[Jonathan Norris]

I know exactly how you feel, some of my best memories in robotics were from working in the shop on the mill and lathe. Getting thrown onto the lathe when I was in grade 10 is what sparked my passion for robotics. I remember in my first year I lived on our lathe, and found a real skill for it (later on I found out that my grandfather actually was a professional tool maker and worked for 40 years on the lathe). Even some of my best experiences last year were on our mill, I think i spent over 20 hours one weekend on our mill machining our drive tracks last year, it was quite the machining marathon but man it was fun.

Sadly those days are over for me as a university mentor, but hopefully some of the new kids can find a passion for it like I did.