Does your boss man run parts?
Top Comments:
“Your boss Man or Supervisor actually runs parts?!?!?”
“Watched the owner of the shop hit the wrong button on the crane and put a small mold through the back window of his own pickup truck, first thing he did was whip his head around to see if anyone was laughing.😂”
“Owner of the shop I used to work at got too excited when I was getting the new threadroller set up... walked up and hit cycle start when I was re-sizing everything.. thread roller went crunch and we needed a new set of rolls and a faceplate.. He didnt mess with my stuff afterward 😂”
“I've never never had a boss remotely interested in running a machine. I've had some that couldn't even turn it on.”
Top Comments:
“Not a real machinist... he was just a button pusher!”
“Oooooo
My aching button pushing fingers”
“I wonder if he has any Scrap Carbide😂”
“He was just a cog in the machine”
“And do you remember the competitive business shop? Mr. Spacely's arch nemisis, Mr. Cogswell of Cogswell's Cogs”
“I’m sure he was underpaid like the rest of us”
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Eyeballing your Setup…
Anybody just randomly throw a vise on your machine and eyeball it, snug it up. And you indicate it an it's like with in .001? Making sure indicator isn't maxed out or not touching weird?
Top Comments:
“I wouldn’t throw a vise on my machine.”
“42 years in. Hit DEAD ZERO only twice”
“I put a precision vise on our EDM table, snugged the clamps down, went to a meeting, and came back it was within .0001". Smacked that m'fer out .02" just to be sure I wasn't off haha”
“Ja, Dead nuts on .0005 indicator and then wonder if the indicator is stuck. 😂”
“Even a Blind Hog finds an Acorn every now and then lol..the longer your in the Trade things like this will make your day. Like setting up a Valve wedge by Eye Ball and throwing the indicator on it and its Dead Nuts. Or throwing a piece of stock in the Saw and its exactly where it needs to be Spot on on the needed length. I am retired now but in my 50 years it happened a few times”
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