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12-16-2020, 01:40 AM
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38 years in the shop and I still learn things all...
38 years in the shop and I still learn things all the time. Maybe just watching some new kid in the shop with a creative imagination on fixtures. Yep, just save that in the aging file system for the...
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11-21-2020, 09:03 PM
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Actually went to CHS but I owned Ledford Machine...
Actually went to CHS but I owned Ledford Machine & Industrial Supply right across the street from Bradley. I knew Garry Bain very well, He used to come hang out at the shop after school a lot and...
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11-11-2020, 04:00 PM
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I understand the time thing, It was hard for me...
I understand the time thing, It was hard for me for years. But my kids and my mom were that driving force. I burned through three wives (Including a mail order bride) in no time because my usual...
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11-10-2020, 05:21 PM
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M&M is a total cluster FK from start to finish....
M&M is a total cluster FK from start to finish. They have a huge maintenance department that are as useless as the day is long. My Family’s industrial supply had a tool kit list supplied by them for...
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11-10-2020, 04:49 PM
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Let's start with this one. I was on a job site...
Let's start with this one. I was on a job site for Continental in Salt Creek oil field in Wyoming back around 2010. One night i'm in my trailer and they spun a spline shaft for a gas pump. Now, when...
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11-10-2020, 03:29 PM
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Bingo! nailed it, I've got 35 years of correcting...
Bingo! nailed it, I've got 35 years of correcting engineering disasters. Size for size screw fits, Oh, here's a good one. An engineer from M&M Mars called me up in the 80's, wanted to know what the...
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11-10-2020, 08:36 AM
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For the degree itself there are literally...
For the degree itself there are literally hundreds that you would never have to enter a lab once to get a degree. Here's my take on engineering, A few years of on the floor machining will pretty much...
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11-09-2020, 10:05 AM
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Never stop pushing yourself in further education....
Never stop pushing yourself in further education. I started out with machine tool tech at athens vocational in Athens TN. Then went on with other things as time allowed, Fluid/Pneumatic technologies,...