New machine day!

[Shazam/TPP]

When I first got here 41 years ago the programmers used a Flexiwriter. It was a typewriter that punched tape one character at a time, no spellcheck on that baby. Thank God I never had to use that beast, I am a terrible typist.

Ahhh the good ole days.. and make sure the tape doesn't have any hanging dingle berries, or else...... the machine will take off  

[HTM01]

When I first got here 41 years ago the programmers used a Flexiwriter. It was a typewriter that punched tape one character at a time, no spellcheck on that baby. Thank God I never had to use that beast, I am a terrible typist.

that's what i started on, could actually read the tapes by the holes

[gcode]

When I first got here 41 years ago the programmers used a Flexiwriter. It was a typewriter that punched tape one character at a time, no spellcheck on that baby. Thank God I never had to use that beast, I am a terrible typist.

I saw a brand new Okuma 4X lathe get destroyed this way.
The boss wrote the programs on a notepad, and a secretary hired for her looks, not her brains
typed out the tapes..  

[Tim Johnson]

When I first got here 41 years ago the programmers used a Flexiwriter. It was a typewriter that punched tape one character at a time, no spellcheck on that baby. Thank God I never had to use that beast, I am a terrible typist.

That's how it was done when I started here except after the edits were done and we were making good parts we punched new tape from the machine to a tape punch.

[YoDoug]

I can say I have never worked on a tape machine. My first CNC job had replaced a tape machine with a newer 6m controlled machined. There was an old machinist that would read through the old tapes and type the code into the new control. The Company also had Surfcam and the old timer refused to learn or use it. I took a training class on Surfcam. Once the boss saw I could make smoother, better programs faster with Surfcam he fired the other guy.

[HTM01]

[quote="Tim Johnson" post_id=12665 time=1624457425 user_id=68]

When I first got here 41 years ago the programmers used a Flexiwriter. It was a typewriter that punched tape one character at a time, no spellcheck on that baby. Thank God I never had to use that beast, I am a terrible typist.

That's how it was done when I started here except after the edits were done and we were making good parts we punched new tape from the machine to a tape punch.
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when it was proven it was punched in mylar. every now and then you would get a flaw in the paper tape that would raise hell

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[quote="Tim Johnson" post_id=12665 time=1624457425 user_id=68]

When I first got here 41 years ago the programmers used a Flexiwriter. It was a typewriter that punched tape one character at a time, no spellcheck on that baby. Thank God I never had to use that beast, I am a terrible typist.

That's how it was done when I started here except after the edits were done and we were making good parts we punched new tape from the machine to a tape punch.

when it was proven it was punched in mylar. every now and then you would get a flaw in the paper tape that would raise hell
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At my very first real machine shop job I saw a guy trip and spill a Big Gulp into the tray rack on the control
I dove for the E stop, but I was too slow.  That was the first real crash I witnessed.
It was a monster retrofit and it took the vice right off the table leaving 2 craters in the table where
the T-nuts got pulled right out of the T-slots..

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[quote="Tim Johnson" post_id=12665 time=1624457425 user_id=68]


That's how it was done when I started here except after the edits were done and we were making good parts we punched new tape from the machine to a tape punch.

when it was proven it was punched in mylar. every now and then you would get a flaw in the paper tape that would raise hell

At my very first real machine shop job I saw a guy trip and spill a Big Gulp into the tray rack on the control
I dove for the E stop, but I was too slow.  That was the first real crash I witnessed.
It was a monster retrofit and it took the vice right off the table leaving 2 craters in the table where
the T-nuts got pulled right out of the T-slots..
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"Big Gulp"

"It holds 128 ounces—one gallon—of soda. Not surprisingly, the Big Gulp has become a lightning rod in the public obesity debate, the unanswerable question being whether 7-Eleven induced Americans to drink more soda or merely gave them a convenient vessel for the soda they wanted to drink anyway."

[Rstewart]

[quote="Thee Byte™" post_id=12679 time=1624480757 user_id=50]

"Big Gulp"

"It holds 128 ounces—one gallon—of soda. Not surprisingly, the Big Gulp has become a lightning rod in the public obesity debate, the unanswerable question being whether 7-Eleven induced Americans to drink more soda or merely gave them a convenient vessel for the soda they wanted to drink anyway."
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Ok Alan,  what other note cards ya got??

[Shazam/TPP]

it's not soda.....called pop!  

Dan will back me on this...

[YoDoug]

it's not soda.....called pop!  

Dan will back me on this...

I would stick to calling it soda. When you call it pop you sound like that old guy that's always on the news rambling on and on about corn pop or some other incoherent statement.

[Shazam/TPP]

it's a Northeast Ohio thing!!  

[pmartin]

it's not soda.....called pop!  

Dan will back me on this...

I would stick to calling it soda. When you call it pop you sound like that old guy that's always on the news rambling on and on about corn pop or some other incoherent statement.

How about a compromise, soda-pop.

[Shazam/TPP]

Wasn't he in the Outsiders? Pony Boy and Soda Pop and ....

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Wasn't he in the Outsiders? Pony Boy and Soda Pop and ....

Yeah that's right..