Bill,
I look forward to your critique of my latest article about making precision
edges and squares. No math but plenty of logic.
You teach a group of students vastly different than mine. It took me a
while, but I now feel very comfortable in front of community college
students. I also have very small classes which helps a lot. I really like
your idea of checkmarks on the board.
I do have a partial answer to your list -
Tapers and cutters: http://rick.sparber.org/Articles/CD/CDM/tpp.pdf
This article is part of a large collection describing how I made my shaper.
Someone told me that there are more than 650 pages. I don't have the
patience to count them ;-)
Rick
-----Original Message-----
From: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
[mailto:gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com] On Behalf Of oldstudentmsgt
Sent: Friday, December 31, 2010 6:54 AM
To: gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com
Subject: [gingery_machines] Re: new article: Aligning to an Axis
Rick, I did notice! That was one of the things I like, and would be unable
to do on my own. I'm actually certified to teach mid-level & intermediate
math - basically 5-8th grade, up to intro to algebra, and I couldn't do what
you've done. Most of my math-teaching experience (about 2 years, total) is
in special education classes, for 1-6grades. I subbed recently in a Survey
for College Prep Math class for a month & a half, and most of the kids, even
those having trouble, were doing better at the math than I was. Mostly I
showed them how to approach a problem, and to keep practicing until you got
it, or the regular teacher came back... We were putting checkmarks on the
board every time a student caught me making a mistake. Sometimes they were
intentional, to check if people were paying attention, but mostly they were
real mistakes.
As for what kinds of tools & techniques, on top of your screw holder tool,
how about cutting tapers (preferably without off-setting the tailstock),
Making milling cutters & milling cutter holders, and that sor of thing. As I
said in a previous post, I've got the lathe, some cutting bits, and a 4-jaw
chuck. Also some measuring gear, dial indicator & dial test indicator, cheap
micrometers, 1 3/8" end mill with half-inch shank, and a MT3taper holder.
I've also got the Atlas MF, and some tooling for it, once I get it working.
Like I said, everything you've written has been interesting and useful to
me; just keep on keeping on!
Bill in OKC
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/gingery_machines/app/peoplemap/view/map
No comments:
Post a Comment