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this is a handcuff hatch i made to fit inside a cell door for the secure housing unit at riker's island Attached Images
Reply:this is the hatch installed in the cell door Attached Images
Reply:this is the cell door installed in the empty cell block. in all i had to fabricate 60 of these hatches and install them.  lots of ot!! Attached Images
Reply:Hard to beleive they still use those old brass keys and locks like in the top picture.  The size of those things are right out of story books.... Only one place in North America makes them? Folger Adam.
Reply:this is my shop. in the background is a grease trap i'm building for the main kitchen Attached Images
Reply:this is something i made in my spare time out of some scrap sheet metal Attached Images
Reply:making the housing unit suicide proof by burning out the bed-plate with punched holes in each cell and replacing it with solid 1/8 th. inch sheet. my back was killing me. also had to wear a respirator due to lead based paint. Attached Images
Reply:it pays to protect yourself when burning and/or welding old material with lead paint. the most important tool on the job~ my walkman! Attached Images
Reply:Welcome Docwelder. You have been busy. Is your shop in the prison?
Reply:thank you forhire. the iron shop is located in the prison and we are very busy.
Reply:Every time I see someone working in a jail It reminds me of what my old boss used to say when he wan't to urk some nerves."If I ever go to prison I hope you welded the bars"Nice looking work You should talk to the warden see if they will give you some time off for good production.Vantage 300 kubota ,miller 304 xmt ,lincoln ln 25 pro , ranger 305 G, plenty of other tools of the trade to make the sparks fly.
Reply:nice work, and shop.  But what is a walkman? lol! j/k, I'm not that young.www.thefusionsolution.com
Reply:Originally Posted by docweldermaking the housing unit suicide proof by burning out the bed-plate with punched holes in each cell and replacing it with solid 1/8 th. inch sheet. my back was killing me. also had to wear a respirator due to lead based paint.
Reply:our "guests" have tied strips of bedsheets/towels through the holes in the beds and hung themselves about 6" from the floor . our tools are numbered and marked plus we have  inspection every week. an unreported lost tool equals 10 days suspension.
Reply:I worked at a mental facility a couple of years ago and they took an inventory of your tools upon coming in and when you left they checked all the tools to make sure you had them all. Lol think that was the first job I have not lost any tools on. hahaVantage 300 kubota ,miller 304 xmt ,lincoln ln 25 pro , ranger 305 G, plenty of other tools of the trade to make the sparks fly.
Reply:losing a tool is not something you want to do. besides costing you a good chunk of vacation time the lost tool could facilitate an escape or worse cause injury to staff.
Reply:In a past job servicing and installing fountain drink machines, once in a while I would go to the Somerset State Correctional Institute to repair the drink machines in the kitchen lines. Was often working side by side with 6 or 8 inmates and 1 guard in each line. You only took in exactly what you needed to complete a repair. Every item down to each hose clamp was itemized on a manifest and if you replaced a part you better have a matching bad part coming out with you. Kept a close eye on my screw drivers and razor cutters on those days lol. One time they even tracked down one inmate who used to work for Coca-Cola to help me with a repair on a machine I wasn't familiar with. Even locked me in the room with him when the guard had something to tend to. He turned out to be a decent guy, but made me uneasy at first. Mind you the ones that they allow to work in the kitchen aren't the real bad ones and have been on good behavior but you never know.Btw sorry for the threadjack doc, just brought back a memory reading about your work.Last edited by ranger_5_0; 12-02-2012 at 09:14 PM.
Reply:you can't believe how talented some of these guys are?! we have murals on the walls that were painted by inmates that are awesome.
Reply:DOCWelder I just retired from 27 yrs working in the max prison in Alaska.  We stole an excellent foodslot idea you may like.  It is a box that hangs off the outside of the slot so food trays and other items can go in the cell without any exposure for the staff  It protect she staff when they have guys that throw liquids and other out the bean shoot stuff at the staff
Reply:some of the other jails on the island are using that external box idea. the unfortunate part about that is it has to be made off site by outside contractors. while it might look more streamlined my hatch can be fabricated  and repaired by me in my shop with ordinary materials and no machining. i hate outsourcing my work!
Reply:We made ours on site and installed them when we did the food slots.  Doesn't make any sense you can do all those bean slots and not improve them.  They make life so much safer for those outside the cells.  You will always be busy in there.  They could break an anvil if the chance presented itself. Originally Posted by docweldersome of the other jails on the island are using that external box idea. the unfortunate part about that is it has to be made off site by outside contractors. while it might look more streamlined my hatch can be fabricated  and repaired by me in my shop with ordinary materials and no machining. i hate outsourcing my work!
Reply:Originally Posted by GmmandanI worked at a mental facility a couple of years ago and they took an inventory of your tools upon coming in and when you left they checked all the tools to make sure you had them all. Lol think that was the first job I have not lost any tools on. haha