If you LOVE your job...

[PastorofMuppets]

I wouldnt say i love it but I work at Monarch Beverage in Indy.
benefits are awesome. I can buy anything at employee prices. im never low on gumballhead either

 

[bottlebomber]

You make those tiny parts? That's cool. Do you use a tiny lathe or mill to make those? What are those pieces used to test?


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It's a Swiss lathe. It's not particularly small, but can machine very small stock. Much of what we make goes into our oscilloscopes, and we also do a lot of radar equipment. Anything where precise measurements are needed, we try to be there.


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[n240sxguy]

It's a Swiss lathe. It's not particularly small, but can machine very small stock. Much of what we make goes into our oscilloscopes, and we also do a lot of radar equipment. Anything where precise measurements are needed, we try to be there.


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That's really cool!


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[Billy-Klubb]

It's a Swiss lathe. It's not particularly small, but can machine very small stock. Much of what we make goes into our oscilloscopes, and we also do a lot of radar equipment. Anything where precise measurements are needed, we try to be there.


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you ever make a beer faucet?

 

[bottlebomber]

you ever make a beer faucet?

A teeny tiny one? Nah, never made one. It's actually not at all worth it to go through all the trouble of designing, doing the CAM, tooling up, dialing in the setup and machining just for one faucet. I'd have to make at least 20 for it to be worth my time. Plus, faucets are mostly cast. My faucet would either be very square looking, or I would have to put it up on one of the 5-axis machines and use a ball endmill to profile out the faucet curves. And that would take several hours of machining time.


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[wailingguitar]

Finally up and brewing at my new job! This was a pic from our commissioning brew, a simple ESB as a sort of 'calibration' to see how the system was going to work, what kind of numbers I would expect to hit, etc. before rolling out our regular beers. I have had three more brew days on this system since and it's going pretty darn well.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

A teeny tiny one? Nah, never made one. It's actually not at all worth it to go through all the trouble of designing, doing the CAM, tooling up, dialing in the setup and machining just for one faucet. I'd have to make at least 20 for it to be worth my time. Plus, faucets are mostly cast. My faucet would either be very square looking, or I would have to put it up on one of the 5-axis machines and use a ball endmill to profile out the faucet curves. And that would take several hours of machining time.


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you lost me. I'm not seeing a problem. :rockin:

 

[T_Baggins]

Well, they finally dragged me kicking and screaming back into the jobshop to weld the CAT buckets...
But Is still love my job!

 

[T_Baggins]

The welds cascade from 16mm-12mm-8mm-16mm on this bucket.
The bucket I'm on now has 18mm-14mm-8mm-16mm.
All is .052 hardwire.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

T Baggins, I'm seeing a serious lack of Lincoln in your shop... hahahaha!!

 

[WesleyS]

T Baggins, I'm seeing a serious lack of Lincoln in your shop... hahahaha!!

What are you talking about? Miller rules!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

What are you talking about? Miller rules!

and that's how I know you're from Texas. bwahahahahhaa!!!!

 

[WesleyS]

and that's how I know you're from Texas. bwahahahahhaa!!!!

Because I'm right?

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Because I'm right?

"Generic smart mouth comment"!

 

[WesleyS]

"Generic smart mouth comment"!

"Generic smart mouth response to your generic smart mouth comment!"

 

[smccarter]

Man I love message boards.

No matter the subject, folks always seem to find something to argue about.

*** you... no *** you... NO *** you... NO *** YOU.... etc.. etc... etc...

 

[beaksnbeer]

What are you talking about? Miller rules!

You must be talking about beer cuz, EVERYONE keeps their Lincolns

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Man I love message boards.

No matter the subject, folks always seem to find something to argue about.

*** you... no *** you... NO *** you... NO *** YOU.... etc.. etc... etc...

obviously that's not how it went...

