Telescoping Jack Screw - FINAL PROJECT

I may give you some insight as to what you might expect in the real world, if you do not go directly from school to working for an aerospace/automotive/pharma contractor.
If your first employer is a job shop then you will be required to do exactly that, whatever is needed.
You may have to deburr 1000's of parts or just run a saw for days at a time, degunk the coolant sumps and so on.

It will take a bit of time before they just give you a drawing and work order because they know that you can make the parts without supervision. At that point you will become entirely to valuable running parts and will no longer have to do the second operations and other simple tasks.

Good Luck
 
I understand that every place is different. My internship is this summer.
 
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T Bredehoft said:
Make an excellent impression, you may be able to get a job there based upon their experience with you.
You can always hope.
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The purpose of these internships is to get familiar with the place. We picked these from a list for jobs we would hope to have. I've heard good things about this company, so I believe it's a good fit. Then when I graduate, I'll already have experience with what they need me to do and we can go from there.
 
I've been in both roles in that I started as an apprentice and was given machining and repair tasks that slowly increased in difficulty based off my success in doing what I was given. I was also given many "duties various as assigned" jobs from going to pick up parts, cleaning, washing the shop truck and emptying the trash. Ive also been in the spot where I dealt with new employees and gave them tasks much in the same way I describe above. Mind you I was never and am never a guy who will walk past a full trash can or dirty bathroom and then go get someone who is working to take care of it.

I did however send people who were standing around to do things that were "theirs to do"; kind of a reminder that hey you need to take care of these things when you see they need doing. By them seeing me do it I always felt it was a good demonstration of just that, do what needs doing when you see it.

Best advise I can give you is just that; don't walk in the door with the attitude "I'm here to make parts and only that", The fastest way to make yourself recognized as a good worker is to do the following.

Show up to work on time and ready to work
Consider your appearance despite the fact you work in a shop
Do what you are asked to do when and how you are told to do it
Do the extra things you see need to be done; If the paper towels at the wash sink are out, replace them, if the sink is dirty, clean it. If you use a machine, clean it, if you use company tools, or borrow tools, return them. De-bur everything you do, even the cut off's. Label stock before returning it to the rack. I hope you get the idea here and believe me they will notice if you do and if you don't. There are many people here who have run shops and I am sure they can confirm that if you want to stand out these, and many others, will make that happen.

I wish you great success in your pursuits, it is great to see young people getting into what is and always has been a great career.
 
TakeDeadAim said:
The fastest way to make yourself recognized as a good worker is to do the following.

Show up to work on time and ready to work
Consider your appearance despite the fact you work in a shop
Do what you are asked to do when and how you are told to do it
Do the extra things you see need to be done; If the paper towels at the wash sink are out, replace them, if the sink is dirty, clean it. If you use a machine, clean it, if you use company tools, or borrow tools, return them. De-bur everything you do, even the cut off's. Label stock before returning it to the rack. I hope you get the idea here and believe me they will notice if you do and if you don't. There are many people here who have run shops and I am sure they can confirm that if you want to stand out these, and many others, will make that happen.

I wish you great success in your pursuits, it is great to see young people getting into what is and always has been a great career.
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Absolutely agreed!
If I needed to sum it up in one word it would be "attitude".

......and from what I have seen on this site, Justin (the OP) is on the right track. He is always trying and pushing himself to do the best he can.

I think he will do very well........on this site, in whatever shop he frequents and in life!

-brino
 
Thanks for the kind words everyone! It means a lot.

So anyways back to my project, I got done threading both ends of what will be my SM Jack Screws with the rounded nose on them. My next step my professor said was to put this piece in the collet holder and mill the edges to the hexagon nut. So I will do that a little later on. I got most of the lathe work out of the way on these, so I want to go ahead and start another section. Only reason is, people are still on other machines and we have a few weeks left. By that final week, it's going to be hard to get on a decent lathe. So I want to do all the lathe work I can as soon as possible. Would the LG Jack Screw be a good next section? Do it the same way I've been doing this section, with one on each end? Thanks and enjoy the photos and video!

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Threads look good, Justin. It might be a good idea to chamfer the ends before threading for smoother engagement of the threading tool. You can also do it afterwards but do it so the thread start easily and it looks better.
 
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