Close ups from brother's machine shop
Nov 22, 2013 23:34:03 #
My brother owns a machine shop in Kansas, and he lets me come in and photograph some of the equipment.
Drill chuck
Eye bolts
Handle
Nov 23, 2013 02:25:48 #
Perfect interpretation of light, textures, and industrial subject matter. I love these all.
Nov 23, 2013 02:33:18 #
Nov 23, 2013 03:13:43 #
jackm1943 wrote:
My brother owns a machine shop in Kansas, and he lets me come in and photograph some of the equipment.
Right nice, all. My ayes are with the eyes.
I would L*O*V*E to go with you there with my film gear. I have actually operated a sheet metal shop and have some distinct foreground/background ideas in mind...
However I am not in the least critical of your excellent metering, sharpness and detail! Nice images!
Nov 23, 2013 16:18:45 #
Love em I used to own a tool and die company untill the automotive meltdown in 2008/9 had to shut er down all my main customers had gone bankrupt ...... awww the memories
Nov 24, 2013 11:58:47 #
My memories of a jog shop is hurry up, faster and do it for less money and don't make a mistake. They were gritty places for the most part. But to be fair for machine shops to stay in business that almost had to be that way as completion of jobs was fierce. Glad to be out of that environment.
Nov 24, 2013 12:23:10 #
GeneB wrote:
My memories of a jog shop is hurry up, faster and do it for less money and don't make a mistake. They were gritty places for the most part. But to be fair for machine shops to stay in business that almost had to be that way as completion of jobs was fierce. Glad to be out of that environment.
My brother specializes more in custom, one-off work for some of the larger industries in the area. He uses mostly older but high quality machines that have tolerances down to 1/10,000th inch, better than most modern machines. He is a genius with CAD and does a lot of design work for these industries also, then builds the parts. He has 3-4 good machinists who seem to like working for him.
Nov 24, 2013 13:04:11 #
jackm1943 wrote:
My brother specializes more in custom, one-off work for some of the larger industries in the area. He uses mostly older but high quality machines that have tolerances down to 1/10,000th inch, better than most modern machines. He is a genius with CAD and does a lot of design work for these industries also, then builds the parts. He has 3-4 good machinists who seem to like working for him.
that is similar to the kind of work I liked. I spent 23 years as a model maker for Kenner toys before Hasbro bought it and shut it down. So before and after that time I was in job shops. Your brothers place sounds great to me. I contracted out to one place for several months doing similar work until that ran out. But my days at Kenner was my best times working.
Nov 25, 2013 14:04:06 #
jackm1943 wrote:
My brother owns a machine shop in Kansas, and he lets me come in and photograph some of the equipment.
Love your interpretation in 1 & 2. No.3 could have used a little side light on the bottom left side of the lathe to delineate the lathe from the background. But otherwise and excellent shot.
Rich
Dec 14, 2013 11:29:03 #
Thanks Rich. Sorry to be so late in responding.
Jack
Jack
Rich2236 wrote:
Love your interpretation in 1 & 2. No.3 could have used a little side light on the bottom left side of the lathe to delineate the lathe from the background. But otherwise and excellent shot.
Rich
Rich
Dec 14, 2013 11:45:06 #
Dec 14, 2013 11:56:19 #
Haha, don't know about the "real man" bit, but thanks for the nice comment.
Jack
Jack
Kingmapix wrote:
A real man's photo set. Very nice job with the lighting.
Dec 14, 2013 12:49:44 #
jackm1943 wrote:
Thanks Rich. Sorry to be so late in responding.
Jack
Jack
Better late than never. I still say the shots are great.
Rich
Dec 14, 2013 13:19:29 #
Nice shots Jack, the B&W serves them well...
Brings back memories for me, I did my apprenticeship as a toolmaker and ended up a mechanical engineer... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Ron.
Brings back memories for me, I did my apprenticeship as a toolmaker and ended up a mechanical engineer... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Ron.
Dec 14, 2013 17:49:26 #
Thanks Ron, glad you liked them. I have several more from the shop I might post at a later date.
Jack
Jack
SX2002 wrote:
Nice shots Jack, the B&W serves them well...
Brings back memories for me, I did my apprenticeship as a toolmaker and ended up a mechanical engineer... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Ron.
Brings back memories for me, I did my apprenticeship as a toolmaker and ended up a mechanical engineer... :thumbup: :thumbup: :thumbup:
Ron.
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