Posted by Bob - MI on January 28, 2018 at 07:03:52 from (97.91.9.236):
In Reply to: Lost mechanical arts posted by notjustair on January 28, 2018 at 06:41:09:
I run a manufacturing plant and it's amazing to me how many young folks have no mechanical skills. Either spoiled by their parents or let down by the educational systems who chop the "industrial arts" programs from the budgets it's clear that these folks can't appreciate the satisfaction of working with their hands. I have had college students who couldn't cut the grass with a riding lawnmower.
Even our CNC operator struggles with using a Bridgeport mill at times because it's a hand operated machine. Getting speeds and feeds dialed in by feel and watching the chips roll off is a challenge. Our society is now enslaved to electronic devices that are largely disposable so today repairs are actually replacements.
Mechanical reasoning and hands on work as a whole seems to be on the endangered list.
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