So what else do you guys do???

[ricks]

Hey Turbo Archie. Is that Randhurst your working at?

[Turbo Archie]

Yep,

All gone now..

[1966cub102]

Im also a manual machinist 34 years job shops, Worked in over 20 in 34 years. Made parts for everything from machine guns,radar,oil rigs,mattel toy molds,Labeling machines,paper cup machines,valves,farmers,etc.etc.Like 4x4 muddin atvs,cubs,guns.I consider myself very lucky to be working still full and part time. I have always tried to stay one step ahead of a layoff,last and only one was in 1983,lost everything I owned had to start all over again.Small machine shops are the key when times get tough.I hate to see a brother machinist out of work.hang in there jbollis and papaglide youll find something.

[CC1450]

I've worked in some form of automotive related field for the past several years. Some positions more fun and more lucrative than others. I've worked for a turbocharger manufacturer called Precision Turbo, managed an automotive salvage yard and currently work for a web based company that specializes in European auto parts.

With the cost of living these days, I'm always looking for ways to supplement my income. Side work like auto repairs and metal scrapping is pretty much my only means of getting any "play" money these days.

[jarkin]

I work at a small foundry call Alabama Copper and Bronze. I'm a core-maker. I make the waterways in tyheres and Bosch plates that go in blast furnaces. I also make cores for countless other things. On my spare time i like to garden, make wine, fish, and restore old cars mainly.

[CC1450]

very cool job Jarkin! Backyard metal casting is actually a hobby of mine, I play with the easy to melt stuff like aluminum.

[IH Nate]

I work in a fab shop making steel buildings. The short version... i'm a welder.

[gcbailey]

I'll post mine since I'm waaaay off the grid compared to everyone else. I'm technically an Certified Information Systems Auditor. I am a sub contractor for 5 or 6 smaller accounting firms and do their IT audits for mostly financial institutions. Security testing, network integrity checks, sarbanes oxley, GLBA kind of stuff... I'm also a network engineer doing network design and implementation.

Luckily for me my dad is a HVAC foreman, brick mason, master electrician and has instilled a lot of his knowledge in me. My grandfather was a finish carpenter for 35+ years so I know a good deal about that too. I'm blessed to know enough and have been given enough knowledge that I've never had to get any help around the house!

There's a bunch of hobbies I like to do, but a 5 year old and 20 month old take up most of my time now!!!

[jbollis]

Originally Posted by 1966cub102

Im also a manual machinist 34 years job shops, Worked in over 20 in 34 years. Made parts for everything from machine guns,radar,oil rigs,mattel toy molds,Labeling machines,paper cup machines,valves,farmers,etc.etc.Like 4x4 muddin atvs,cubs,guns.I consider myself very lucky to be working still full and part time. I have always tried to stay one step ahead of a layoff,last and only one was in 1983,lost everything I owned had to start all over again.Small machine shops are the key when times get tough.I hate to see a brother machinist out of work.hang in there jbollis and papaglide youll find something.

I am hoping I won't have to find a job on the tool side ever again. I have close enough to 20 years in to call it 20 years. Mostly on the automotive connectors molding side of it ( Amp, Packard,T&B,Tyco,Intel ). Some Medical, some Aero Space, Military, you know the drill. I really enjoy doing what I did (programing/running/designing/making tooling for CNC Rams and Wires). I just don't like doing it for the people (greedy owners) I have to it for anymore. I do miss the access to all the machines though. My father has a small 1 man shop so he has most everything I need to use, when he isn't.

Originally Posted by gcbailey

I'll post mine since I'm waaaay off the grid compared to everyone else. I'm technically an Certified Information Systems Auditor. I am a sub contractor for 5 or 6 smaller accounting firms and do their IT audits for mostly financial institutions. Security testing, network integrity checks, sarbanes oxley, GLBA kind of stuff... I'm also a network engineer doing network design and implementation

I am going to school for Network Administration/Security. I am just starting my 3rd semester. Diving into Cisco/Novell/Linux. I am hoping to find something that will keep me interested in what I will be doing. That is one thing I know I will miss about being in the tool trade, is the challenges I had to think my way around or out of on a daily basis.

[red211]

Started out working in a auto parts store Dad started, opened a shop in the back till He closed that when I was 22. Worked at three different Nissan dealers and one Infinity dealer as a master Tech till 96. Played Mr Mom for a year with My first girl, bought a skid steer and started working for Myself. Have a rubber track skid steer, D3C, 310D tandem axle LTL 9000 dump with a 60 Series detroit. Several attachments for skid steer and the related stuff to finish yards with. Got into the cubs when things slowed down I had time to mow my own yard and the MILs instead of paying a friend to. Couldn't/wouldn't spend the money it took for a good Z turn so a cub was the only choice. Have two and looking all the time. Watch my girls play tennis and I also enjoy cutting wood for the house, put in a wood burning furnice last Dec. I seem to wait till it gets above 85* before I do any cutting though, guess it takes the fun out of it if it gets too cool!! Started a garden this year, first one in several years. I do play golf about once a year, have gone to Brazil the last three years on mission trips. Like to snow ski, but don't have the cash any more for that. Raced Motocross for several years in my 20s and 30s, but no time or cash for that one either. Sorry so long. Randi