WOTM Manufacturing Camp Day 4

July 31st, 2008 at 04:06pm Teresa Beach-Shelow

What is lean manufacturing? Ed gave a good explanation. He and Gordy have been doing a great job of explain “shop language” to the camp kids. It is easy to forget that not everyone understands words we use everyday.

All of the projects were finished! Each step of the way the group had to figure out the tolerance for the next step. One of the parts fit into the machine just a little off so that one has a different end finish….a lesson to all about being accurate. Each student was able to operate all of the different mill and lathe machines available at Techworks.

WOTM handed out tee shirts today. There were lots of visitors…Clarcor, Fabricators and Manufacturers Association, Dave Morgan, Sam Schmitz, and others. Terry Egan, from the FMA was the speaker for lunch and learn. He brought home two things 1- How many things can be made from a tube (or lots of similar shapes); and how many uses that item might have—it just takes looking at an item differently than before. One example was a tube—lots of important uses but it could be a door stop or hold pencils on your desk. He makes balloon critters and finished out by reminding the students that from the same balloon shape they can each create something different—thanks Terry!

At noon six students we guests on a radio program that focuses on Manufacturing. I guess I didn’t get the details.

D Machine brought lunch lots of tacos!

P.S. The two golf cart guys went shopping for one yesterday afternoon but were unhappy to find the cheapest one was $500 (without a working motor)…..they said they would keep looking.

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