Lets see some millwright toolboxes!
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KamiCrit
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Hey nice another millwright apprentice. I'm in my foundation year at BCIT, seems like a great trade!
So far we've been given a big red tool box to lug too and fro the work benches. I recall a while ago a millwright said that tool bags worked out well for him.
So far we've been given a big red tool box to lug too and fro the work benches. I recall a while ago a millwright said that tool bags worked out well for him.
good to see another millwright apprentice as well. I have been working out of a Cman rally box but that have been too small since day 1. That is with just some of my basic stuff not even any bigger wenches or sockets. I keep all of my welding gear in a tool bag and that works out nicely.
bubbles92
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As a fellow fitter and turner (millwright) apprentice that's about to turn "tradesman". I work in the mining industry. I spend a lot of time out in the field carrying tools hundreds of metres, up stairs, etc just to get to some areas therefore "less is more" the less you carry to the job the less you carry out. the tools that I carry is just the basics that will cover most tasks such as an assortment of good shifters (adjustable wrenches) I use Irega 77's that's what I like to use. most of the stuff I work on is metric so I carry metric Allen keys and combination spanners (wrenches), one 32oz hammer will cover most of general work I do. I carry a small 6 inch rule in my chest pocket. the 6 inch ruler is by far the most handiest thing you could ever own and are carried by most "fitters" here in Australia almost like an Icon. I carry all my tools in multiple canvas tool bags with a decent shoulder strap. I know some here might shun upon the use of adjustable wrenches (they have their place) but if your working in a production environment or there is a thunderstorm on the horizon and your working of a ladder or EWP. The adjustable is handy to have. but if I have the correct spanner on hand then I'd use it.
Just my two cents
Just my two cents
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spike99250
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Depends on where you are going to be working. If you are going to be travelling a lot to different jobs or just at one place.
Most guys have one of the convertible hand trucks. Lug your boxes to the work area and then turn it into a cart to push around jobsite.
As for boxes, that personally up to you. I have 2 24" kennedy regular toolboxes that I take. They are long enough for bigger wrenches.
I tried the rally box and just didn't like it myself. Maybe get another box to supplement your rally box and take both.
I lucked out in that I always had easy access to my vehicle where I kept a third box of less used items, that if needed I could get.
Most guys have one of the convertible hand trucks. Lug your boxes to the work area and then turn it into a cart to push around jobsite.
As for boxes, that personally up to you. I have 2 24" kennedy regular toolboxes that I take. They are long enough for bigger wrenches.
I tried the rally box and just didn't like it myself. Maybe get another box to supplement your rally box and take both.
I lucked out in that I always had easy access to my vehicle where I kept a third box of less used items, that if needed I could get.
I have a convertible magliner aluminum dolly and on that dolly i have a kennedy 1022 cantilever box and a vintage 520 machinist box i also carry an SK 4051 socket set (it has all the standard sizes i need) and then hanging from the handle of the dolly i've got my klein bag, its the smaller size bucket bag because i use to have the big one but the problem with the big one is i have no self control and put way too much stuff in it!
75ford
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im currently going to school to become a millwright, i have been very curious of tool set ups for this tradde
KamiCrit
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Hey nice, which school are you going to patriot? I've been interested in trades schools out in Ontario.
As you know the millwright/industrial mechanic is a varied trade. From what my teachers say an adjustable wrench and a bigger hammer are the main "getter fixed quick!" tools for the job. After that bearings are our bread and butter so a feeler gauge set is handy for checking bearings.
75ford
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right now im at doing a grade 13 oyap machining/millwright, at a different high school, plus i graduated with a specialist high skill major in automotive, just want to keep cars as a hobby not a job lol. then off to collage or an apprenticeship.
Thanks for the suggestions guys!
Ok ya i was thinking about getting a dolly to haul around a bigger box or boxes. that kenedy 1022 looks like a real nice box, that was my first choice but i got a deal on the rally box that i could not refuse.
Good to hear man! Im just starting a job at a near by nuclear plant doing some turbine work for siemens. LOTS of paper work! I am excited! I have never been in a facility quite like that.
Ok ya i was thinking about getting a dolly to haul around a bigger box or boxes. that kenedy 1022 looks like a real nice box, that was my first choice but i got a deal on the rally box that i could not refuse.
Good to hear man! Im just starting a job at a near by nuclear plant doing some turbine work for siemens. LOTS of paper work! I am excited! I have never been in a facility quite like that.
i'm not trying to be a smartass here, but the orig post was to see some millwright tool boxes.
i havent seen any pix yet.
#1 were all voyeurs here. we love pix.
#2 i dont think i know what a millwrights tool box looks like.
i can only assume its a guy who works in a mill that grinds stuff on a grist or a guy that operates a mill. than i assume he'd be like a machinist and use a similar tool box.
please dont bust my *** if i'm all wrong. i really dont know.
i've got to many tool boxes already. as if i need another, but i aint done learning
i havent seen any pix yet.
#1 were all voyeurs here. we love pix.
#2 i dont think i know what a millwrights tool box looks like.
i can only assume its a guy who works in a mill that grinds stuff on a grist or a guy that operates a mill. than i assume he'd be like a machinist and use a similar tool box.
please dont bust my *** if i'm all wrong. i really dont know.
i've got to many tool boxes already. as if i need another, but i aint done learning
Here's a link http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Millwright
On my phone don't wana type much.
Yes pics would be wonderful guys!
KamiCrit
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Long story short, millwright is an old English name for the trade more generally known as Industrial Mechanic. From what I know, us Canadians are fond of the millwright name. You're right about the mill part, just like a shipwright, a millwright used to make mills "right".
And as for boxes I guess it's just more general tooling with less emphases on automotive tooling.
75ford
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I am not a millwright, but my family has been in industrial construction for 3 generations and we hire them. We use union workers because our clients are big union compaines. You call out the millwrights when it is time to get machinery set in place and in operation. Conveyors, motors, shafts, kilns, gearing, turbines, generators, machinery of any type. After the foundations are in place and the structures are dried in your millwrights and electricians come in...the millwrights set all the equipment in place and the electricians wire it.
Also the term "millwright" comes from back in the windmill and grist mill days. They were extremely skilled. If you needed a grist mill the millwrights made a judgement on the water flow (velocity and volume), designed a mill that would work which included figuring out the gearing required to turn the stone, at the proper speed, and then make the shafts, wooden gears, cogs etc...and install them. They were a combination of engineer and cabinet maker. No insult intended to current millwrights, but the old (1700 & 1800) millwrights were truly special craftsmen. The modern millwright is a technically oriented, ****-retentive mechanic ....they can come in and set 100 ton kiln sections at a 37 1/2 degree slope while keeping the central axis within 1/10 of an inch over a 100' length.
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I am not technically a trained millwright but it is the closet description of my job. I work on machinery for the entertainment industry, both mechanical and controls. In doing so I have accumulated a lot of tools. I am a one man show who hires others to fill certain needs. Here are some pictures of my boxes over the years.
