First day in the engineering fabrication shop

This is is a one man band shop, so I think the hijinks will be Low. Plus, I am not a kid so that make it a bit different I think.

Just a coffee and a yarn.
 
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One thing I did learn pretty quickly was, you learn by your mistakes and we all make mistakes, even the tradesman. In the machine shops at college the students had a habit of talking to each other while doing machine work on the lathes which can be very dangerous, the amount of time we spent replacing shear pins from students running auto feed and running the tool post into the chucks, or fore getting to take the chuck key out and turn the machine on, that's a very dangerous one its the first thing they learn is to always remove the chuck key and never leave it in the chuck, another thing is some student just don't want to listen, parting off tools are another one not getting the speed right or feed right, when they break they make a hell of a bang.
The best lathes we had was the Colchesters we never had any problems with them in all the years working with them, but other brand lathes we were always working or repairing them.

Ashley
 
Reminded of the time as an apprentice.Picture the scene, I'm a 2nd year apprentice on the night shift squad with the fitter, a mate and a rigger. A cracker had been shut down and we were tasked with splitting an inlet branch up top before it cooled down. The laggers had stripped the bend and we started to loosen the bolts, big hammer and flogging spanner, the pipe still glowing orange. After a while I thought to offer the fitter a break so asked, want a spell? When he agreed I flippantly replied Abra cadabra! Within a flash I was hanging over the rail suspended by my ankles being asked, what was that? I repented and was trusted with wealding the hammer until I'd learnt my lesson. Happy days!
 
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