"Got to know when to hold 'Em and when to fold 'Em".Dave Sterling Dave Sterling is an American composer and pianist living in Dallas, Texas. He writes contemporary instrumental piano music with orchestral accompaniment. Sterling has recorded three CDs to date. Mr. Sterling has been performing and writing piano music since age four. was on target with his column about old equipment [July 2007, Vol. 41, No. 7, From the Shop Floor, An Old 'Friend' Retires After 29 Years, p. 10]. Sometimes we spend more hours programming and trouble-shooting older equipment than we realize. His column clearly tells this with a great story. Thank you Dave. Matt Parker Product Design Engineer QA Technology Co. Inc. Hampton, NH Just read the article about the Warner & Swasey 2SC. I used to run the 1SC and the 2SC in a large manufacturing plant in Oshkosh, WI. They were fantastic machines. Despite being very well maintained, they had electrical problems. I don't think the manufacturer expected them to work as long, or as hard, as they did. I remember that the 1SC was so big that it made every thing around it look like a toy. The job the machine did that no other could, was turning 3" solid-steel rollers See Ground sea from bar stock. Twenty-foot bars were fed through the spindle spindle: see spinning. A rotating shaft in a disk drive. In a fixed disk, the platters are attached to the spindle. In a removable disk, the spindle remains in the drive. Laptops use spindle designations to indicate the number of built-in drives. with a hydraulic pusher pusher Drug slang 1. A person who sells drugs, especially the 'heavies'–eg, heroin 2. A metal hanger or umbrella rod used to scrape residue in crack stems . A box tool was used to take the stock down from 3" to 1.75". In just two cuts! The stock was advanced until 2' hung from the chuck and held in a rolling parts catcher mounted in the turret. It would make two passes with the cross slide tool post, then part it off. The part took less than five minutes. That machine used to scare the hell out of the other CNC (Computerized Numerical Control) See numerical control. CNC - Collaborative Networked Communication guys because they were afraid they might have to run it. That old girl didn't even break a sweat on those rollers. Jeff Moyle Ripon, WI To contribute your thoughts and ideas, e-mail the editor, Pete Nofel, at pnofel@nelsonpub.com, or write him at Modern Applications News, 6001 Cochran Road, Suite 104, Solon Solon, Athenian statesman Solon (sō`lən), c.639–c.559 B.C., Athenian statesman, lawgiver, and reformer. He was also a poet, and some of his patriotic verse in the Ionic dialect is extant. At some time (perhaps c.600 B.C. OH 44139. We verify all letters considered for publication, so be sure to include your telephone number. All submissions are subject to editing for space, editorial specifications, and decorum DECORUM. Proper behaviour; good order. 2. Decorum is requisite in public places, in order to permit all persons to enjoy their rights; for example, decorum is indispensable in church, to enable those assembled, to worship. . |
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