These axes where moving the bar-feed system, consisting of the main and bar-feed collets, the machines upper and lower turrets, with their individual tool-station rotary units, various live tooling and a part catcher assembly.
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12 cam-plates which moved 12 components of the machine through individual lever systems. The year was 1979, the machine had 12 axes. We had an order for 300 thousand units in the first batch.
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There were six of us in this team of engineers and technicians and our job was to ‘program’ this 12-axis Swiss-turn machine so that it can cut a small component of a fire hose nozzle. This was the first team project I worked on. I was anxious, I felt that I was part of the future, I have never done anything like this before but felt confident that the years of study and training have prepared me for this day and it was exciting to be at the leading edge of technology. This is a continuation of a time-travel from the past towards the present and future. The whole flight only lasted 5 minutes and 28 seconds but I still remember it vividly 30 years later. It is OK to make mistakes if you can learn from them and it helps if you survive them:-) I am so happy, I can’t wait to do this again. I hold on to the branches at about 50 feet from the ground and wait for the farmer and then a half hour later my buddies to help me out of my predicament. the glider goes into a complete stall with the wings vertical just as I hit the big tree on the right side of the gap. I’m so glad I learned all that math! None of it helps me now! Instinct takes over, I bank hard right and push the A-frame all the way out. Wow!! – I just saw the sun reflecting off an electrical wire in that gap! I am doing about 40 mph at about 30 feet above the ground heading for an electrical wire! There are no brakes, I cannot dive into the ground, if I try to hop over I will stall at 70 feet above the ground and dive in at 60 mph! closer now, it looks wide enough, remember to keep your speed up. Not sure if it is wide enough for my wing-span but I will bank slightly when I go through. I’m not going to make it! Don’t panic there is a nice field on this side of the river, all I have to do is fly across that gap in the tree-line and I’ll be fine. Ugh – oh I need to pay attention! The forest bellow looks way too close! I supposed to fly over the river to the landing filed. now I feel what is ‘Learning to Fly’ by Pink Floyd is all about. This is so much fun, let’s try another turn. I can finally start practicing some 180 degree turns, maybe even a 360. Wow there is all this room all this altitude. All I hear is just the reassuring sound of the wind rushing past my sail, it sounds a bit fast so I slow down slightly. Yell “Clear!” and run like hell towards the abyss. This is wild, OK so remember the flight-plan: Hold the glider straight and level, keep the nose low, but not too low, wait for a steady breeze, watch the breeze playing in the bushes as it comes at you. My highest flight to date was a mere 120 foot hill, where my flight path followed the slope in such a way that I was never more than 30 to 50 feet above ground. my heart is racing now! I’ve logged 56 flights so far, but the total airtime is only 19 minutes. Walk to the top of the large, round, rock-face terminating in a 500 foot dead cliff.
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Stand-up and feel the glider in the light breeze.
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The next step is to hook-in to the center of gravity with an over-sized carabiner. Make sure that the tools are sharp,the inserts are tightened just right,the fixture is rigid and the part is secure, just before you press cycle start – except your life is not depending on one mistake. This is very similar to doing the last check on your tooling and set-up. Check all the flying wires, make sure that they are not frayed, check all the bolts and nuts, check every inch of the sail, feel the leading edge for any imperfection, make sure that all the batons are secured. My hang-glider was in great condition but every pilot goes through this routine methodically. I was going through my pre-flight inspection. The Blue Angels just flew by in their formation just a few minutes ago as the Canada day celebrations where winding down. It was still early, later on they will become large, sitting on powerful thermals. A cold front just moved through from the West just yesterday.The sky was clear with only a few, young cumulus floating in a light,summer breeze. I was standing on top of the 750 feet King Mountain, Ottawa, Canada. Work kept me busy but I was in THE country best known about its outdoors so I quickly got addicted to the true freedom that I have never experienced before. My schooling was not recognized here but hard work was. The only language that helped me was the universal one – Math. I spoke Hungarian, Croatian and German but not a word of English. Started working 60 hour weeks the next Monday in a machine shop. I first landed in Canada on a Friday afternoon in September of 1979.