D.Minnich
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Mar 30, 2021
- Location
- Cleveland area
So I replied to a thread today because it reminded me of a funny story that happened to me...and now it took my memory down a rabbit hole of a bunch of funny stories from over the years...here are my top five...Hope you enjoy and share some of your own.
#5 as a first year apprentice a new boss asked if I knew how to run a Lathe...In a nutshell, told him barely. Good he says, shoves a print in my hands, and says "Here is the print, the steel is on a pallet over there...DONT (EXPLITIVE) UP! & walked away...about 5 minutes later someone helped me pick my jaw up off the floor
#4 back in the 90's, We worked with a guy that said for a whole year he was saving up to by a Gerstner tool box...when he finally bought it one of the Die-makers asked if he could check it out. "NO!" yelled the proud new owner. So the next day the Die-maker came in early, took a hack saw and cut a 45º notch in its blade...placed it on the box corner at the notch and used clay to hold it in place...then sprinkled saw dust all over his bench. The guys face was priceless when he walked in and saw what he thought was his new box cut with a hacksaw.
#3 One day a die maker got into an argument with another die-maker and the other die-maker yelled "YOU DO NOTHING BUT MICKEY MOUSE WORK!" Well, the next day the other die-maker that was well known for his sense of humor came into the shop and worked the entire day wearing roller skates with a Mickey Mouse club hat on his head.
#2 On April fools day one year, someone (never found out who) went into the tool room bathroom in the morning and placed work boots in both the stalls, locked the doors and crawled out from underneath. It was around noon when one of the old Die-Makers yelled across the shop at the top of his lungs "GEEZUS! HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO TAKE A S***!!!"
#1 One year I was trouble shooting in a press and had to drop a 25 lb. stripper to get to a punch that need repair. When putting it back together I just could not get it up with one hand and tighten the SHCS (Bolts) with the other...so I grabbed my witty co-worker and handed him the Allen wrench and asked him if he could tighten it when I got the stripper in place. Since it was a guided stripper, I still struggled to get it into the right spot even with two hands and the weight of it was really starting to wear on me..."Damnit" I frustratingly said..."I cant get this in place." and my co-worker without missing a beat said to me. "Well I sure wish you would hurry up, cause this Allen wrench is getting heavy"
Bonus I just remembered: I was a first year apprentice and I asked an old Die-Maker if I could borrow his Grinding vise...he looked at me very seriously and said "Son...I'd sooner you fondled my wife than my grinding vise"
#5 as a first year apprentice a new boss asked if I knew how to run a Lathe...In a nutshell, told him barely. Good he says, shoves a print in my hands, and says "Here is the print, the steel is on a pallet over there...DONT (EXPLITIVE) UP! & walked away...about 5 minutes later someone helped me pick my jaw up off the floor
#4 back in the 90's, We worked with a guy that said for a whole year he was saving up to by a Gerstner tool box...when he finally bought it one of the Die-makers asked if he could check it out. "NO!" yelled the proud new owner. So the next day the Die-maker came in early, took a hack saw and cut a 45º notch in its blade...placed it on the box corner at the notch and used clay to hold it in place...then sprinkled saw dust all over his bench. The guys face was priceless when he walked in and saw what he thought was his new box cut with a hacksaw.
#3 One day a die maker got into an argument with another die-maker and the other die-maker yelled "YOU DO NOTHING BUT MICKEY MOUSE WORK!" Well, the next day the other die-maker that was well known for his sense of humor came into the shop and worked the entire day wearing roller skates with a Mickey Mouse club hat on his head.
#2 On April fools day one year, someone (never found out who) went into the tool room bathroom in the morning and placed work boots in both the stalls, locked the doors and crawled out from underneath. It was around noon when one of the old Die-Makers yelled across the shop at the top of his lungs "GEEZUS! HOW LONG DOES IT TAKE TO TAKE A S***!!!"
#1 One year I was trouble shooting in a press and had to drop a 25 lb. stripper to get to a punch that need repair. When putting it back together I just could not get it up with one hand and tighten the SHCS (Bolts) with the other...so I grabbed my witty co-worker and handed him the Allen wrench and asked him if he could tighten it when I got the stripper in place. Since it was a guided stripper, I still struggled to get it into the right spot even with two hands and the weight of it was really starting to wear on me..."Damnit" I frustratingly said..."I cant get this in place." and my co-worker without missing a beat said to me. "Well I sure wish you would hurry up, cause this Allen wrench is getting heavy"
Bonus I just remembered: I was a first year apprentice and I asked an old Die-Maker if I could borrow his Grinding vise...he looked at me very seriously and said "Son...I'd sooner you fondled my wife than my grinding vise"