What did you do today?

[Arcane]

Today I am continuing cleaning up my shop and now I can't find the handle to my 4" mill vice.

I also darn near took all the fingerprint off the tip of my right index finger while wire wheeling a short 7/16" bolt I salvaged from a tranny mount I will never use. Feels like I burned it.

On top of that my floor jack has decided to start leaking oil past the ram seal.

I've had better days.

[RB211]

Light on the controls could be the 777's fly by wire controls. Also, the empty weight difference is over 220 tons, less than the 747, using the largest models as a guide.

Both the 747-400 and 777 have artificial feel. Computers determine the force you feel on the yoke. It's like the 777 uses weaker servos for force feedback. Both the 747-400 and 777 are rocket ships and handle like sports cars if you aren't gentle.
The 747 being a slow lumbering giant is a total myth. It is one of the fastest airliners ever made, currently the fastest one flying in numbers.

[Dave C]

I was just making an assumption based on the published specs and certainly not personal experience. The heaviest craft I've ever flown was a Stinson Voyager, and that was a looong time ago.

[Arcane]

While doing more cleaning in my shop I found the handle for my 4" mill vice.

[Noitoen]

While doing more cleaning in my shop I found the handle for my 4" mill vice.

It's always in the last place you look

[Tungsten dipper]

While doing more cleaning in my shop I found the handle for my 4" mill vice.

This is another reason to keep your shop clean.

[Arcane]

It's always in the last place you look

Of course! Why would you keep looking if you had already found what you were looking for, right? (Although on one occasion I did go looking for something I was already holding in my hand...needed something, picked it up and was immediately interrupted by a long phone call. During the call I just got used to holding it and when the call ended I went back to the last thing I was doing...looking for what I needed but had just picked up. I know...silly me!)

[nickel-city-fab]

Today @ work one of the mechanics wanted me to weld a few suspension points on a semi
( this is a heavy truck garage).
My right arm/shoulder gave out because the shoulder and back muscles are all tore up.
So I switched to the left hand and kept on going, with lo-hydrogen 7018 , upside down,
overhead on a creeper under the belly of the beast.

How many guys do you know that can go overhead, left-handed with stick
re-welding the suspension perches, the factory welds were starting to fail
It was obvious the original welds were done in a hurry with poor training.

Now I'm home and waiting for the Tylenol to kick in. Also a hot soak.

[John Buffum]

Made a form to wind coils for an electromagnet. Wood. Disposable. Will be the base for a magnetic drill. A transformer from a microwave oven sawn in half to make two magnets. The primary coil was for the first half, and I had some heavy wire in stock for the second half. Tomorrow, I wind the coil.

[The Metal Butcher]

How many guys do you know that can go overhead, left-handed with stick

Myself, but not very well.

Mostly because I'm left handed.

[mattthemuppet]

It's always in the last place you look

that's why you should look there first!

[Tim Clarke]

[QUOTE=nickel-city-fab;n19st.

How many guys do you know that can go overhead, left-handed with stick

After spending my working life in truck shops, I can say, only one, and that's you!

[doctor demo]

So I switched to the left hand and kept on going, with lo-hydrogen 7018 , upside down,
overhead on a creeper under the belly of the beast.
How many guys do you know that can go overhead, left-handed with stick
Now I'm home and waiting for the Tylenol to kick in. Also a hot soak.

Using a creeper is cheating!
Work in a sawmill and you have to weld while laying on wet wood or wet sawdust or wet steel usually with a guy with a fire hose near by that you hope isn't trigger happy.
I'm left handed so I guess that is almost cheating, but I feel for you, I retired so I could cut back on the Tylenol and the overhead welding.

Steve

[RB211]

I need to work on my parking job

[PStechPaul]

Did you park that thing in the compact car section of the lot, again?