What does everyone do?

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Just like it says, what do you do for a living.  I am sure we know about some of you but others we may not.  I work for ADM at a sun flower processing plant.  I work maintenance so I get all of the fun jobs.  Matthew
Reply:I just got hired a few weeks back working for a Company that builds equipment to resurface train wheels.  Before that I built MRI's.
Reply:Army   8 years till i retire...  OLLIEOLLIE
Reply:plumber,20 years
Reply:Own welding repair shop for 36 years so I have seen and done a big variety of all the fun jobs.
Reply:I'm a foreman at a large conveyor manufacturing company.  We build complete turnkey systems.DewayneDixieland WeldingMM350PLincoln 100Some torchesOther misc. tools
Reply:Remodel houses and boats. And, as of recently...boat shops!!!And then, after so much work...... you have it in your hand, and you look over to your side...... and the runner has run off. Leaving you holding the prize, wondering when the runner will return.
Reply:Fix broken crap....zap!I am not completely insane..Some parts are missing Professional Driver on a closed course....Do not attempt.Just because I'm a  dumbass don't mean that you can be too.So DON'T try any of this **** l do at home.
Reply:I work at a food processing plant. I'm in Facilities maintenance I work on boilers natural gas fired, and do HVAC natural gas, propane, steam and electrical heating. Also on freon 12, 22, 404a and hotshot and more, and anhydrous NH3 ammonia single and double stage systems, also glycol/chiller systems.Miller Thunderbolt 225Millermatic 130 XPLincoln HD 100 Forney C-5bt Arc welderPlasma Cutter Gianteach Cut40ACent Machinery Bandsaw Cent Machinery 16Speed Drill PressChicago Electric 130amp tig/90 ArcHobart 190 Mig spoolgun ready
Reply:i own a welding and fabrication shop. i do fabrication and rebuild work for the coal mines. i also specialize in doing repair work underground.
Reply:Full time student 1 year away from having my BS degree in Welding Engineering Technology. During the summers boy do i burn lots of wire. --Gol'
Reply:Temporarily out of work local Truck Driver,  22 years driving, was dedicated for the past ten years to GM hauling parts into their production/assembly plants, now I am driving my Lazyboy!#1. If you don't like what I wrote, or if it offends you, then don't read it!#2. I am living life the way I see fit, if you don't like the way I'M living, tough sh**!
Reply:What I don't do, is work outside unless the temperature matches my age"Any day above ground is a good day"http://www.farmersamm.com/
Reply:Williams Fire & Hazard Contol (industrial fire fighting and fire fighting equipment) where the job description is too long to list here.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:Live off my boyfriend. Til I get into the Union or someting.*insert welding gibberish here*                    Mandy
Reply:Nothing I don't want to. Um, well, not until the wife hollers, "Honey, will you---------"?
Reply:Welder(main job description but do a bit of anything) for NSDOT, have been for 20 years now. Before that worked in a welding shop right outa trade school, stayed there for 18 years, last three of which as the shop foreman before I went to DOT....Mike
Reply:littlefuzz what is the name of the company?  Just want to see if we have any of your work at my work...
Reply:Six weeks ago I quit my dead-end job to freelance write full time. I will never look back! A while back I tried to run my own Mobile Welding company, but I don't think I put enough effort into it, and it seemed that every single request that I got was for aluminum or something completely insane, neither of which I am willing to do.  Have a Jeep Cherokee?  Click Here!
Reply:I do quaitly control for a toyota dealer, going to school to be a Iron worker,
Reply:General Contractor, that means I do a little of everything and not a whole lot of one thing.Fledgling metal masher and machine repair sculptural art, when I don't need the moneyfurniture maker
Reply:I am a welder/fitter working for a company called "MARTINREA" which makes mainly frames for buses ,and also parts for other manufacturers like John Deer,and few others.for the last few weeks I have been fitting and welding 100 Gal. stainless steel (304) Gas tanks.