 

[benco]

For you welders out yonder! I started welding when I was about 12, quit when I was 38, moved to current job as pharmacy owner. Wife wanted to buy a independent. I had my own welding business for about 14 years, I did what they call junk iron welding. Farm and ranch , entry ways, fences and then I got into doing metal buildings- good money. I've dabbled in most all the different welding. I welded with one of the first migs when they came out, what a piece of crap! Technology has come a long way. I definitely got burned out, but always loved the trade. Billy my rig was a old sa200 Lincoln!

 

[Billy-Klubb]

I run one of the sa200's. it was downright dependable! I mostly ran the Classic 300D. I tortured a lot of pipe with that beast.

 

[T_Baggins]

Ohhhh....now I see Billy, the stinkin' Linkin' for a SCHTICK welder....lol ... no but seriously, there's nothing finer than a pipeliner! I worked a job back east in the PA NJ NY tri state. I never had much use for stick welding, but boy you guys that can do it in some of the most ridiculous places and positions is like F'ng magic. Like a 6" pipe off the floor about 2" and 2" away from a concrete call...the way the stick can be bent around the pipe and make a sound weld! I can do some real TRICK **** with wire, but nothing like that! Hats off...

 

[Dahoov]

Still sounds like you guys are pissing at each other. My TFE-731-2-2B produces 3500 lbs thrust.

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[estricklin]

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

You know what they say, "Pumpin ain't easy". I don't do much hands on stuff anymore, but I work on the regulatory side of things. I really do enjoy my job, almost 10 years in the oilfields now.

 

[Eugenio]

Sometimes I have a love/hate relationship with my job...but i love being an Architect. These are 2 projects I helped designed recently.

 

[Hammy71]

I posted some a while back, but took this pic the other morning and it seemed interesting (to me at least). Damn it's cold.

 

[plumber_bob]

I posted some a while back, but took this pic the other morning and it seemed interesting (to me at least). Damn it's cold.

I did railroad construction for several years. Loved it!
But I'll never go back to it. Winters and Summers suck!

pb

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Ohhhh....now I see Billy, the stinkin' Linkin' for a SCHTICK welder....lol ... no but seriously, there's nothing finer than a pipeliner! I worked a job back east in the PA NJ NY tri state. I never had much use for stick welding, but boy you guys that can do it in some of the most ridiculous places and positions is like F'ng magic. Like a 6" pipe off the floor about 2" and 2" away from a concrete call...the way the stick can be bent around the pipe and make a sound weld! I can do some real TRICK **** with wire, but nothing like that! Hats off...

welding is like beer: there's many styles to choose from and eventually any of them will eff you up. hahaha!!


when your inner nerd interferes with your job.

 

[taoisilent]

I love this thread, as it demonstrates quite admirably that brewers come from all walks of life. Beer brings the world together

I also have a love-hate relationship with my job. I'm a pediatric respiratory therapist in a Children's Hospital. My job can be low-stress (Giving asthmatics or Cystic Fibrosis patients breathing treatments) and high-stress (Intubating patients, managing ventilators, coding infants). I love it when we make a difference, and a child goes home safe and sound. But unfortunately sometimes I go home and need more than my usual bed-time pint...

These pictures are obviously not from my hospital, as that would violate HIPAA, but these are the kinds of patients I take care of.

 

[Eugenio]

I love this thread, as it demonstrates quite admirably that brewers come from all walks of life. Beer brings the world together

I also have a love-hate relationship with my job. I'm a pediatric respiratory therapist in a Children's Hospital. My job can be low-stress (Giving asthmatics or Cystic Fibrosis patients breathing treatments) and high-stress (Intubating patients, managing ventilators, coding infants). I love it when we make a difference, and a child goes home safe and sound. But unfortunately sometimes I go home and need more than my usual bed-time pint...

These pictures are obviously not from my hospital, as that would violate HIPAA, but these are the kinds of patients I take care of.

That must be intense! I date a Nurse that works at Bone Marrow transplant and it put things in perspective. A bad day for me is the client didnt approve one of my designs...a bad day for her is one of her patients die, no better way to get me to shut up.

 

[T_Baggins]

My Aunt and cousin do some kind of blood work at a hospital...and I've been rushed into emergency rooms my self a few times, I can really say thanks for all who are in the business of healing! Thanks.