What did you do at work today?

[Oldpath05]

Is that third one being built at the General Dynamics yard in Bath?

We are building the 3rd right now and an Arleigh Burke class and now the Navy wants a bigger Arleigh Burke destroyer for the same price, that Idea isn't going over to good, GD wants cost plus, I suppose they'll meet in the river somewhere.

 

[Shaneard]

Got my chain guards done for the bush hog and back from powdercoat. Now I just need more chain.

 

[RSKY]

WORK.....what work? I'm retired. I just sit around all day doing what my wife tells me to do.

Actually I spent the past two days trimming rose bushes and blowing, raking, and mulching leaves. Today I will start trimming limbs and other early spring yard work. This year I only have five yards to work in, ours, both daughter's, and our parent's. Last year I had six with the one we did for a friend (non-kin third daughter).

But I work on my own schedule and take off when I want to.

RSKY

 

[Shaneard]

When installing the chain guards on the bush hog I remembered I tore the plastic shield off the gearbox so decided to make a new one out of steel. Found some scrap sheet metal with a bend and made it work. Had to cut a hole in each side to access the PTO shaft bolt and made some covers for the holes out of aluminum & welded nuts on the inside for the bolts. Drilled a couple holes in the bottom for water to get out incase it's on an angle when I unhook it. I took the PTO shaft with the clutch off and put it in the shop since I knew it wouldn't be getting used, no shed space for the bush hog in a shed and don't want the clutch & shaft to sit out in the weather all year. It's off to powdercoat now.

 

[Oldpath05]

It's off to powdercoat now.<<<<<Why the powder and whats cost?

 

[300UGUY]

Put together a shelving unit in the CMM room to better organize parts.

For samples, we had a bench for incoming work, usually done 1 st in first out, unless something had priority. Once complete, it went to the finish bench, the supervisor had to review and sign off. Everything was time and date stamped. The operator had to sign it, and provide a copy of probe calibration. On the zeiss, the std deviation on the probes had to be <.001 micron.

 

[Shaneard]

It's off to powdercoat now.<<<<<Why the powder and whats cost?

Powdercoat is very durable, it holds up well outside (the bush hog sits outside) and it looks great! The cost shouldn't be that bad but I couldn't tell you what it cost, I haven't paid for anything to be powdercaoted in years. The man who owns the company and me are pretty tight, he needs welding done he gets welding done, I need painting done he gets painting done He also borrowed my skidsteer once (for 5 months) lol.

 

[countrybumpkin]

Dang, you guys work to hard at work!

 

[Kyle_in_Tex]

Here is a titanium fire pit I started welding up.

 

[dragoneggs]

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Here is a titanium fire pit I started welding up.

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