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stevejh82

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What brand(s) did you end up getting?

Woodworking-

Jet- 8" jointer, 16" drill press, oscillating spindle sander, disc/belt sander, mini lathe, mortise machine.

Powermatic- Lathe, 5hp shaper

Steel City- 20" planer with helical cutterhead

Scotchman- 50 ton ironworker

Hobart- 5 LX AC/DC stick welders, Ironman Mig, Airforce Plasma Cutter.

2 Sawstop table saws.

Those are the big ticket items, lots of miscellaneous tooling, etc.
 

Stuart in MN

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Electrical engineer for the last 30 years. I work for a consulting firm doing a little bit of everything, but mostly designing municipal water treatment and wastewater treatment plants.
 

Mugen AP1

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Toronto
Going on twenty years as a mechanic,cars,off road equipment and commercial trucks.Currently doing aerial device maintenance for the provincial electric utility.At least I get to have some fun flying the booms after I service them.

Nice man! When i first started out in my industry i worked for Altec Ind. as a tech. :thumbup:

Now i'm a heavy equipment hydraulics tech for the last 5 years.
 

caper

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cape breton
Nice man! When i first started out in my industry i worked for Altec Ind. as a tech. :thumbup:

Now i'm a heavy equipment hydraulics tech for the last 5 years.

Cool,welcome to the board!Don't be shy about posting,we love to see pics of what people are working on,at home or work,and their tools and shops.:beer:
 

Andy Traxel

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I'm a degreed mechanical engineer. I've spent my whole career (25+ years)involved with small to medium sized industrial engines. For most of the time my title was application engineer. Part test engineer, part salesman. Never spent any time on a drawing board or at a CAD station. But unlike lots of engineers at our place, I've actually touched our products.

Before, during & right after college I worked for auto parts jobbers/distributors.

Andy
 

bmwtinut

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Dublin, Pa
Mechanical Engineer/Designer, Been working with 3-CAD systems for over 10 years. Designed medical R&D equipment for about 5 years, then designed automotive parts for 4 years and now I am back designing larger medical processing/sterilization equipment. Nice thing is I get to design it, oversee the manufacturing and then build it.
 

krusty the clown

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i'm a manufacturers rep for hellmann's mayonaise. of course i also defend free spirits against self riteous indignation from internet thugs.........now if i can just find my cape.
 

Kevin54

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Tool & Die Maker for an aircraft lighting company, 29 years now. Almost any plane / jet / 'copter you see has our lights on it. Inside and out.
 
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sberry

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It should be interesting to see what the world will look like when it's Police Officers are hired from the same applicant pool as McDonalds, Wal-Mart, temp agencies and unemployment lines.
Um,,, where do they get them?
 

J.A.F.E.

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i'm a manufacturers rep for hellmann's mayonaise. of course i also defend free spirits against self riteous indignation from internet thugs.........now if i can just find my cape.

Krusty as his alter ego HELL MANN cracking the Miracle Whip

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boiler7904

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Project coordinator for an environmental, engineering, and construction firm. I work in the DoD construction group of my company so I deal with projects on Air Force bases around the midwest. Never a dull moment. Spent the weeks of 8/10 and 8/17 at our office in Nebraska bidding work at Ellsworth AFB in SD. Tomorrow and Friday is a trip to Grissom ARB in central Indiana. Next week is another trip to and work on a bid for Andrews AFB.
 

porschedude996TT

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Santa Maria, California
Tool & Die Maker for an aircraft lighting company, 29 years now. Almost any plane / jet / 'copter you see has our lights on it. Inside and out.

Let me guess, Grimes? When I was working for an aircraft company, we used Grimes exclusively (Landing Light, Wing Tip Lights, Rotating Beacon, Reading Lamps, Ice Lights, everything but the strobe lights.
 

Tim Cowan

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Vocational Grad.1964, Parts and Machine Shop for three years, Navy/Air Reserve(A-4 Jets), State of FL Car Safety Inspector, Southern Bell truck mechanic 9 years, Cable splicer 2 years, and moved to Alabama and South Central Bell to be a service tech for home and business and later changed to Bellsouth. Retired 10 years ago in early 2000. I now stay home and pet the dog and shine my old tools. I'm heavy on history of NASCAR, went to my first races in 1958. Also try to keep Mama pleased.
 

dmw56

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Environmental Scientist for SNL/NM in the Environmental Management System Dept. at Kirtland AFB Abq, NM.

I get rid of stuff!
 
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