Recent content by sieggy

I really appreciate this advice, thank you. I’ll shop around for different employment, this is a cool trade but it gets difficult at times. Cleanliness is something I can work on for sure. I actually have an account on practical machinist, I actually use them when one of the machines alarms...

I’ll make 18 because the city I work in like a wealthy area so they passed a local ordinance to raise the wage to 18 I talked about that with my boss, but said I was excluded because he has shop used tools available in the industry standard is supplying my own tools To Add on to this, I’m...

I mostly program smaller parts directly off solidworks provided by the engineer in surfcam. They taught me to hand write gcode as well but I’m stronger with CAM than handwriting gcode. I rely on the simulation too much i think. I setup haas vf-0, vf-0E and the vf-4 a lot because they’re the...

Still paying my dues, only been at this for 3 years. Came from an Amazon warehouse before this and worked at a low end office job for awhile after I got my bachelor’s and was a tech before that so not too skilled yet.

Thank you! Is there a methodology that you used to get this information so I don’t have to bother anyone next time?

Yeah I get that for calipers and hand tools but now I’m buying mics and hss tooling for the lathe because they decided the carbide inserts don’t need to be refilled. I work in California for minimum wage so… kinda hurts my bottom line…

Hey so I wanted something cheap with a lifetime warranty and that had tenth’s graduations on the barrel because my employer was complaining that we were “mistreating” his digital mitutoyo So I just bought these and they seem well made

Pulled the top off, not sure if I can get the seems perfect/dent free thinking I might just get it useable

Figured that maybe Matco was tired of being beaten up by snap-on all the time I could use that hatred to my advantage

Still working on dents

Nice, do you think pricing will be comparable or will there be a teal tax?

Amazon app said click here to shorten the link or I copy paste this long one?

Hey guys the Chinese company that bought SK tools introduced their new modular tool box design, It’s like a mix between a traditional tool box and a Milwaukee packout. SK Tools Modular ToolBox Amazon I was wondering if you guys knew of any other companies that make something similar...

I work in a machine shop, we probably have 100 lathe made handles for broken screwdrivers that have been ground down to be flathead screwdrivers

The caterpillar version of the 47acf changed how I use pliers. I would always just use them to hold hot or sharp objects, but once I got the snap-on made caterpillar pliers I actually use them to pull or pry knowing they won’t just knuckle bust me like the cheap ones my dad has