If you LOVE your job...

[Billy-Klubb]

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.

no joke! especially those that work on little ones! y'all help us parents, grandparents, aunts, uncles, and family friends sleep a little bit better at night. whether most of us know that or not.

 

[liquiditynerd]

Finally got inside and out of the PacNW rain to build some designs.

BTW I rocked a Ranger 6 for a good couple years and she never failed me, still spittin wire with my lincoln mig and absolutely love it, had an old miller and it was a beast, had to switch from generator to welder though so the Ranger it was.

 

[T_Baggins]

Finally got inside and out of the PacNW rain to build some designs.

I know all about that PNW weather ...I lived in a rain forest just north of Downtown Seattle in a tent for damn near a year, I've banged nails on the "Street of Dreams" and cedar sided half of Queen Anne and parts around Lake Washington and Whidbey.

Can't say I miss it.

 

[Rahahb]

I'm a CNC Machinist. I love my job. Being able to create damn near anything from just a solid hunk of steel is damn satisfying. Plus, in the spare time... oh, I need a special bracket for my Mustang? MACHINED! Oh, you'd like some super fancy engraved plates to print your wedding invitation? MACHINED!

And anyone who hasn't seen a 5-axis machine doing it's duty is missing out:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=RnIvhlKT7SY

I used to run 2 ACME-Gridley screw machines. Didn't ever get a chance to run/setup a cnc though.

 

[liquiditynerd]

I know all about that PNW weather ...I lived in a rain forest just north of Downtown Seattle in a tent for damn near a year, I've banged nails on the "Street of Dreams" and cedar sided half of Queen Anne and parts around Lake Washington and Whidbey.

Can't say I miss it.

haha small world it is! I've been banging nails and building bridges on Queen Anne for the past 9 months! Almost managed ebey's landing NHR on Whidbey but we didn't click. Sorry you don't miss it though, after the NE and the DEEP SE, I love this place!

Keep on keeping on, glad this thread keeps going!, so many different paths in life and yet here we are....

 

[liquiditynerd]

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

Hows that Taco holding out? My 05 dbl cab trd just blew the diff in some really small stuff in the front yard, other than that though i love it, depending on what the dealer says though............... I would imagine you've been in some sticker stuff..

 

[Keith66]

Ah. Nimbus hatchery. That is a nice fish!

Nimbus?! I pass there twice a day on my commute from ******* Pines to Arden! I work for California Dept of Water Resources as an engineering geologist. Cool career! Office sucks, field rocks!

 

[n240sxguy]

Hows that Taco holding out? My 05 dbl cab trd just blew the diff in some really small stuff in the front yard, other than that though i love it, depending on what the dealer says though............... I would imagine you've been in some sticker stuff..

I've had my 97 4Runner through all kinds of stuff. Maybe they built them stronger back in the day.


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[corkybstewart]

I love most of my job, but tonight I had to fire a good worker and friend who had an accident and he tested positive for weed. The pot had nothing to do with the accident but in the oilfield it doesn't matter. This is an aspect of my job that truly sucks.

 

[corkybstewart]

Hows that Taco holding out? My 05 dbl cab trd just blew the diff in some really small stuff in the front yard, other than that though i love it, depending on what the dealer says though............... I would imagine you've been in some sticker stuff..

The manager of our Texas division has a Tacoma from pre-2000, I'm not sure exactly how old it is but years ago when he got his company car the Tacoma had 450K oilfield miles on it. In December his nephew borrowed it, drove to New Jersey, loaded it with all his stuff and drove back to Odessa

 

[estricklin]

I love most of my job, but tonight I had to fire a good worker and friend who had an accident and he tested positive for weed. The pot had nothing to do with the accident but in the oilfield it doesn't matter. This is an aspect of my job that truly sucks.

That's the way it goes, have to stay clean to earn those big time walrus pelts! That being said, I'm sure it was super tough, and man that sucks.

The company I work for doesn't keep vehicles very long at all, 100-130k tops. The oilfields are just plain ROUGH on a vehicle.

What all do you do?

 

[corkybstewart]

That's the way it goes, have to stay clean to earn those big time walrus pelts! That being said, I'm sure it was super tough, and man that sucks.

The company I work for doesn't keep vehicles very long at all, 100-130k tops. The oilfields are just plain ROUGH on a vehicle.

What all do you do?

Mudlogging, geological consulting and we manufacture gas chromatographs for the mudlogging industry.
Our insurance provider and some of our clients audit us on a regular basis for drug testing so it has to be done.
What do y'all do?

