three phase motor so I can control the speed and direction of the lathe.:biggrin: do you know where I can pick up a manual? I tried Delta and ended up with one for an old drill press instead.:confused::rolleyes:[/quote]

Mine was 3 Phase and I thought about the variable frequency drive but opted instead to replace the motor with a single phase. I have kept the other motor though should I ever change my mind (what's left of it) :biggrin:

This is where I found a link to purchase a reprint of my manual... (about $10)
http://www.owwm.com/
 
rjwolfe3 said:
Sounds like my kind of school. The school I eventually graduated from did not have any shop classes! I think it should be required from every student both male and female.
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I am a retired engineer, and my professional career was devoted to analytical work - lots of computer work, technical writing, etc.

One of the things that I found very frustrating was that young engineers often entered the profession because it sounded sophisticated, or offered the promise (probably a myth) of financial security, etc. They don't have a fundamental curiosity about how things work. That is especially true of young engineers from third world countries - which is where most young engineers come from these days. Unlike my generation (there I go sounding like an old fart - again), where our curiosity was often stimulated by activities at a young age in which they took things apart and tried to put them back together again. And in those days, we were all required to take shop classes - even if we were on the 'academic track'.

I have a lot of retirement interests and activities, many of which rely on arcane knowledge that I acquired back in shop classes at Kirby Smith Junior High or Andrew Jackson High School.
 
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