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Home Base => Introductions => Topic started by: Trigrman on March 30, 2013, 08:33:09 AM
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Hello All,
My name is Dale from Rochester, NY. I'm a recently retired Senior Mechanical Designer with 40+ years working for Kodak and ITT Exelis. Yea I know, one of the PIA's who make life difficult for the machinists! To be honest, I liked spending time in the shop watching and learning. It helped being in R&D where schedules weren't as critical ;)
I started right out of SUNY Alfred doing drawing changes and details on the 'ol drafting board. CAD came along right about the time I was promoted to designer and was glad of it! It's SO much easier evolving designs on a computer than on paper! Most of my CAD experience was with Unigraphics but ITT was a ProEngineer/Creo Elements company so our division made that transition about 3 years ago. To be honest, each has their strengths and faults. Like any tool, as you learn how to use it you adapt.
My home shop has evolved from,95% woodworking 5% hacksaw and file, to mostly metalworking. I have a gear head, round column mill drill from Harbor Freight. It was the biggest machine I could get downstairs in my basement. Bridgeport style mills were out of the question. I'm on my second mini lathe, the most current is a 7x16 from MicroMark. They are both equipped with DRO's that I've grown to appreciate.
Anyway, now that I'm retired I will have more time to lurk the online forms and learn! Thanks for allowing me to join.
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Hi Dale :wave:
Welcome to the collective :borg:
Whatcha make/modify on your machines?
Eric
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Welcome to the collective
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Hello Dale, and welcome! I look forward to seeing your projects.
:beer:
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Hi Dale.
Welcome to the Collective! :borg:
As you've noticed, we're a mixed bunch on here. All doing something different. :scratch:
Show us what you do. With pics...... Join in, enjoy! :thumbup:
David D
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Hi, Dale. Where abouts in Rochester? I'm in southeast Brighton, over behind the old "can of worms".
I, too went to SUNY Alfred. Mechanical designer using Solidworks for optical tooling these past few years. I'm a couple of decades away from retirement, though.
Give me a shout and maybe we can get together for a beer or a cup of coffee.
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Hi and welcome to us :wave:
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Hello Dale, welcome to MadModder. I hope you enjoy it as much as I do.
Jim
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Hi, Dale. Where abouts in Rochester? I'm in southeast Brighton, over behind the old "can of worms".
I, too went to SUNY Alfred. Mechanical designer using Solidworks for optical tooling these past few years. I'm a couple of decades away from retirement, though.
Give me a shout and maybe we can get together for a beer or a cup of coffee.
Hi,
I live over by Rochester Tech Park, the old Kodak Elmgrove Plant. Where do you design the tooling?
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I work at Orafol, formerly Reflexite. Used to be employee owned, but we were bought out about a year back.
We make lenses for solar applications and reflective products. That red & white tape along the bottom edge of tractor trailers is our stuff.
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Hi Dale,
Welcome to the forum, what are your main interests?
Cheers David