Reply:46 years old and retired....I do hobbies for a living now
Reply:i work for GATX i work on rail cars
Reply:Retired crusher hand/foreman. Jack of all trades and master of none!!!                                   MikeOl' Stonebreaker  "Experience is the name everyone gives to their mistakes"Hobart G-213 portableMiller 175 migMiller thunderbolt ac/dc stick Victor O/A setupMakita chop sawI restore antique boats (the systems part of them) for one company and am the marina service mgr. for the sister company in the Thousand Islands, NY
Reply:I own a garage doing fleet repair work.  Half my income comes from welding.  Going for 100% welding in time.  Been doin this for the last 5 years.I have been a forklift mechanic and weldorI have been an auto mechanic and weldorI have been a heavy equipment Mechanic and weldorI was a forklift part and service Rep (sales) for a few yearsI was a plant manager in a mattress factory.Self employed most of my working life.I'm a whore, I'll do almost anything, but I'm not a slut, I won't do it for free anymore DavidReal world weldin.  When I grow up I want to be a tig weldor.
Reply:I am a welder/fitter and currently work with STI.   I build oil rigs,cranes, just about anything.    Fire it up or go home!
Reply:I'm in robotics. Material handling , removal, a lil welding here and there, now working in Mexico hoping to not get shut down with the upset in the automotive world. And when I'm home I have a small fix and fab shop.
Reply:Husband, dad, Field Service Engineer for a capital equipment company, computer chip manufacturing.
Reply:proud to be a local 150 operating engineer. presently unemployed.construction has taken a dump here.plenty tough and union made.
Reply:I would'a thought, at least a couple of the professional internet welders present, would've owned up to their real status, by now .....
Reply:Originally Posted by kepe46 years old and retired....I do hobbies for a living now
Reply:Originally Posted by AtticabobI'm in robotics. Material handling , removal, a lil welding here and there, now working in Mexico hoping to not get shut down with the upset in the automotive world. And when I'm home I have a small fix and fab shop.
Reply:8th grade science teacher. After 21 one years in of teaching I have concluded what we all thought 14year old kids are hormones with feet.
Reply:Mechanical Maintenance tech at Phillip Morris facility for 13 yrs...Own small portable welding and fab. company. PM facility being decommissioned, closed within a year. Trying to build up my weld/fab business.Miller TrailBlazer 251Miller HF-250-1Miller MaxStar 150 STLHyperTherm PowerMax 380 plasmaLincoln PowerMig 180Millermatic 252Miller Diversion 180
Reply:Ironworker Local 15 Hartford CT. I am pretty much a welding whore. I work almost exclusively as a welder through the hall. I have also worked as a permit hand for the Boilermakers union welding tube and plate. Trying to get a welding and fabrication business up and running currently.'Mike
Reply:Originally Posted by waginNicely done!! Wish I had it that together....Retired from what?
Reply:Got my own show doing the none arc stuff on weird materials for whoever wants to pay me for it.
Reply:Hello, I operate a small metal fabrication shop for almost eight years now. I am the sole owner-employee. I fabricate, machine and weld Steel, Stainless steel, and Aluminum mainly for industry. I work from print, sample, or custom design.I make Stainless steel liquid strainers of all sizes, Stainless Air Knives, Solution Spray headers.Aluminum OSHA approved Safety platforms, ladders, work holding fixtures, etc.Steel guards, ladders, platrorms, brackets, support fixtures, etc.I also machine some plastics such as UHMW, Micarta and PVC industry related.Most is custom design because no one can find the original prints and if they did they would be useless anyway.Making sparks almost every day now and loving it.The welding cutting/side of the shop:Lincoln 125 plusMillermatic 200 w/spool gunLincoln PowerMig 300Lincoln PowerMig 350 MP w/push pull pythonLincoln Square Wave Tig 355Old Thermo Dynamics 50 amp plasmaPurox O/A outfit
Reply:Currently working for myself as a consultant,inspector, and provide customer support for software company.  Also BM.Have a nice dayhttp://www.weldingdata.com/
Reply:been retired for a lot of years now. was in automotive stampings and welded assemblies for fisher body,ford motor,and a private supplier. been a hot rodder and diy'er forever.
