Tools
Tools used for model engineering include the lathe, the mill, the shaper, and the drill press. Until the introduction of cheap mini-lathes by suppliers such as Warco, Harbor Freight, Grizzly and others, lathes produced by Myford or Bridgeport were fairly ubiquitous in model engineering.
3-dimensional computer modeling programs are becoming an important tool for the model engineer.
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Famous quotes containing the word tools:
“But lo! men have become the tools of their tools.”
—Henry David Thoreau (1817–1862)
“At the utmost, the active-minded young man should ask of his teacher only mastery of his tools. The young man himself, the subject of education, is a certain form of energy; the object to be gained is economy of his force; the training is partly the clearing away of obstacles, partly the direct application of effort. Once acquired, the tools and models may be thrown away.”
—Henry Brooks Adams (1838–1918)
“A life I didn’t choose
chose me: even
my tools are the wrong ones
for what I have to do.”
—Adrienne Rich (b. 1929)