Today I Learned...

Plankton · 11-13-2019, 08:40 AM

I ran a turret lathe for a while at Chicago Roll quite a few years ago. It gets a bit mind numbing after a few months, but it's good work. I was in between jobs as a CAD guy and I'd take any job really (mechanic, welding, shop clean-up, gas station attendant, etc.) when ever I found myself in that situation, and this place happened to be right next door to where I was staying at the time, so it was really convenient. I learned fast and was cranking out pipe form rolls with the best of them. Pretty soon the owners found out about my CAD abilities and started fighting over where I should be placed, either in the drafting dept. or keep me where I was. That's when I decided to tell them I was just their until I found a job in my chosen field, which was drafting, and they weren't too happy about that so they fired me right there on the spot. About an hour after they fired me I got a job working at GMEMD designing the SD90MAC locomotive working with Unigraphics, which is a Unix based CAD system, now called Siemens NX.

Chula Vista · 11-13-2019, 09:38 AM

Blew my mind once I saw these things in action how much cooling and lubricant fluid is used during the cutting.

Neapolitan · 11-14-2019, 05:33 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

Blew my mind once I saw these things in action how much cooling and lubricant fluid is used during the cutting.

What do they use for the lubricant, K-Y Jelly ?

Chula Vista · 11-14-2019, 07:52 PM

I say fluid and you ask jelly.

And I'm the one dense?

Neapolitan · 11-14-2019, 10:36 PM

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Originally Posted by Chula Vista

I say fluid and you ask jelly.

And I'm the one dense?

You said "Lubricant." I hope you're not eating Peanut butter and K-Y Jelly sandwiches.

Plankton · 11-13-2019, 09:39 AM

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Originally Posted by Mindfulness

Thats cool, thats weird *how the universe works with employment.

Im doing CAM (computer Aided manufacutring) at my school and they dont really even hire for it here. They hire from my school as machinists but the instructors teaching the class have told me to not expect to be CAM work, riight after graduation because its probably hired within ranks of the company. Its nice to have on my resume though

Sometimes you have to make your own opportunities and 'get your foot in the door', as they say. Mostly, employers are looking for positive, forward thinking self-starters. What you know from school is secondary. You just have to be teachable and willing to learn.

Black Francis · 11-13-2019, 06:55 PM

That im rusty af at pokemon. My friend just wiped the floor with me.

**Frownland** · 11-14-2019, 08:18 PM

John Adams represented the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre.

Neapolitan · 11-14-2019, 10:30 PM

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Originally Posted by Frownland

John Adams represented the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre.

Yeah I saw Paul Giammatti do that too. Wow that was like 11 years ago and you just found out?

The Batlord · 11-14-2019, 11:04 PM

As much as he's being grabbed and forced around there's no way he had the leverage for a good hit. Listen to those pearl clutching announcers though.

11-13-2019, 08:40 AM	#1 (permalink)
Plankton Just Keep Swimming... Join Date: Apr 2012 Location: See signature... Posts: 7,765	I ran a turret lathe for a while at Chicago Roll quite a few years ago. It gets a bit mind numbing after a few months, but it's good work. I was in between jobs as a CAD guy and I'd take any job really (mechanic, welding, shop clean-up, gas station attendant, etc.) when ever I found myself in that situation, and this place happened to be right next door to where I was staying at the time, so it was really convenient. I learned fast and was cranking out pipe form rolls with the best of them. Pretty soon the owners found out about my CAD abilities and started fighting over where I should be placed, either in the drafting dept. or keep me where I was. That's when I decided to tell them I was just their until I found a job in my chosen field, which was drafting, and they weren't too happy about that so they fired me right there on the spot. About an hour after they fired me I got a job working at GMEMD designing the SD90MAC locomotive working with Unigraphics, which is a Unix based CAD system, now called Siemens NX. __________________ See location...

11-13-2019, 09:38 AM	#2 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	Blew my mind once I saw these things in action how much cooling and lubricant fluid is used during the cutting. __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-14-2019, 07:52 PM	#4 (permalink)
Chula Vista Toasted Poster Join Date: Oct 2014 Location: SoCal by way of Boston Posts: 11,332	I say fluid and you ask jelly. And I'm the one dense? __________________ “The fact that we live at the bottom of a deep gravity well, on the surface of a gas covered planet going around a nuclear fireball 90 million miles away and think this to be normal is obviously some indication of how skewed our perspective tends to be.”

11-13-2019, 06:55 PM	#7 (permalink)
Black Francis Out of Place Join Date: Nov 2011 Location: in an abstract house Posts: 4,111	That im rusty af at pokemon. My friend just wiped the floor with me. __________________ "Hey Kids you got to meet the MIGHTY PIXIES!" http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JbRbCtIgW3A

11-14-2019, 08:18 PM	#8 (permalink)
Frownland SOPHIE FOREVER Join Date: Aug 2011 Location: East of the Southern North American West Posts: 35,541	John Adams represented the British soldiers responsible for the Boston Massacre. __________________ Studies show that when a given norm is changed in the face of the unchanging, the remaining contradictions will parallel the truth. d e a f b o x