 

[Keith66]

Mudlogging, geological consulting and we manufacture gas chromatographs for the mudlogging industry.
Our insurance provider nad some of our clients audit us on a regular basis for drug testing so it has to be done.
What do y'all do?

Sweet, another geologist! I do geotechnical engineering and engineering geology in California. Used to be a private consultant, now I work for the State on levees. Geology and beer just seem to go together.

 

[BWE]

I do love my job. ROV (Remotely Operated Vehicle) Pilot/Supervisor. Month on, month off. Cant drink for a month, but it helps you leave brews alone for a long period of time and let em do there thing. I attribute most of my success, and failure, to this. It can work against you sometimes. I try and get a beer fully fermented, kegged and carbed within the 4 weeks I'm home. You'd actually be suprized at how many come out great in that short of time. But some.... yea, not so much.

 

[corkybstewart]

Sweet, another geologist! I do geotechnical engineering and engineering geology in California. Used to be a private consultant, now I work for the State on levees. Geology and beer just seem to go together.

I have a couple of geologists from Ventura coming this week to apply for jobs. We're smoking, apparently y'all are not.
Every homebrewer I have ever met is a geologist with a few engineering exceptions. Rock(music and material)and beer go together so well.

 

[liquiditynerd]

Sounds like the perfect barleywine scenario. That is really cool, I dont know what Im looking at but Im always suprised/impressed by what people do in this world! I often contemplate becoming certified in underwater archaeology but I just can't figure out the practicality.

 

[T_Baggins]

here is the beginnings of an oxidizer for Kingsford ...I guess they'l make charcoal in it. OAL will be 54+ feet and about 10 across... the entire project will have about 3000 lbs of weld alone!

 

[Watzee]

I get to "travel the world" for work.

 

[n240sxguy]

I get to "travel the world" for work.

Thank you for your service.


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[n240sxguy]

here is the beginnings of an oxidizer for Kingsford ...I guess they'l make charcoal in it. OAL will be 54+ feet and about 10 across... the entire project will have about 3000 lbs of weld alone!

Please get a taller ladder before you kill yourself.

P.S. I really admire a quality weld. I suck at welding, but I never get a chance to weld either.

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[masteraviator]

Okay... quite a while coming, but a job change. I'm pretty excited/anxious about it. During the current environment here in the US, the military is being forced to cut back on contracts and thus my job from before is going away.

So now I've been offered and accepted a new job flying in the Gulf of Mexico. I don't start for a few weeks and am busy studying the new aircraft and all these damn civilian flying rules

Worst part is the company has a 24 hour prior to work, no-alcohol policy and I'll be working 14 on/off. Wonder how they'll feel if I bring my brew rig with me.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

Please get a taller ladder before you kill yourself.

P.S. I really admire a quality weld. I suck at welding, but I never get a chance to weld either.

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that ladder is the right height for that job. hahaa!!

 

[T_Baggins]

yes the taller ladder is too much and gets in the way unless you stand on it backwards which is a violation of rules and safety!

 

[beaksnbeer]

yes the taller ladder is too much and gets in the way unless you stand on it backwards which is a violation of rules and safety!

As is standing on the top of a ladder But we do it anyway

Getting ready to order my sheet of SS to make a 30-40 gallon pot

 

[aeviaanah]

Please get a taller ladder before you kill yourself.

P.S. I really admire a quality weld. I suck at welding, but I never get a chance to weld either.

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+1


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[T_Baggins]

As is standing on the top of a ladder But we do it anyway

Getting ready to order my sheet of SS to make a 30-40 gallon pot

ACTUALLY, this particular ladder is less than 3' tall and has NO manufacturer warnings about standing on top of it...perfectly legal and safe.

 

[Billy-Klubb]

ACTUALLY, this particular ladder is less than 3' tall and has NO manufacturer warnings about standing on top of it...perfectly legal and safe.

and what it was designed for. it's just a step stool shaped like a ladder.

 

[T_Baggins]

Beginning the frame for this oxidizer...

 

[T_Baggins]

Here we are with the support bracing fit up on the trailer base and a piece of the barrel laid up for fit checking all the radii...

 

[atoughram]

I work at the local kite factory...

We make these,

and these,

and these,

and a few of these too!

I'm a CNC Maintenance Electronics Tech and currently work on contour tape layers like this

or large mills

I love my job but I'm looking forward to retiring...