That is AWESOME!!
I should not post this but will anyways hahahaha
I build gages for Boeing (turbine motors-satellite-military-spy) , Honeywell (satellite-military-spy), Northrop Grumman (satellite-military-spy), Lockheed Martin (satellite-military-spy), Hamilton Sundstrand (satellite-military-spy), Woodward (satellite-military-spy), Raytheon (satellite-military-spy), GKN Aerospace (satellite-military-spy), Allison Transmission, General Motors, Chrysler (Mercedes Benz - Fiat).
We also had our part of the "Bunker Bomb" timing mechanism and the trigger sensor for the taser gun.
Being in R&D allows me to experiment in all phases of machining and GD&T.
That is cool......I love machining.....taking something that is nothing and machining high precision parts used in all sorts of military applications.....some of the things I have machined....
Hinge pins for guidance fin on Harpoon missiles
Canopy latches for F-16's
Struts for the wings on B1 Bombers and C4 Transports
We machined parts for the aft propulsion system for the Space Shuttle
Tube sheets out of Inconel used in Navy subs and Aircraft carriers to convert sea water to clean usable water
Machined and assembled spring systems out of beryllium copper to text thrust on jet engines for McDonnell Douglas
All sorts of parts for McDonnell Douglas, Seaman Corporation, Rockwell International, Kimberly Clark, etc....any I have no idea of application....some were not even named and we had to sign papers to keep our mouths shut......the tightest tolerance I ever had to hold was .0002 of an inch.......and for those reading that do not know how tight this is....<--2 tenths of a thousandth of an inch.....in other words divide an inch by 10000...within 2 of the 10000 HAHAH had to inside diameter hone those parts....went on a F-16...
Some of the materials I have machined, all sorts off stainless steels, aircraft aluminum, cold roll, hot roll, leaded steel, lenin phenolic, beryllium copper, numerous tool steels, pure teflon, brass, pot metal, copper, uhmw, <--a black version of this cannot remember name, lexan, titanium........so many I cannot remember all of them HAHA