Engine, motor, roll, bearing or whatever piece of crap that’s somehow simultaneously slimy and rusted solid1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
“You’d never leave!” You are free to test that assumption at your convenience, boss man. The beers are going to taste even better tonight 🤟2yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
When five of eight of the shift millwrights are out with Covid and you’re on your third 14 hour night with three more to go2yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
“Belt won’t run and there is a loud grinding noise” yeah I wonder why1yr ⋅ thebassguitarist ⋅ r/millwrights
Bitch and complaints in the UBC Facebook page is causing drama with them all2mo ⋅ usnavy_sailor ⋅ r/millwrights
Vibration guy heard a noise in one of the bearings in this dryer section...5mo ⋅ Rubbersidesdown ⋅ r/millwrights
In school for millwright and I just cut my first acme thread for a small table vice we are making in our machining class2yr ⋅ Thegayman10 ⋅ r/millwrights
Apprentice is on vacation so we all pitched in to buy him new tools.4yr ⋅ teflondon7778 ⋅ r/millwrights
When I see the balls, I just pack it full of grease! ... My dude... C'mon....1yr ⋅ slow6i ⋅ r/millwrights
When i trust when night shift says they greased and inspected all of the bearings.1yr ⋅ thediver360 ⋅ r/millwrights
We lost a fellow brother way too soon. His family asked us to make him an urn. My partner and I hustled our asses off to do the entire night shift work load while the other four guys made this beauty.4yr ⋅ boardhoarder86 ⋅ r/millwrights
Day should have said there's a noisy bearing but they greased it and asked if we would check it out after the mill shuts down. No one in their right mind is going to believe they didn't notice this. classic example of, fuck it leave it for swing shift1yr ⋅ Top-Birthday5398 ⋅ r/millwrights
In response to the recent thread (pun heavily intended) here's the real formula on how to get to tap drill size2mo ⋅ user47-567_53-560 ⋅ r/millwrights
When I saw ‘millwright’ trending on Twitter for a bit I was really excited! I shouldn’t have gotten my hopes up 🥲1wk ⋅ Red_Dwarf_42 ⋅ r/millwrights
Hey Boss, buy us a Metabo! Boss: We have a Metabo in the shop... The “Metabo” in the shop.1yr ⋅ Skilled1 ⋅ r/millwrights
I know marks don’t mean anything in the field, but I’m still proud of mine1yr ⋅ wyattvikings20 ⋅ r/millwrights
“Good help is so hard to find!” HR is snoozing, apparently. This mill needs 6-8 millwrights1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
In your field ,is it necessary to own this laser shaft alignment tool? And have you used it before?5mo ⋅ monsier_wavy ⋅ r/millwrights
After seeing how a multibillion dollar company has my brother doing alignments, maybe I’ll stop bitching so much..2yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
day shift tells me they checked the coupler and it's fine.........1yr ⋅ Top-Birthday5398 ⋅ r/millwrights
7Mw hydro install 400ft underground in the Yukon that I was the lead on.2yr ⋅ Canadian_Millwright ⋅ r/millwrights
Gave my permanent maintenance job the finger and got my card, see you guys in PA on Monday night lol6mo ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Talk about wear and tear. Recently worked at a chemical plant and came across this.3yr ⋅ Midwestern-manXX ⋅ r/millwrights
does anyone else work with someone who sets the oxygen to almost 80 psi1yr ⋅ Top-Birthday5398 ⋅ r/millwrights
Today is my 2nd day as an apprentice. My tools weren’t painted gold yesterday. We all had a good laugh.3yr ⋅ Brutalore ⋅ r/millwrights
02:00-05:00 measurements, compensate for ambient temperature, compare to As Found1yr ⋅ iRytional ⋅ r/millwrights
Does anyone use a voltage pen to confirm equipment is properly locked out?1yr ⋅ ShadowcastZ ⋅ r/millwrights
Operator couldn’t figure out why all the belts broke off. So they slapped new belts on and ran it for 3 more months!4yr ⋅ FrostyTrenchman ⋅ r/millwrights
Chain on a bucket elevator snapped. Looks like a long weekend of overtime and fishing!3yr ⋅ teflondon7778 ⋅ r/millwrights
Sunday call out... low hydraulic pressure and slow acting cylinders. Found this needle valve on an accumulator going back to tank about half open. Closed it up and locked the set screw. Thanks for the 4 hrs of 2.5 times pay for 30 min on site!3yr ⋅ teflondon7778 ⋅ r/millwrights
As a shift mechanic l get some crazy stuff to deal with but this one takes the cake. How in the F*#k.....? And.... get me a crane in here.3yr ⋅ MT160 ⋅ r/millwrights