Reply:Originally Posted by OMSI make Stainless steel liquid strainers of all sizes, Stainless Air Knives, Solution Spray headers.
Reply:Originally Posted by johnsonmoparlittlefuzz what is the name of the company?  Just want to see if we have any of your work at my work...
Reply:Magnetic Mechanic, Didn’t get a good digital camera until a year ago and my kids have it half the time so do not have good digital pics. of my projects readily available. This should give you an idea or what I was describing. Attached Images
Reply:Originally Posted by metalworkerIf you are in Mexico can you visit to me? Will be a pleasure to meet each other
Reply:I work for a "specialty" welding repair shop. There are five of us including the owner and an apprentice from the high school.In the shop we do alot of general repairs on all types of stuff, everything from a huge titanium valve housing (couple hundred pounds) last month to old ladies bringing in cast iron garden stuff, plows, trailers, you name it.We also do alot of mobile work, railings, equipment repair, construction, staircases etc....Occasionally we work on site for weeks/months on end, right now I am at a place in Milwaukee cladding the inside of a steam turbine housing that is about 70 years old.We are completely cladding the inside with stainless sheet 3/16" thick. Many other surfaces are being built up with weld so they can be machined. All SS Flux-core and stick welding.We also weld alot of copper and stellite for this company.We have many government contracts, and alot of crazy certs.I have lost count of how many certs I have at this point. Yup
Reply:42 years old. Currently working as a Power engineer for a large sawmill. been there 11 years.I have working in the Power Engineering field for 18 years. I have also worked in structural steel, mechanic, Millwright, sand blaster, and a few others. I have welded for over 20 years annd now have a small business do fab work.Miller DVI2Lincoln Precision Tig 225Thermodynamics Cutmaster 38Everything else needed.
Reply:Raised around trucking, Dad and Uncle both had their own trucks.  Spent my youth spinning wrenches on them for Dad.Automotive Mechanic right out of High School for Ford and Chev/Olds dealerships.Went into trucking in the Oilfield for over 10 years.  Drove Winch Tractors, Bed Trucks, Picker Trucks and pulled wheels (8-16, 16-16, 16-16-8 etc)  Hauled everything from drilling and service rigs, production testing equipment and under-balanced drilling equipment, to logs, crude oil, and condensate etc with Super 'B' trains.  Any time I was off the road I was fixing trucks, rigging up and welding on trucks, working on race cars etc.  Last 3 years of trucking I had my own company servicing the Oilfield and Logging Industries with Winch Tractor and Lowbed services. Companies buying up companies, hard for an independant to survive, time came to sell of the trucking company and come off the road to my Contracting company doing Repair and Fabrication work on heavy class 8 trucks in the Oilfield for a former employer that owned a trucking company.Worked as a welder and repair tech (Millwright) at a local tank production facility.Worked as a welder at a local trucking company building Bed Trucks, Winch Tractors, and Picker Trucks, as well as repairs to Oilfield Drilling Equipment.Flash forward to now, working at an Oilfield Rentals Company as a repair/fabrication welder repairing all sorts of rental equipment - Storage Tanks, and Solids Control systems.I still try to find time to play with the Stock Cars (IMCA Modifieds) but work keeps getting  in the way.Somewhere along the line, my Contracting business took a back seat to working for wages, and while the company still exists on the books, I am content working as an employee for my current employer.  With all the ups and downs around here, it is the safest decision right now for me and my family.  As long as the cheques don't bounce on Friday, I'll be back here for work on Monday morning.All summed up, my life revolves around three careers blended into one:Mechanics, Trucking, and Welding.Last edited by Black Wolf; 11-23-2008 at 09:04 AM.Later,Jason
Reply:I own a lawn service (for the past 6 years). Before that, spent 20 years with Swift Textiles, a Georgia denim manufacturer. At Swift, I was a timestudy man (clipboard and stopwatch) the entire time. As for welding, I tinker with it now and then mainly to repair my trailer but I am also building a stick welder out of microwave oven high voltage transformers. I would like to take welding at the local tech school but being 50 years old, my body is too worn out to go to night class after cutting grass all day!