Shop Time w/T.W. Friends

Crazy weather up here. Last week it was like a wet November, this week it’s like May. We still have some hanging plants that are throwing new buds.. Currently a balmy 51 with a high guessed to be 72.

Happy Wednesday y’all

 

Good morning friends! Hope you all have a wonderful hump day

77 today, 72 tomorrow. I'll take it!!!

 

Good morning guys, have a great Wednesday.

Really nice weather down here too, mid 80's through the weekend and low humidity.

Safe travels Rusty @RustyGreen for car parts and lunch choices

 

Guy from the local bolt/fitting place came by yesterday with this piece off of a carburetor for one of his customers.

He brought a 3/8” inverted flare plug and a 3/8” pipe thread with 5/16” barb.

He wanted me to “make it work” and needed it ASAP.


Told the boss I’d be back. Went to O’Reilly auto parts and they had what he needed. $6.41


He has yet to come back for it.

 

So nice out & I’m stuck in an office with no windows all day.

 

Morning shophope all is well

Due to the recent retirement and some previously scheduled days off for the other employee I'm the only shop hand here for the rest of this week and on Thursdays for the foreseeable future. Be interesting to see how this all plays out

 

Week 11 for me out here in the shop, alone, and the work is piling up. Gonna be interesting here as well as everything is turning hot and 1 person can only do so much.

Best of luck to you and your situation

 

Morning all
Have a great day

 

It is beautiful outside and you reminded me I needed to open my window, it serves as an air conditioner as well

 

May be he won’t come back since they have it in store

 

10 minutes after I put that on here he came and got it, lol.

 

Another happy camper!
Those threads sizes confusions can be dangerous, especially for application involve fuel lines.

 

Haven’t seen it yet. That picture is only a few days old

 

Agreed. We've been short staffed for over a year. This certainly won't help. That work does pile up doesn't it told the manager I can only do what I can do. Everything else will be there tomorrow

 

I went in my bosses office Friday and ask him about the potential raise he mentioned and when. I had a number in mind but let him lay his cards down first. He hit me with more than I was thinking and told me it would be January 1st. I said that is fine, how about giving me 3 more days of vacation as well? He looked at the calendar for a moment and said he could do that too. Hopefully I can continue learning the lathe and can keep up out here.

 

That's a decent boss there.

 

@RustyGreen we need a daily trip report

 

Well, how was it?

 

And the bill should read:

Parts: $6.41
Gas: $10.00
Shop Materials: $25.00
Labor: $100.00 (minimum rate)
Knowledge where to find the answer: $500.00

Total: $641.41

 

Cool boss! I have not worked for a boss or company that treated me like that. I always got the, what you want to use the vacation days you have and not work look.