A scale and a pen is a habit I picked up during my apprenticeship. What habits did you pick up on during your time in the trade?11mo ⋅ LucklessDorf ⋅ r/Machinists
“Hey, has one of the engineers been messing around in the shop?” “Yeah. “Why?”2yr ⋅ souobixo ⋅ r/Machinists
Anyone use one of these before, 4x3tpi, m10 die in center for scale. Is it just as glorious as Imagine it to be?1yr ⋅ maxxisP ⋅ r/Machinists
Buddy got a fancy screen printer, had him make me this shirt. Despite being asked why I have a drill bit on my shirt by at least a few people any time I wear it I think it came out pretty awesome2yr ⋅ Alarmed-Pie-5304 ⋅ r/Machinists
A fun aluminum job, first time I've done 3D pathing in Fusion 360. Quite happy with the results!1yr ⋅ username_s2k ⋅ r/Machinists
Drawings with dimensions in feet format make me want to punch an engineer2yr ⋅ ceo_of_ur_mom ⋅ r/Machinists
Someone was showing off their table, Here's our radial Drill table.10mo ⋅ Practicalystupid ⋅ r/Machinists
Does anyone else get pissy if they see a fractional size with a decimal tolerance? Am I just being nitpicky?2yr ⋅ TheAmazinManateeMan ⋅ r/Machinists
When That One programmer is still ruining your day six months after he was fired3yr ⋅ TheAmazinManateeMan ⋅ r/Machinists
I got this today at a local antiques store. It looks brand new, very smooth too. I think I got a great deal. What do you think?1yr ⋅ AnimusFoxx ⋅ r/Machinists
Since you all seemed to love my epic crash last week here is a pic of a trailer we see regularly to haul our parts that don't ship by rail. Taken from the cab of our over head crane1yr ⋅ Jrloveless1 ⋅ r/Machinists
I made a test for interviewing machinist to assess their skill level. What do you think? Thanks!1yr ⋅ gingersnaps09 ⋅ r/Machinists
After 160 of 200 parts and the third fresh drill tip, the drill said fuck that shit, I'm not getting paid enough and casually vanished 8mm in.7mo ⋅ Vollhartmetall ⋅ r/Machinists
My buddy just got this mill and a lathe for free! What's the best place for us to start learning how to use them?1yr ⋅ StudioCharacter9528 ⋅ r/Machinists
I’m pretty sure this drill press is older than the oldest employee here. Never seen a tag like this before.1yr ⋅ Character_Orchid4426 ⋅ r/Machinists
You may not like it but this is what the ideal toolpath looks like1yr ⋅ spaceman_spyff ⋅ r/Machinists
Reminder: The machines have doors for a reason - drill welded itself in, lifted the work out of the vise, then the drill broke and flung the stock into the door at high speed, in a fraction of a second.10mo ⋅ Terrible_Ice_1616 ⋅ r/Machinists
Mitutoyo for the win! 0-6 .0001 resolution, ratchet thimble micrometers and some other neat stuff!1yr ⋅ SpicedRand0 ⋅ r/Machinists
Going absolutely sicko mode to make a snap ring groove. .040” slitting saw.1yr ⋅ chobbes ⋅ r/Machinists
Gonna frame this, hang it over the tool crib, then quote it with a totally not PC accent whenever somebody scraps a part.1yr ⋅ unabrahmber ⋅ r/Machinists
I make these M33x1.5 threads on a CNC with a thread cutter. A colleague destroyed a lot of them during assembly. Is there a simple way to fix them if I don't have a threaded eyelet4mo ⋅ Loponyt ⋅ r/Machinists
That little voice in your head thay says this is a bad idea...listen to it1yr ⋅ ReMag_Airsoft ⋅ r/Machinists
When your shop is ungodly slow, are you allowed to do whatever you want? My boss was playing Mario Kart 64 with me last week. Figure what better way to play Doom Eternal than for $38 an hour. Crash flair because my company just doesn’t give a shit to actively make sales, passive ONLY 😑11mo ⋅ eat_your_young ⋅ r/Machinists
Check out this surface finish i got with a diamond burnishing tool on my CNC lathe!2yr ⋅ OminousBlanket ⋅ r/Machinists
After years old seeing the old dogs in the shop doing this, I finally made it into an image2yr ⋅ Inevitable_Lawyer_19 ⋅ r/Machinists
Breaking news, massive chips found inside aquatic animals. Marine Biologists say night shift Machinists are to blame.1yr ⋅ 3rrr6 ⋅ r/Machinists
Remembered I had a photo of this top tier endmill we got a couple years ago2yr ⋅ Gunsandbeerequalsfun ⋅ r/Machinists
Co-worker lasted a grand total of 5 mins with the new spring loaded chuck key.7mo ⋅ CthulusFinanceMan ⋅ r/Machinists
Don’t you hate it when the customer thinks they’re helping out by having a couple features punched out for ya?1yr ⋅ Vanstuke ⋅ r/Machinists
threw this stupid thing out. not sure what it was for anyway. apprentice work going well.1yr ⋅ dylan-taylor-1999 ⋅ r/Machinists
I know what I'm handing my coworkers next time one asks to borrow my calipers!2yr ⋅ JudsonCasey ⋅ r/Machinists
Ain’t it so cute. It’s made of polycarbonate and it’s holding +0.0000-0.000511mo ⋅ andydufrane101 ⋅ r/Machinists
Good Christmas this year, now I can stop having to ask to borrow my tutor's.3yr ⋅ NaCN_Infused_Tea ⋅ r/Machinists
my job got making a part with a +-.00025 tolerance and this is how I'm feeling all night.3yr ⋅ noelhalverson ⋅ r/Machinists
3 different jobs setup and I haven't even put a dent in the new Matsuura's carousel.1yr ⋅ a_machinist ⋅ r/Machinists
When you have 4 different dimensions called out for the same feature across 3 prints...2yr ⋅ charly_IN_charge ⋅ r/Machinists
Which one of you is responsible for this? It's time to file a QA report on you1yr ⋅ cube1234567890 ⋅ r/Machinists
