If you LOVE your job...

[T_Baggins]

I work at an academic library processing book/ article requests practically all day. Half day on the computer processing, the other looking for the books throughout the library. It's a job and my co-workers can be a little nutty, but I don't mind it. I don't talk too much to my co-workers because the requests can pile up if you're not on top of them, and the turn-over rate seems to be going up. I swear like three people left already and I'm seeing new faces almost daily.

yeah, it seems like I see new faces daily too.

 

[Dustinj]

Independent oil and gas producer. It's a ****ty job some days but im my own boss so that rules!

 

[T_Baggins]

here is an animal transport we built 2 yrs ago, just found pics recently. It is used by a feedlot. They use it primarily for hospital visits. The doors open and ramp folds down, followed by the inner door/guard rail. They just pull up beside the fence and it lowers over the fence....cool.

 

[Dustinj]

That's Genius.

 

[theother1]

I don't have any pictures but I work at my LHBS. I love it. 20 percent discount too!

 

[liquiditynerd]

Today im striking out these terra cotta window sills to make a door for a new bridge. Im actually enjoying it!

 

[corkybstewart]

Independent oil and gas producer. It's a ****ty job some days but im my own boss so that rules!

What part of Tejas do you work in?

 

[Beernik]

This is what I was inspecting today.

Yes that is a sewage lagoon.

 

[Beernik]

This is where it is located: Bear Lake, Utah

 

[Dustinj]

What part of Tejas do you work in?

I'm over in Amarillo. I drive about 150 miles a day over to Pampa and Borger and back.

 

[T_Baggins]

here's a little project I been workn on lately, it's a stand for a "steam chest" whatever that is! It's 12' square and 40' tall, it'll be clad in insulation and tin and perched 80' up on another structure somewhere in Nebraska.

 

[medic699]

I am a firefighter in Plains Township, Pa. Best job in the world. Lol

 

[aeviaanah]

I'm a sheet metal worker. Here's a few projects I'm proud of.

This is a fishtank stand I designed and fabricated for the house. 100 gal saltwater setup.

Here she is complete in the backroom.

This is the movie star locomotive "Sierra #3" built in 1892. Has been seen in films/tv shows like Back to the future 3, High Noon, Petticoat Junction, Lassie, Gunsmoke- the list goes on...most of which ive never heard of.. I designed, fabricated and installed the boiler jacket. She currently rests at Railtown in Jamestown, CA where she gives rides to passengers and sits for display. I built all the stuff primered in light gray.

Here she is painted.

A sheet metal leaf brake I copied and fabricated for my garage.

A stainless steel windmill for the backyard. This sucker has 4 bearings in it and spins like crazy.

Some artistic thing

This is the boat parking at the Port of Stockton. I did the layout and assembly of Piles and connection beams.

This is a 120ton Derrick Barge named DB Alameda. I designed and ran the crew that installed the House and most of the metal work. We did pretty much everything you see in white and orange- The house and roof, stairs, handrail, operators cab, crows nest, doors, vents and ducting, and guards. We even did the decals which were the hardest part of the whole job!

DB Alameda works on construction sites all around San Francisco and surrounding areas.

Thanks for letting me share!!

 

[Bobby_M]

You guys have some very cool jobs. I can't compete with that, but who has two thumbs and loves his job?

This guy.

 

[liquiditynerd]

I vote for "artistic thingy" , but thats just me! Very nice work

 

[aeviaanah]

I vote for "artistic thingy" , but thats just me! Very nice work

Haha!

 

[T_Baggins]

Haha!

Love the pics! great to see some fellow metal work... the tank stand is very nice.

Here's more from our shop, some kind of deck platform with handrail in the paint booth...

 

[aeviaanah]

Love the pics! great to see some fellow metal work... the tank stand is very nice.

Here's more from our shop, some kind of deck platform with handrail in the paint booth...

Lookin good! Where is that going? Diamond plate decking?

