Thanks, Rick! that does help! and I already had it. I've been going through and redownloading into a seperate folder everything you published, since I was having trouble finding it all, Still have about half your site to go.
Now, how about how to build a boring head for dummies, since they seem to be so useful? :) Tolja I could use up your whole life! ;)
Bill in OKC
--- In gingery_machines@yahoogroups.com, "Rick Sparber" <rgsparber@...> wrote:
>
> 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
>
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