Oh!
That's cool!
Thanks.
When I stepped outside the box in the early 80's I was young enough, yet experienced enough, to apply true machining knowledge to CNC's.
Shop owners thought good CNC operators were the ones that could show up every day to push the right buttons.
A machinist can make those things sing.
I made a lot of money in a very short time, but soon became bored with it...and was smart enough not to get caught into programming them full time.
I was a "setup" guy in no time.
Programming at the control panel, setting up the tooling and production runs, then making fixtures.
I had more fun making fixtures because it was closer to the tool and die work I had apprenticed in.
Our ancient homestead in the middle of Maine had its own machine shop vintage late 1700's.
It had a pulley system to run all sorts of machinery plus the grain and dairy farm gadgets.
They did have a LONG lathe and turned wood and metal for other farms.