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Check the next fire hydrant you see. Most are pentagon head valves. Very few will have a wrench for one, that's likely the reason. (Not much good when folks have large pump pliers, or vise-grips.)
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Hi,Originally posted by J Tiers View Post
It's going to take more than a vice grip to turn them hydrant screws. Firefighters use an adjustable wrench with almost 3' handle.If you think you understand what is going on, you haven't been paying attention.Comment
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Western Electric premises wiring cabinets, Network Interface cabinets, makes them somewhat tamper proof.Originally posted by 754 View PostComment
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You've obviously never put a cheater pipe on a visegrip.......It works, but you need to push against the right part of it. Where there is a will, there is a way. Pump pliers, maybe, maybe not. Even the longest are not that long.Originally posted by dalee100 View PostCNC machines only go through the motions.
Ideas expressed may be mine, or from anyone else in the universe.
Not responsible for clerical errors. Or those made by lay people either.
Number formats and units may be chosen at random depending on what day it is.
I reserve the right to use a number system with any integer base without prior notice.
Generalizations are understood to be "often" true, but not true in every case.Comment
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Camera mounted to the lathe carriage, it takes roughly 10 seconds to cut the groove and 30 seconds to change parts.
This is an extremely boring job (-:
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Both the water and the gas shutoff valves on my street use them. Installed sometime in the last 50 years, they have a small iron pipe in the yard with a cap held by a pentagon bolt. Remove that cap/bolt and use a special t-handled "key" wrench to shutoff utilities.Originally posted by 754 View Post25 miles north of Buffalo NY, USAComment
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200 parts is not machining - it is manufacturing. That is why you are not having any fun. That is why I don't take any jobs with more than a dozen of the same part usually. Occasional exceptions for large structural jobs. Spent my whole life doing in-house plant repair and maint for manufacturing companies, no two jobs or parts are the same.Originally posted by Bented View PostGo into machine work they said, it'll be fun they said.
This afternoon, 3/8-16 pentagonal head bolts that get a ,175" wide X .047" deep groove starting .220" from the bottom of the head.
Repeat 200 times (-:
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Actually this small number of parts is machining and will take 4-5 hours, 200,000 parts is manufacturing.Originally posted by nickel-city-fab View Post
Normally I set this kind of work up on a machine then a younger guy will run it, we were out of young guys last Friday (-:
Must be the stress of Halloween.Comment
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I used to think like Nickel when I first opened my shop...
then I discovered something ...production is boring.. but it can be good money without have to think much..
after that unless it was several days of the same it became Fun... that is.. as long as you were making rate.. once it got under..less fun.. but on contract when you bust your rate.. by like 30 or 50 ... then it became enjoyable.
and easier to get help, they needed less skill ..
and a lot of the time ..off hours .. you could even drink beer and get paid to work.... paid more than anyone would pay you..
and that US not a bad thing...Comment
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It's either fun, extremely boring, or extremely frustrating. However, the end result is always amazing.Comment
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Ever since I got a lathe, and then a mill, my shop has been an absolute money pit. I was out there 6 hours making something today. I do enjoy a challenge.Comment
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