Glenn Posted February 19, 2007 Share Posted February 19, 2007 From the opening page of IForgeIron.comYou Might be a Machinist if - - - 001 If you automatically spit first & cuss later 003 If you think "mirror" is a finish. 015 If you use a sewing needle as a personal surgical tool on a regular basis. 030 If a Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
habu68 Posted February 20, 2007 Share Posted February 20, 2007 if you ever made a 1/4 20 screw because it was quicker than going to the hardware store. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Jim Pennock Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 If you're building a deck and you write all the tape measurements down in decimals, to the third place. My brother-in-law kinda gave me a weird look. Jim Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HWooldridge Posted May 12, 2007 Share Posted May 12, 2007 If you think .001 is an easy tolerance to hold. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Swamptroll Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 if when you say tenths you mean tenths of .001 not tenths of an inch Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 If you buy plain cigarette papers to shim with or to polish with. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaster1766 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 if you think in terms of inches per minute and feet per minute instead of miles per hour Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
metalmaster1766 Posted August 18, 2007 Share Posted August 18, 2007 you wash your hands before you use the restroom instead of after Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
gerald Posted August 19, 2007 Share Posted August 19, 2007 If the carpet in the house sparkles from tracked in chips. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Dave Shepard Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 If you beat your carpenter friend senseless because he gave you a measurement that ended in"..and a heavy eighth". I just cut stuff an extra couple inches long when someone does that to me. I tell them sorry, I don't know how to use those big numbers. Dave Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
irnsrgn Posted August 26, 2007 Share Posted August 26, 2007 if a customer comes in holds his finger X distance apart and you grab your measuring tool to measure between his fingers, all custom ordered metal sales are final. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Tyler Murch Posted September 14, 2007 Share Posted September 14, 2007 . . .if someone asks you for your ID, and you wonder "inside diameter???". Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
facium Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 if an RCH is a "loose" tolerance your a machinist. if an RCH is a hammer tap away your a blacksmith if you don't know what an RCH is your an engineer Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
triw Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 you might be a machinist if you can't put a 1/2" hole in 1/2" bar stock (a blacksmith can). Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ThomasPowers Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 I picked up a trashed micrometer at the fleamarket for $1 once just so I could use it as a welding clamp when machinist friends drop by---they gibber so nicely... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John B Posted July 22, 2008 Share Posted July 22, 2008 You might be a machinist if it takes you longer than a smith takes to put a square tapered hole in a bar You might be a machinist if you use a hacksaw to put a slit in to make a Celtic / Fredrickson cross, fork end, or animal head etc when it would be more appropriate / economical / and quicker to slit it with a hot chisel/cutter Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
acoop101 Posted September 10, 2008 Share Posted September 10, 2008 if an RCH is a "loose" tolerance your a machinist. if an RCH is a hammer tap away your a blacksmith if you don't know what an RCH is your an engineer I guess I'm an engineer so please tell me what RCH is:D, The silly part is that I'm in school right now to become an industrial tech engineer. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted September 28, 2008 Share Posted September 28, 2008 The width of a red hair. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Trick Posted November 6, 2008 Share Posted November 6, 2008 If, "the color of straw", has nothing to do with hay.:) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Frosty Posted November 7, 2008 Share Posted November 7, 2008 I picked up a trashed micrometer at the fleamarket for $1 once just so I could use it as a welding clamp when machinist friends drop by---they gibber so nicely... That's just mean. It's a pleasure to know you. Father was a metal spinner and machinist, I would've loved to see the look on his face. Frosty Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.