You could be a machinist

[ntcnc]

My brother stopped by the shop today and we were shooting the breeze while I was working, I was deburing some parts and then checked the parts to make sure they were deburred. He got a kick out of the fact that I checked the edge by running my finger along it. So I thought lets start a list:

If you check for burrs by trying to cut yourself ---- you could be a machinist

If .0001 is one tenth---- you could be a machinist (had that run in with my sons 9th grade math teacher....)

if you think fractions are for cooking and carpentry----- you could be a machinist (another run in with a math teacher!!!!)


anyone got others?

[mfgbydesign]

you call a dial or digital caliper a "Vernier."

you spell machinist "machinest."

[rbcmetalwork]

Your shirts always have chips in the pocket, even after they've been laundered.

[aka.apprentice]

Ha. Love the "one tenth" thing. Half a thousanth off? 5 tenths...lol.

-If you call your 6" scale your coffee stirrer.
-If you have redefined your definition of the words "big and small". (1/16" is no longer "small")

[aka.apprentice]

-You have chips stuck in your soles and are afraid of hardwood floors and carpet.
-You have a stylish scar in the shap of a "C" on your arm.

[Shane123]

- if you have used coolant to carterize a cut......
- if your inside forearm has a knurl pattern......
- if you find yourself inspecting parts in the bin at the store for the best ones (ie bolts, nuts, etc)....
- if you know what "government work" is....
- if every time you see a piece of 3" long drop and KNOW you can use it for something....

[dertsap]

= when you find that your calipers do a better job on your itchy back than your wife's finger nails , and your now wife wants you to scratch her back with your sand paper like finger tips
= when you keep a bottle of crazy glue in your toolbox to patch daily war wounds
= when you look at a 20 dollar fitting at a store then begin to calculate how my you can make in an hour

[ImanCarrot]

-You wash your hands before going to the loo.
-You have a roll of electrician's tape in your pocket for cuts.
-You've ever found chips in your underpants and not worried about it.
-When a designer says "3 mil" you know you have to say "3 thou? or 3 millimetres?"
-You know what coolant tastes like.

Oh and:

-The sight of a chuck key in the lathe chuck sends shivers down your spine.

[ntcnc]

HAHA love them

thought of a few more

Dykem has no sexual meaning to it
You have a shelf in your shop for "wholly **** look what we made" parts that are actually all scrap
You have a hole in your car seat from the times you forgot your scale in your back pocket.

[ImanCarrot]

You have a shelf in your shop for "wholly **** look what we made" parts that are actually all scrap

lmfao! nearly spit my coffe out then I thought it was only me! My customers are like "bloody hell! how did you make that?", but they're slightly out of tolerance and so scrap- still look nice though hehe

[christinandavid]

Especially platinum plated in a display cabinet.

DP

[extanker59]

Originally Posted by ntcnc You have a shelf in your shop for "wholly **** look what we made" parts that are actually all scrap

Great one! I have a drawer in my box for that. My larger Machinery's Handbook wouldn't fit so it became my junk drawer.