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Offline cben750f0

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Re: List your jobs - What HAVE you done for a lviing?
« Reply #50 on: November 19, 2006, 10:02:24 PM »
mate that bad boy was a banger, the lump of stainless steel weighed 14 ton, we machines 8.5 ton off it!!!!!

yeah its great, can take 44mm off the diametre in one cut, with a 2.5 mm feed speed, mind, you wouldnt want to get hit by any of the swarf that came off the ol girl...!!!....


to old 750... 160 tonn break press!!!... thats cool, the forge press at the foundry i worked at was 4300tonn!!!... mind it was two stories hight, and had two three foot diametre rams, that was supplies by 4 300KW electric motors, with three stage pumps fitted!!.... we put an old commodore(australia) station wagon under it, and when we had finished it fitted into a mini skip bin!!! ;D

 man i love big blokey stuff:P
« Last Edit: November 19, 2006, 10:29:54 PM by cben750f1 »
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Re: List your jobs - What HAVE you done for a lviing?
« Reply #51 on: November 19, 2006, 10:15:24 PM »
Damn that would have been interesting to see the wagon getting crushed.

Lets see....

gas jockey for about a month when i was 14
bike assembler for canadian tire...
general laborer and demo work just before and just after the gas jockey job
pizza delivery driver
focused on highschool for a couple years
courier driver
pizza delivery driver again
general laborer for a trucking company
line cook at a pizza place
oil change tech at a chevy dealership
service advisor at Canadian tire (man that job was a pain in the ass and a joy at the same time)
oil change tech at a mr lube (lasted all of 2 days after i found out most of the team were pot smokers..nothing against them just didnt trust them working on working on customers rides after blazin up)
Laborer at a local oil field fab company (worked in hydrotesting bay and bobcat operation)
Currently working as a Tire Tech for Kal Tire and part owner of a custom shop (S&M Customs)
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'73 MGB Roadster
'69 Ford F250

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Offline dpen

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Re: List your jobs - What HAVE you done for a lviing?
« Reply #52 on: November 20, 2006, 02:22:03 AM »
Time to stir the memory

Armament fitter (Royal Aust. Air Force)

Diesel fitter (RAAF)

Civilian life:

Heavy vehicle mechanic

Interstate truck driver

Interstate coach driver

Fitter - pumps & irrigation equipt.

Heavy vehicle mechanical examiner (Roads & Traffic Auth)

Inspector (bastard?) with Government Buses
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Offline kuyarico

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Re: List your jobs - What HAVE you done for a lviing?
« Reply #53 on: November 20, 2006, 07:17:52 AM »
1. Line cook - Outback Steakhouse, various restaurants
2. Valet Parker
3. Steel Importer - Traffic Manager
4. U.S. Customs Broker
5. Personal Trainer
6. Graphic Designer - Web design
7. System tester.
8. Currently - QA Manager for a small tech company.
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Offline Rushoid

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Re: List your jobs - What HAVE you done for a lviing?
« Reply #54 on: November 20, 2006, 10:59:28 AM »
Umm....

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Aviation Electrician - USN (avionics, instruments, etc.)
Custodial engineer (recycling picker-upper)
Electrician apprentice (mostly commercial, some residential)
Mail room dude
Stock room dude
Elevator service & repair (had it's ups & downs  ;D )
Maintenance at hog slaughterhouse (mmmm.....pork  :P )
Warehouse/forklift/shipping
Car wash equipment service
Service manager (car wash equipment distributor)

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