What did you do at work today?

George2615 · Jan 5, 2017

Got up at 0530, made coffee, checked emails and TBN.
Took shower and got dressed for trip to car dealer (they don't appreciate me going naked)
Took wife's car to dealer for free oil change and tire rotation.
Talked to salesmen and drank free coffee. Came home.
Took truck and went to visit a friend (also retired) and got a barrel of ashes. Shot breeze with him.
Returned home and spread ashes on ice in driveway.
WOW!! It was cold out. 20* F with wind chill of -1*F
Picked up mail.
Went back inside and checked TBN.
Watched TV. Too cold to do anything outside.
Boy am I tired. I don't miss work at all but do get bored staying inside in winter. Can't wait for warmer weather but still have a few more months of winter.

George2615 · Jan 5, 2017

Shaneard said:
The Woods bush hog I bought has a baler belt on the front of it as a guard, it's torn up. I was looking thru the manual and found a picture of a chain option. I started working on that. We don't have any fab machines to break or bend so I am going to make it angled with a plate and piece of angle iron. I started cutting slots and got one done. The guy at the hardware store is going to flip out when I tell him I need him to cut me 56 pieces of 5/16" chain 7 links long, lol.

Buy the chain and a set of bolt cutters and cut your own. Or use a cut off wheel to cut the chain.

PJSprog · Jan 5, 2017

300UGUY said:
That was my gig for 30 years. DEA, Sheffield, Mitoyo, but mostly Zeiss.

I've been a Quality Jerk for almost 20 years, but am new to CMM. We have an older Romer arm running Axel 7, which has a really nice tube wizard. No one here knew how to operate it after the last Quality Manager left. So, a couple of weeks ago I brought in the guy who installed (and calibrates) it and had him train me and our Estimator on the new software. I still like the familiarity calipers and gages, but man is this a cool tool. :dance1:

300UGUY · Jan 5, 2017

Shaneard said:
You say that cause I threw the piece out of the mill yesterday? lol. I love running the milling machine, I been welding for 31ish years and I get burnt out on it pretty quick.

Nope, the only guy that didn't make mistakes got crucified.....

300UGUY · Jan 5, 2017

Shaneard said:
You say that cause I threw the piece out of the mill yesterday? lol. I love running the milling machine, I been welding for 31ish years and I get burnt out on it pretty quick.

PJSprog said:
I've been a Quality Jerk for almost 20 years, but am new to CMM. We have an older Romer arm running Axel 7, which has a really nice tube wizard. No one here knew how to operate it after the last Quality Manager left. So, a couple of weeks ago I brought in the guy who installed (and calibrates) it and had him train me and our Estimator on the new software. I still like the familiarity calipers and gages, but man is this a cool tool. :dance1:

After years of use, I found that I very rarely used a micrometer or calipers. I could do a quick setup, and have a written report, faster than I could get the tools out.

One thing, pay attention to the calibration. Every time I assumed a probe was OK or calibrated properly, it bit me in the butt.

Shaneard · Jan 5, 2017

300UGUY said:
Nope, the only guy that didn't make mistakes got crucified.....

That's right!

Man told me when I was a teenager "show me someone who doesn't mess something up and I will show you someone who isn't doing anything". Lot of truth in that!

SJay · Jan 5, 2017

Drove 180 miles round trip to install kitchen cabinets at a camp located in Prudenville, MI ** 8 degrees out. Great day, my oldest was able to go with me (she didn't help with cabinets

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CoBeAc – Camp & Conference Center

ovrszd · Jan 5, 2017

Took the 3pt lift mechanism apart on the little Ford today. Not sure she's appreciating being in the warm shop. Have 4 crucial things torn apart now. Waiting on parts.

QRTRHRS · Jan 5, 2017

Though on SS and a pension, I drive a school bus. The district called off today due to the threat of snow. (The roads in my county are not for the faint of heart on a good day) So, I got to working on a brainstorm or a brainfart perhaps, idea I had. I made a dually dual wheeled wheel barrow to try to make navigating the mud when I muck out my horsebarn a bit easier. I took a piece of 5/8 round stock, made about a forty inch long axle and put two wheels on both sides of my standard dual wheeled wheelbarrow. The jury is still out as to wether it will make life easier or not. Maybe if I add some stacks....

aarolar · Jan 6, 2017

Just put together aluminum platform number 56 of 59 I can finally see the end of this job thank god.

GPintheMitten · Jan 6, 2017

Been retired for 15 years. Furnace quit last night at about midnight. Repair guy this morning said it need a new computer board. I drove 1 hour each way to get the part so we would have heat tonight. Otherwise it would have been next Monday
So that's what I did today. Drive for heat.

DuckSlayer1017 · Jan 6, 2017

Was asked to temporarily move from engineering to customer quality due to a death in the department and another QA engineer resigning. Spent the day digging through files trying to figure out what needs to be submitted for a couple new model launches starting in a few weeks.

tjkubota93 · Jan 7, 2017

Operated the Bulk Electric System in a safe, reliable and economical manner for 16hrs.

lennyzx11 · Jan 7, 2017

tjkubota93 said:
Operated the Bulk Electric System in a safe, reliable and economical manner for 16hrs.

Moved my wind turbine generator retrofit temp shop to another place in the Texas desert to double its size and prep for double the volume.

Taylortractornut · Jan 10, 2017

Damage control

Gary Fowler · Jan 10, 2017

A friend wanted to borrow my TLB to dig up a frozen faucet so I backed it out of the shop, let it warm up while I fueled it. Darned auto shutoff nozzle on my fuel hose wouldn't engage so I had to swap nozzles. Then I moved the B26 around to the front of my shop in prep to do a full grease job (man was the grease stiff in the 22F temps. Of course both grease guns needed to have the cartridges replaced first. About the time I got the backhoe lowered, my friend showed up with his trailer so I kind of supervised while he greased up everything. Then helped him chain it down and I was mostly finished for the day. I offered to go help him so I would have something to do but he said it was only a 30 minute job once the city got there to shut off the water supply. He said he would call if he needed anything, no call so I guess he didn't need any help.

Edit: today it is 59F but likely going to rain some more today.

Garandman · Jan 10, 2017

GrumpyJoe said:
I have about 2 1/2 years before I can retire. But until then I'm still arresting bad guys, writing tickets and pretty much violating everyone's civil rights. So they say...

And social work, don't forget that. Society can't be bothered with providing resources for crazy people, so they leave that to you.

"Hey, all those other cars were speeding, why didn't you stop them too?"

"When you go fishing, do you catch all the fish?" :laughing:

aarolar · Jan 11, 2017

Finally won't be sad to see this job gone...

Shaneard · Jan 11, 2017

aarolar said:
Finally won't be sad to see this job gone...
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What are you welding that with, spool gun?

MAN IN BLACK · Jan 11, 2017

Put wood in the woodstove...drove to the farm, took feed inventory, took water, barn temperature and R H % ,and walk in cooler temperature readings ,routine inspection of the barn and birds, remove manure, collect the eggs (+/- 1500 dozs.), blow dust and clean packer, put garbage to side of road, drive back home.
Time for a quick lunch now !
Typical morning on a family egg farm in Ontario, Canada.