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Start by eliminating the ignorance that seems to result from a high-school education.
We all know this stuff, but what do we do about it?
QuoteWe all know this stuff, but what do we do about it?Try helping out at a makerspace, scouts, etc. near you and introduce the public to machining. You might be surprised at how popular it is.Cheers,Phil
my thinking is that this problem must be solve from the ground up,since the top down thinkers don't seem to want to do it. Jim
Selective education in training schools is also an issueSome years back......our Australian Standards Association decreed that Australia must follow the ISO Metric path for all engineering valuesSo young Apprentices [later called Technicians in Training] were taught to measure and read a vernier caliperYes a true device without a TV box at the end........the only problem was their training only covered the scale on the lower face of the caliper.......being the Metric scale in units to 0.05 mmStudents were examined on their ability measure, read and record such dimensionsHowever ......the scale on the top face of the caliper ...being the Imperial scale in units of I/1000 IN.....was not a part of the Education syllabusGiven one of these recently graduated [Mechanical Naval Technician] a replacement component shaft of AS1444 Grade 4140, 1 1/4" diameter pre-chromed precision bar for an American built RAN warship guided missile launcher and chances were that this dimension would be recorded as 31.7 diameter so what happened to the missing 0.05 mm?My role in this case was to enlighten by explanation and example for the Mechanical Naval Technician, that other measurement systems were a part of the real world and must be observed accurately Derek