Thanks for the compliments. What are you by trade?

 

[T_Baggins]

Not sure where it's going, it gets a grate type decking. I'm a welder/fabricator.

 

[liquiditynerd]

This has kept me busy lately. Not my usual so it had its points. Mostly just "bags on" super for this one.

 

[bottlebomber]

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[T_Baggins]

Interesting machine work^^^ what exactly are we lookin' at here?

 

[liquiditynerd]

Something im not supposed to touch probably. Like they say if you have to ask the price...

 

[bottlebomber]

Interesting machine work^^^ what exactly are we lookin' at here?

These are for a company that makes equipment for chemical manufacturing. They make the equipment that makes the ink that money is printed with among other things. Because of this, many of their parts have to be gold plated for corrosion resistance. This copper part is big money too, because the brazing fill is 30% gold and there's a lot of it. Just the brazing operation (we have them sent out) adds $3400 to the final cost of the part. When they get back from the brazing, I have to do a final machining operation on the outer diameters. We've got about $5000 into the part at this point, and it sells for twice that. The tolerances on the final cuts are +/-.0005, and the finish is 5/8 Ra, pretty close to mirror, and this copper likes to scar itself up if the chips wrap up, so I'm puckered until they are all safely done lol.. It's some kind of a super efficient cooling element. The inside is baffled sort of like a radiator. Here's $30,000 worth of them. I don't even like looking at these things.

 

[T_Baggins]

Friggin' COOL!

On a another note of "coolness" , There's a storage unit that we build for compressors, motors etc, and it is filled with nitrogen... at least one of the units I personally built has been launched into friggin' space!

 

[TANSTAAFB]

These are for a company that makes equipment for chemical manufacturing. They make the equipment that makes the ink that money is printed with among other things. Because of this, many of their parts have to be gold plated for corrosion resistance. This copper part is big money too, because the brazing fill is 30% gold and there's a lot of it. Just the brazing operation (we have them sent out) adds $3400 to the final cost of the part. When they get back from the brazing, I have to do a final machining operation on the outer diameters. We've got about $5000 into the part at this point, and it sells for twice that. The tolerances on the final cuts are +/-.0005, and the finish is 5/8 Ra, pretty close to mirror, and this copper likes to scar itself up if the chips wrap up, so I'm puckered until they are all safely done lol.. It's some kind of a super efficient cooling element. The inside is baffled sort of like a radiator. Here's $30,000 worth of them. I don't even like looking at these things.

I'd be so freaking tempted to run a batch of hot wort through..."I thought about a new Therminator but it just doesn't have that je ne se quoi. Wanna see something REALLY cool? Hold my beer and check THIS sh!t out!"

 

[Call_Me_Tex]

Subsea Engineer for the oil and gas industry. Can't beat the sunrises...

 

[bottlebomber]

Friggin' COOL! On a another note of "coolness" , There's a storage unit that we build for compressors, motors etc, and it is filled with nitrogen... at least one of the units I personally built has been launched into friggin' space!

Cool, isn't it? I've got tons of stuff I made in space. We make parts of the ignition systems for the booster rockets that detach, and we also make parts for a company that does a lot of the electronics equipment, who we colloquially refer to as ******* Lab.

I'd be so freaking tempted to run a batch of hot wort through..."I thought about a new Therminator but it just doesn't have that je ne se quoi. Wanna see something REALLY cool? Hold my beer and check THIS sh!t out!"

ha! That would be awesome.

 

[Rivenin]

man, those things are nuts! the price tag is insane and they aren't even that big... that is just... NUTS! i want to own the company for whomeever is ordering those! haha

 

[rickjames]

I work for a company called LS9. I focus on scaling up the fermentation process to larger and larger scales. We were thinking of doing an inaugural beer fermentation on that bigger tank when we first got it. Then we realized it came from an old pharmaceutical company who used it to make unknown drugs. No thanks.

How funny. I work for a small life science company that supplies yours with reagents. Small world.