And I take it you are paid hourly?
Here is the difference between your work and the work a person like me goes through. One I am paid flat rate, not hourly so time is money.
Two, the machinery you are working on is being taken apart EVERYDAY, yes I work on cars everyday but its a different car everyday and alot of the coponents have been untouched for anywhere from two to ten years. So it is different. Alot of the components are not lubricated and are pretty well bonded at times.
some machines don't get serviced but once in a long while as well. and its the same ball game with lubrication, you get bearing caps that needed grease 2 years ago and never got it, and things that needed lube daily that don't get it.
oh and you wanna talk about hourly vs non?
honestly, if you don't get a job done quicker, you lose some money.
if a mechanic who has to get production machine back up and running doesn't get them back up in a timely manner, you get written up for job performance AND FIRED. no job vs a little less money? yeah you got is hard kid
oh wait no i take that back, you are right, if you aren't working on cars you just kind of lazily walk your *** around for a while, kickin dust up until you feel like working. forgot about that.
I Agree... and it boils down to People think they need to Defend there Purchases... and sometimes they might take exception, when someone simply gives there opinion. I spend way too much time reading threads here at GJ, I think if you go back and Read some of "ATC's" Posts, It becomes fairly Obvious that he dislikes "Tool Trucks" and thinks makes it "Blatantly" Obvious that anyone who's opinion differs from "His" has Well...
Quoted for Clarity..
Obviously he is Entitled to his Opinion, And Yes there are "Button Pushers" on the Opposite side of the Spectrum.. Cant Deny it. The Real Question is Why do we have to continue down this Road of Back and Forth? I Dunno.. Like i Said earlier maybe its Just Me, Maybe im just getting fed up on a Personal Level. I Used to Enjoy coming here, Getting a Chance to Actually Put User Name to Face all at the Same time get some enjoyment out of a Simple Thank you.. Now.. Its either my Tools are Better because they Cost more or My tools are Better because they cost a 1/4th of what yours did. Ive seen Every Angle that can possibly be typed in regards to Brand Wars.... In the End. What the Hell does it Matter? What are you trying to Accomplish? To Each there Own...
true enough, for myself it's more along the lines of that when someone asks what to buy i just say "buy what works, and use it right, theres no right or wrong answer, just don't buy something because it's expensive". nothing worse than seeing a new guy walking around with a whole bunch of new shiny stuff and then seeing him skipping lunches because he's broke until his next paycheck.
i'd never tell someone that the absolute best is a certain brand for a certain kind of work, because it's a flat out lie, there is no best for any line of work unless that company has a monopoly on a certain tool.
and i'm gonna bow out of this thread before it gets too ridiculous to even reply to. already about fell out of my chair when kojo went from "cars are dirty and rust, thats why we need snap-on" to "cars change in temperature and get worked on every day, thats why we need snap-on"...... he's probably right, no other line of mechanics has to work on old or worn out or rusted equipment, and no other line of mechanic has to work every day, only the auto mechanics turn a wrench every day, the rest of us take nap breaks in between tv time at work.
i'll leave this thread to die somewhere in the pile of the other hate threads
My cordless impact thread I started a while back is a perfect example.
