Am I the only shop rat?

[Ptah]

We know how to measure, when, where and to cut material.

We have had our fill of engineers/designers that couldn't find a t-sqaure, or know how to check it's accuracy.

We have had out fill of bosses that want it now, but won't spend the necessary money to provide tools, supplies or equipment to do the job.

We know we can fabricate anything, anytime, with a sharp tool, and a clear design.

We have at sometime, dried our coffee cup with the air hose.

Our motto is: Same shit, different engineer.

[Ptah]

1. Edit.

:hand to ear: :crickets:

[undeterred]

2. I have a crush on a shop rat.

Does that count for anything? (I work at a mfg plant that makes diesel engines.)

[Ptah]

3. shop rats are the bomb!

We make what others use!



:thumbsup:

[undeterred]

5. i have no clue what it is

but it looks cool

[Ptah]

6. It's a telescope.

[TOhioLiberal]

4. Not a shop rat...

...have an opening for a 'shop rat groupie'? :rofl: :hi: Ptah!

[Redstone]

7. Been there.

Redstone

[Ptah]

9. Been where?

shoprat or engineer?

[Redstone]

14. Both. Shoprat first. And liked being one. Respected the shoprats highly

ever since.

Redstone

[RetroLounge]

8. Used to be a Auto Shop Rat

Does that count?

RL

[Ptah]

10. Did you make something out of metal?

There's your answer.

[RetroLounge]

17. Yeah, patch panels for my rusty Impala...

Acetyline (sp) torch and a break, weld and patch, then slap on the filler.

Restored a 1965 Impala SS...

RL

[Ptah]

16. If you are proud of your rat-i-ness then yes.

:hi:

Got any Peter Bowen?

[RetroLounge]

18. Maybe, but not listed yet...

Got 25,000 more in boxes to go thru...

:hi:

RL

[seemunkee]

11. Former shop rat

15 years as a cabinet maker, 7 years running my own shop.
Didn't deal with engineers but had my share of interior designers to deal with

[Ptah]

15. Probably the same - interior designers/not a clue

:hi:

[seemunkee]

19. Yep

The one good thing was that they did the sales and saved me from being out of the shop. As far as knowing what was feasible I had one or two that were good the rest forget about it.

[LaraMN]

12. I made a plexiglas coin bank in the shape of a pair of lips, once.

ALSO, my mousetrap car won the shop class race (for distance, not speed). We had a unit in which I made a coin purse, and I believe we did something involving "pop rivets".
:rofl:

[Ptah]

13. pop rivets are phat.

I'd like to see those lips.

:thumbsup:

:P

[radfringe]

20. Harry? is that you?

if not - you sound like you work at my place...

except a couple of our guys have been known to heat up their lunches with a blow torch

[bridgit]

21. Ha! you need to story-up with hubby, he worked as a start up engineer...

in the oil pipeline industry and has many such stories about ivory tower engineers; once mentioned a 24" valve that was installed 20' off the ground with no catwalk to get up to it until he had one put in x( thought it should be mandatory that all CAD draftsmen and engineers spend time on the ground before they take that elevator to the upper floors