Old School

[JerryK]

You may be old school if your
potato chips don’t hit the floor

 

[woodchucker]

Just a young man with a dream


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I have one of those. But I don't use it for regular pencils, only drafting pencils. If you know what they are.

 

[woodchucker]

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Ah, my first programs were written on that type of puppy. Major pain in the butt. Even cards were an improvement. You could easily fix a card, the tape was much harder to fix, and would jam if not done right. With a card take it out and write a new one.

 

[JerryK]

You may be old school if you have used this formula
Diameter of cutter divided by diameter desired = sine of the angle
to tilt the head

 

[PHPaul]

Just a young man with a dream


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OMG! I'd forgotten all about those.

Mechanical Drawing class, Freshman year of High School, 1964.

 

[Cooter Brown]

This is in a copy of South Bend Lathe's how to run a lathe.

How to run a Lathe No. 20

• Cooter Brown
• Nov 28, 2017

10 cents

South Bend Lathe Staff

• Cooter Brown
• Nov 28, 2017

 

[JerryK]

Old/New School

 

[Bob Korves]

OMG! I'd forgotten all about those.

Mechanical Drawing class, Freshman year of High School, 1964.

Same age as me, same subject back then.

 

[MattM]

You might be Old School if you ever used a "star drill" or even know what it is.

 

[Tozguy]

Portable cordless drill and screwdriver from the days before we needed exercise machines.