Manufacturers struggle to preserve shop math

[The Watcher]

Manufacturers struggle to preserve shop mathManufacturers struggle to preserve shop math

Link:
http://www.sanluisobispo.com/2012/03...-preserve.html

[orion commander]

What is even more important that the number of paper pallets the fork lift will carry weight wise is how many will the fork lift carry that will still allow for operator vision. Safety still trumps math.

[Desertrat]

My now-retired wife owned a small manufacturing operation for crafts/hobbies for thirty years. Sold out in 2004. Her only job requirement for hiring was knowledge of reading fractions on a ruler. An amazing number of applicants could not. This was back pretty much in the last century. Lord only knows how much worse it is today.

[kytom]

My now-retired wife owned a small manufacturing operation for crafts/hobbies for thirty years. Sold out in 2004. Her only job requirement for hiring was knowledge of reading fractions on a ruler. An amazing number of applicants could not. This was back pretty much in the last century. Lord only knows how much worse it is today.

i learned in 7th grade shop class from mr. howard (alias monkey man)! hed beat your a$$ with a paddle cut out in the shape of a baseball bat with woodgrain formica on both sides (the kind that was on the school desktops) if you called him monkey man. he did look like a monkey (he was a white guy)!. i learned a lot from him! he also said a "ruler" rules a country. its a rule! thanks for bringing back some old memories!

[orion commander]

Gee kytom. Your Mr. Howard and my Mr. Flanders must have gone to the same schools. It was always "ou know the ruuules." Only teacher that ever gave me detention.

[Summerthyme]

Gee kytom. Your Mr. Howard and my Mr. Flanders must have gone to the same schools. It was always "ou know the ruuules." Only teacher that ever gave me detention.

Probably because breaking the rules in his class could leave you minus a few fingers!!

My SIL is a technology teacher, and you couldn't PAY me enough to do his job.. trying to supervise 25+ adolescents around multiple power tools, with 95% or more of the kids having never handled so much as a screwdriver, much less a table saw... no, thank you!

We're teaching his 2 1/2 year old how to use a ruler. All the grandkids will be taught how to use basic tools, build things, drive tractors, ride horses, and grow food. Fortunately, their parents agree that skills are vital.

Summerthyme

[argonath]

Man went to the moon because scientists in the 60's could read a slide rule.

[Slide Rule]

Man went to the moon because scientists in the 60's could read a slide rule.

Count me in that ^^^ group.

[Rhodie]

Man went to the moon because scientists in the 60's could read a slide rule.

They also built the fastest and highest flying air-breathing jets to.
SR-71 Blackbirds.

Mr. Howard and my Mr. Flanders must have gone to the same schools, same with Prof Hill, and Mr, Emms.

Tough shop teachers, but you knew you were going to learn from them. And if you tried hard they gave you a chance to work the problems out.
Hardest B's I ever earned, came from them.
And safety was always first, both had spotless safety records.
Everyone that learned from them still had all of their fingers at the end of the school year.

Glad to hear that SlideRule, something to be proud of.


Rhodie

[Remnant777]

What is even more important that the number of paper pallets the fork lift will carry weight wise is how many will the fork lift carry that will still allow for operator vision. Safety still trumps math.

And you still had to use math to reach the conclusion of what was considered safe