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What might I expect as a Junior Metal Millwright?
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[QUOTE="Mark44, post: 6842046, member: 147785"] A mill is a place where some material (lumber, steel, etc.) is milled; i.e., cut or shaped into some kind of product that can be sold or used to make something else. Those are called brakes. They are used to bend, typically, sheet metal along a straight line. The fact that you don't have "direct experience" suggests to me that you're not likely to be hired. To my knowledge, the usual route to a machinist-type job is through some sort of training program and/or apprenticeship. There's a lot of background information that one needs to know before attempting to cut or shape steel or cast iron or other metals: understanding the differences in hardness of various metals; knowing which tooling must be used (high-speed steel vs. carbide steel); knowing how to set up the mill or lathe with the piece you're working on; knowing how to make very precise measurements, down to 1/10,000 of an inch or the corresponding amounts in metric units; knowing how much the machine can take off in one pass so that the bit doesn't break; etc., etc. [/QUOTE]
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