another day in the life of a millwright

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Did a nice big drive swap today. In a real "crappy" place!!!
Reply:Just a few pics not in order. The Drive unit is 4k lbs. And bc of the 120' reach it took a 130ton crane.
Reply:Waste water stirrer?Miller Big 40GMiller HF-251 D High FreqVictor OA Lincoln 135 MigMK 3A CobramaticBridgeport J HeadCronatron OxylanceRadnor ACAG TorchWeldcraft TIG Torches1 blown knee and two 5 Gallon pails away from being a hero.
Reply:Yea basically. It's a clarifier in a water treatment plant. It turns two squeegee arms on the bottom of the tank that move all the settled sediment to the center where there's a opening for it to enter and be pumped away.  The company I work for specializes in this type of work  municipal plants to nuclear power plants all treat some type of water.
Reply:"Settled sediment" LOLIt's a sh!t stirrer. GravelThe difference between theory and practice is that in theory there is no difference.
Reply:Smells like money to meMiller BobcatHarris cutting outfitMiller spectrum 625 plasmaVariety of shopmade tools
Reply:Good job not letting the tag line touch the water...!
Reply:It actually is sediment at this point of the process. There's no waste matter left the bio organisms have digested it all and what's left is basically all the dead organisms.    Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:Originally Posted by jw3Smells like money to me
Reply:Been there done that . Columbus Ga smell sucks but the money's great .
Reply:You know what they call the folks that work at sewage treatment plants?  Terd herder's
Reply:Originally Posted by Showdog75You know what they call the folks that work at sewage treatment plants?  Terd herder's
Reply:I haven't worked on one of those in years
Reply:Originally Posted by MillwrightdudeI haven't worked on one of those in years
Reply:That's all my dad did the last 30-years of his working career. Built sewage, and water treatment plants all over central and northern California. In 1962 he was project superintendent of a 60-million dollar sewage treatment plant in San Jose California. I worked on several for him over the years.Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:The company I work for specializes in this are. I've been to a few different states for municipal jobs and private sector. I've done work for Georgia pacific paper plants, and a nuclear plant is in the upcoming months. It's at times not the cleanest of jobsites ,but I love the work.
Reply:I remember my dad telling a story. Don't remember every detail. They were just about to go on line with a new sewage treatment plant. He heard a dog barking in one of the concrete tanks. He went and tagged, and locked out the switches to the pumps. Climbed down in the tank to get the dog out. Someone removed his tag and lock, and turned on the pumps! Flooded the tank he and the dog was in with raw sewage. He said that was bad enough, but the dog, dog paddling next to him splashing sh!t in his face while trying to swim to the ladder was just the topping on the cake for that day! Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:That guy is the one you drag over kicking and yelling and toss the mofo in too. Ahole. ( Im lock out tag out certified).Miller thunderbolt 250Decastar 135ERecovering tool-o-holic ESAB OAI have been interested or involved in Electrical, Fire Alarm, Auto, Marine, Welding, Electronics ETC to name a just a few. So YES you can own too many tools.
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPI remember my dad telling a story. Don't remember every detail. They were just about to go on line with a new sewage treatment plant. He heard a dog barking in one of the concrete tanks. He went and tagged, and locked out the switches to the pumps. Climbed down in the tank to get the dog out. Someone removed his tag and lock, and turned on the pumps! Flooded the tank he and the dog was in with raw sewage. He said that was bad enough, but the dog, dog paddling next to him splashing sh!t in his face while trying to swim to the ladder was just the topping on the cake for that day!
Reply:If it's not your lock you don't touch it PERIOD. Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk
Reply:I had a bro-in-law who was a UAW member and I would read his back issues of Solidarity (which was at that, time the UAW newsletter).This was in the 1970's.  One issue had the most bone chilling story I had ever read (up to that time in my life) and it gave me a whole new perspective about how a person's safety, and even their very life depends on each and every person doing their job exactly like they should and following ALL the rules.I'll try to remember how the story went. The incident in the story was about a man who worked in a foundry of a major agriculture equipment manufacturer.  This man's job was to clean out and inspect the large grinder/hammermill kind of machines that reprocess the used casting sand for cleaning and reuse.  I believe the machines were called mulls or mullers, not sure of that. His shift was at night when most of the plant was offline.  But that night there was a casting line running overtime and when all the prepared molds had been filled, there was still enough extra molten material left for several extra pours, but there were no molds ready and there was no sand ready for the molds either.   The story went on to say that a supervisor decided that they were going to try and get some molds ready so the material would not be wasted.The supervisor removed the lockout tag (story did not say an actual padlock was used) from the control panel of the machine that the maintenance man was inside of, and started the machine.When other personnel heard the machine start up they came running and shouting that the machine was being inspected and when they looked further they saw the maintenance man's tool cart near the machine.The man had been pulverized almost instantly.  I actually had nightmares at times after reading that account.Lock out-tag out is not just a paperwork detail to attend to, it us a life saving thing that must be respected and never violated, no matter what the circumstances.Last edited by walkerweld; 04-07-2014 at 11:40 AM.
Reply:It happened to my dad one other time. I forget where he was working, and what kind of plant it was. But him and his partner were working in a tank again. They were drilling and tapping holes in some equipment. Broke the tap, it was almost coffee time and they needed to go out of the tank to get tools to try to remove the broken tap. After their coffee break they headed back down the ladder into the tank, some one had removed their tags and pad locks and pumped chlorine into the tank. My dad could smell it going down the ladder, so they high tailed it back up the ladder. My dad's partner was so mad he could spit fire. Who ever the plant tech was that removed their tags and locks, they got him out of the plant real quick!Don’t pay any attention to meI’m just a hobbyist!CarlDynasty 300V350-Pro w/pulseSG Spool gun1937 IdealArc-300PowerArc 200ST3 SA-200sVantage 400
Reply:I take it they cut the locks off.   How else would they have done it unless they were using facility supplied locks that others had access to keys for. MM200 w/Spoolmatic 1Syncrowave 180SDBobcat 225G Plus - LP/NGMUTT Suitcase WirefeederWC-1S/Spoolmatic 1HF-251D-1PakMaster 100XL '68 Red Face Code #6633 projectStar Jet 21-110Save Second Base!
Reply:Originally Posted by duaneb55I take it they cut the locks off.   How else would they have done it unless they were using facility supplied locks that others had access to keys for.
Reply:Originally Posted by CEPCompany would pay them to come in and remove it them selves!Originally Posted by CEPYou know you could kind of see it with people who were not use to working around machinery. But I think in both cases with my dad they were plant employees, not construction workers. I've been on jobs where someone would tag, and lock out something forget about it, and go home. Call them at home to make sure they were in deed home, but still not allowed to remove their tag or lock. Company would pay them to come in and remove it them selves!
Reply:You need a bumper sticker "your crap is my bread and butter" I saw that on the back of a sewage pump truck.
Reply:Around here, you forget your locks, you come in without pay.  And don't let it happen twice.
Reply:Originally Posted by walkerweldThis man's job was to clean out and inspect the large grinder/hammermill kind of machines that reprocess the used casting sand for cleaning and reuse.  I believe the machines were called mulls or mullers, not sure of that. His shift was at night when most of the plant was offline.
Reply:That kind of story makes me extra cautious for safety of my crew and myself everyday.Sent from my iPhone using Tapatalk