Super User HoosierHawgs Posted October 20, 2015 Author Super User Posted October 20, 2015 Anybody on here a carpenter? Quote
blackmax135 Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 I've been doing electrical work for 5 years. Went to school for 2 but I didn't get a degree only got 2 electrical certifications witch in the end has kind of put me behind. Went and worked for an electrical contractor for 2 years in the commercial and industrial side. Loved it and learned a lot, I worked extremely hard for very little money and making a lot of sacrifices. Now I work for the Power company as an apprentice technician. I'm an apprentice because I do not have a college degree. Soon I will be trying to move up to be a linemen. Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 20, 2015 Super User Posted October 20, 2015 Anybody on here a carpenter? I'm a carpenter but end up doing everything..it's tough to turn work down. I am doing a bathroom renovation this week..top to bottom. Quote
Jtrout Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 How did you get into body work? Did you learn on the job? I would love to work on cars in some sort of way. My buddy makes $9 an hour changing oil in a dealership right now, which is as much as I make I took classes in high school through a vocational school for 2 years then my school found me a job and been there ever since started at 8 dollars an hour and now make bout 80 grand a year which aint to bad Quote
Super User Catt Posted October 20, 2015 Super User Posted October 20, 2015 My Geat Grand Father, Grand Father, 4 Uncles, & Father were carpenters so I am a master carpenter. ASE Certified Auto Mechanic specialized in Air Conditioning, Electronic Ignition, Carburetion, & Engine Diagnostics. My Ex Father-in-law started working on Model A, I was into drag racing so he hired & furthered my skills. FAA Certified A & P Mechanic; worked for Boeing on KC-135 PDM & re-engine program. Worked for Grumman on the JSTARS project, Grumman merged with Northrup to form Northrup/Grumman. My last 9 yrs I was a FFA Certified Manufacturing Engineer; wrote work instructions for the fabrication of detailed parts & coordinated between Customer, Operations, Production, Quality Assurance, SQ&TP (Supplier Quaility/Technical Processes) & Engineering Design Organizations in/on problem resolution. I held the same job title for EADS Aeroframe Services (European Aeronautic Defense & Space Company). Quote
LuckyGia Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Started at 17 years old in the Army as a CH47 Chinook helicopter mechanic. Then it was some type of mechanical job after another until I ended up as a supervisor for a company in the machine maintenance department. Quote
Western-Mass-Bass Posted October 20, 2015 Posted October 20, 2015 Started my career with Harley Davidson for 16 years. From there I became an Instructor at MMI for motorcycles. Did that for 5 years. Now Im back with in the motorcycle shop again but with Indian Motorcycles now. 1 Quote
Super User bigbill Posted October 22, 2015 Super User Posted October 22, 2015 Started out in trade school as a auto mechanic. At 16yo started rebuilding machine tools. Then back to cars, jeeps, truck mechanic, then a machine operator, then into building cnc and manual lathes with 36" to 144" chucks till '83, in '86 got into the engineering group as a lead tech on the test lab floor. I took welding courses from AWS. Took night school courses for welding processes. Once they seen my welding and fabrication I had an open ticket on the welding machines I wanted. I purchased 100% duty cycle 5 500 amp three phase machines. I worked for world headquarters engineering the corporate world. I was a blue collar guy in the white collar world. I retired at 52yo. Now 65yo still desire to fish. I build cnc machines to manufacture the m1 Abrams tank parts, built and assembled parts for the 155mm howitzer for the U.S. ARMY. Built lathes to manufacture jet engines for the military and commercial manufacturers. Built machines for NASA and the auto and truck industry. I built machines to manufacturing disc brake rotors and spindles for every car and truck manufacturer. Every time you step on your brakes your rotors were manufactured on my machines. The best field today is a operating room nurse, radiology cancer tech, male nurse. Big bucks in the cancer field. Quote
Super User SoFlaBassAddict Posted October 23, 2015 Super User Posted October 23, 2015 Carpenter Most of you who have watched the Food Network have probably seen my work somewhere on the channel without even realizing it. Started out as a hobby. Morphed into a hobby that I got paid to do. Now I do it full time and love every day I walk into my shop. Most of the time I'm building temporary stage/set pieces in strange places. Case in point, the project I just got done with took 3 months to fabricate. It was installed and lasted for almost a week. It was torn down in three and a half hours and part of it was trashed right after. Never sounds good when you say that much work basically got pitched. I do occasionally get commissioned to do a furniture piece, though I'm still building my skills on that one. I've been working on the same table for my house for the last seven months. Completely handmade. No power tools involved. That is a humbling experience. Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted October 23, 2015 Super User Posted October 23, 2015 Journeman Union Electrician. I do heavy industrial. I'm getting bored with electrical work though. I'm back to thinking about breaking trade. If I do it will be for the Ironworkers union, or the ughhhhh pipe fitters union. I honestly prefer iron working to everything else I have done. You may want to look into it. It is a lot of fun and pays very good. 1 Quote
Super User deaknh03 Posted October 23, 2015 Super User Posted October 23, 2015 Journeman Union Electrician. I do heavy industrial. I'm getting bored with electrical work though. I'm back to thinking about breaking trade. If I do it will be for the Ironworkers union, or the ughhhhh pipe fitters union. I honestly prefer iron working to everything else I have done. You may want to look into it. It is a lot of fun and pays very good. Its not fun.. Quote
Super User Raider Nation Fisher Posted October 23, 2015 Super User Posted October 23, 2015 Its not fun.. Don't lie. It's alot of fun and you know it is. Quote
Leonidas Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 Well, folks, the Silly Season has started in commercial hvac. Went on an 'emergency' no heat call the other morning to one of our cubicle farm customers. Over 100 people in a big room and a dozen of them are starting to fight over the thermostats already. Seems 72F was too hot this summer, but 68F is too cold this fall. Sigh... Lol! 1 Quote
Super User HoosierHawgs Posted October 24, 2015 Author Super User Posted October 24, 2015 Well, folks, the Silly Season has started in commercial hvac. Went on an 'emergency' no heat call the other morning to one of our cubicle farm customers. Over 100 people in a big room and a dozen of them are starting to fight over the thermostats already. Seems 72F was too hot this summer, but 68F is too cold this fall. Sigh... Lol! Haha, cubicle farm! Lol 1 Quote
badhatharry Posted October 24, 2015 Posted October 24, 2015 I retired last year after 40 years as a carpenter. Started out building specs for a guy that didn't believe in subbing things out. Because of this, I learned to frame, foundations, flatwork, side sewers, earthwork, water supply lines, roofing, siding, drywall, finish, on and on. After 8 years, I worked for some guys remodeling restaurants. The last 20 years or so I was doing upper end remodels. Worked for a lot of pro sports figures and Microsoft execs. My body just flat gave out on me or I'd still be doing it. I emptied my van out on the driveway last spring and told my son to take what he wanted. The next weekend we had a garage sale and I sold the rest. My wife made me keep enough to do her honey-dos though. 1 Quote
Super User Maxximus Redneckus Posted November 1, 2015 Super User Posted November 1, 2015 Wow im certified in a lot of things i can run any piece of equipment registered with the DOA,ran a drill rig 3 yrs,hammer and nail,im a school bus driver now 18 yrs i could do it free if i didnt depend on it for my livilyhood.btw when asked how can you drive a bus i say im "certified" (short pause) crazy Quote
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