Some trackside porn. Nothing quite like a freshly built head about to be put on a 12,000 horsepower V811mo ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Machinists
Photo from 7 years ago, hard to believe 15 year old me managed to build a ghillie5yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/airsoft
Spring is definitely here, found this grumpy bastard out in Unity this afternoon1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Maine
New to me tool day; does buying used still count towards taking my SnapOn virginity?1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Tools
For as much as we spend on tools in this trade, I’m surprised I don’t see more people doing this!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Machinists
Fresh off the truck this morning, 36 ton inner casing from the high pressure side of a steam turbine!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
Engine, motor, roll, bearing or whatever piece of crap that’s somehow simultaneously slimy and rusted solid1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Finally got a chance to lay everything out now that it’s not frozen wasteland outside2yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/tacticalgear
“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
Plus side of being a maintenance guy: I’ll never run out of broken stuff to weld. I think my 7018 work has ascended from “okay” to “decent”3yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Welding
“Man I know I haven’t touched TIG in a while but I don’t remember being this ba.... oh, that would probably be why my bead looks like Swiss cheese”4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Welding
Everything I’ve tried to work on this weekend has been a disaster. Figured I’d assemble a lower to relax. G$ trigger guard and Aero lower. I’m headed to town for a file and a case of beer2yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/ar15
Found this “Application to Live in Maine” at the AirBnB I’m at in Rangely, it’s incredibly thorough!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Maine
I work in a different kind of shop than most, but this is equivalent to seeing every lift filled for us. These are all steam turbine valve components!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
“Good help is so hard to find!” HR is snoozing, apparently. This mill needs 6-8 millwrights1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ 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
Gave my permanent maintenance job the finger and got my card, see you guys in PA on Monday night lol6mo ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Spending Friday drilling stems and cross heads in the mobile shop we’ve got in the big shop!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Machinists
Didn’t have the correct length bit socket I needed, so I made one. Figured I might as well finish the rest of the set while I was at it2yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Tools
NTD: After blowing through a half dozen HF pick sets, I found these on sale at MSC. Never breaking one picking out broken bolts again!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Tools
Started a new logging operation from scratch, way more fun! 4 hours in we’re already making the big bucks! (PS4)4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/farmingsimulator
Tangentially related: nothing better than Saturday breakfast dogs at work with desert by Little Debbie1yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Thank you guys for the help, I went and pulled the trigger in a new setup!5yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Fishing_Gear
My hobbies include listening to Lynyrd Skynyrd, drinking Bud Light, and working OT to pay for repairs.7yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/RoastMyCar
At this point, I’d rather be taking struts apart with nothing more than a Walmart adjustable4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
Got the long dong torque stick out last night for some 3-3/8s nuts. I’m 5’10”4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Having worked in this garage as a welder, I am not the least bit surprised. Forklift jack stand!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Justrolledintotheshop
So this is a roll out of our corrugator, SKF bearing with tapered inner race and tapered sleeve. Question regarding sleeve press depth and setting a clearance3yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Tried to make a joke about blending to the girlfriend, she looked at me like I was crazy7yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Machinists
Wasn’t given one before I left the shop, and on site we only had beat to shit hats, so Amazon came through with this carbon fiber beauty!4yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/millwrights
Made it up Quill Hill yesterday. Trails sucked but the view was definitely worth it6yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/Maine
Headed to go pick up my Yeti cooler and Luke Bryan CD, had to make a stop for Natty Light and snapped a picture!5yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/RoastMyCar
Link karma increased 5x in the past 10 minutes. looked for a picture to celebrate with. How the fuck does this happen?12yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/WTF
So these were found on the floor at school today. They looked damp and were slightly tinted brown.11yr ⋅ PGids ⋅ r/WTF
