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Is machine tool technician a good trade?
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:14 am
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Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:17 am to Pandy Fackler
It’s a PG way of saying you jack off terminators for a living.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:19 am to Pandy Fackler
We just had a list of degrees with the most unemployed people posted the other day and any kind of job working with your hands was nowhere to be seen. Should be a solid career.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:20 am to Pandy Fackler
You want to be a dildo repairman?
Might be OK if you can screen your own calls. Don't go through a dispatcher.
Might be OK if you can screen your own calls. Don't go through a dispatcher.
This post was edited on 4/14/24 at 10:27 am
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:21 am to OysterPoBoy
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We just had a list of degrees with the most unemployed people posted the other day and any kind of job working with your hands was nowhere to be seen. Should be a solid career.
I hope so. I know someone who's getting into it.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:34 am to Pandy Fackler
Yes. Our machine shop is back logged several months and new repairs and fabrications arrive daily. Have great math skills and attitude. You will make good money.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:34 am to Pandy Fackler
I would imagine most trades are actually a good trade.
Learning and doing that sort of work is always gonna be valuable to know.
And now days, most companies need people that want to work desperately
Learning and doing that sort of work is always gonna be valuable to know.
And now days, most companies need people that want to work desperately
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:41 am to Pandy Fackler
Yes! You have to be smart and work hard though. It’s not for everyone.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:43 am to Beachtiger
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Yes. Our machine shop is back logged several months and new repairs and fabrications arrive daily. Have great math skills and attitude. You will make good money.
Is there a "best type" of machinist? Is one type of machinist more in demand than others?
Posted on 4/14/24 at 10:45 am to Datbawwwww
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Yes! You have to be smart and work hard though. It’s not for everyone.
Well, it's a friend of mine. He's a really smart guy and a hard worker. What are some good fields for machinist technologist/technician?
Posted on 4/14/24 at 11:50 am to Pandy Fackler
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Is there a "best type" of machinist?
In my area a machinist is gonna make around $20-25 an hour.
A tool and die or mold maker is gonna make $30-40 an hour.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 11:52 am to Pandy Fackler
Yes, it is, and you can use it as a jumping off point into several different specialties. There are a whole lot worse fields they could persue.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 11:54 am to Pandy Fackler
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Well, it's a friend of mine. He's a really smart guy and a hard worker. What are some good fields for machinist technologist/technician?
Anything from a basic operator to programmer, tool and die maker, CNC programmer, maintenance/fab work, or even setup work for other businesses. I have friends who travel and set up new machinery and/or new programming. They get paid well. Those guys are also in the training aspect of it. They'll go in, set up a new machine, then train the workforce how to use it and the associated programs.
There's more money but less stability in custom/contract work, and less money but more stability in production machining. He can try to get on somewhere and have the company foot the bill for his education/training. That happens all the time.
This post was edited on 4/14/24 at 12:00 pm
Posted on 4/14/24 at 11:55 am to OysterPoBoy
Curious to what degrees were listed as the worst?
Posted on 4/14/24 at 12:25 pm to rooster108bm
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In my area a machinist is gonna make around $20-25 an hour.
A tool and die or mold maker is gonna make $30-40 an hour.
Are those starting salaries?
Posted on 4/14/24 at 1:41 pm to Pandy Fackler
You don't want to work in a shop that does production tubing cutting fittings...... it's very boring. S
Try to get into a shop that makes a batch of 100 parts..... not 4,0000.
Try to get into a shop that makes a batch of 100 parts..... not 4,0000.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 1:52 pm to Pandy Fackler
I think any vocation can be a good one. A few words of advice.
For every 1000 tradesmen, there will be "one guy" that out earns every other person.
For welders, it'll be the guy that can weld exotic metals and so on. If you are going into a trade, plan on educating yourself for your entire lifetime.
Also, once you have a plan, never get comfortable. Always be pushing towards a goal.
If you do find a "home" to work at, look at the guy that has been there the longest. Is he making the kind of money you'd be satisfied with? If not, be making plans on advancing your skills and moving on.
As with anything, if you are the best, people will know it and they will pay for it.
For every 1000 tradesmen, there will be "one guy" that out earns every other person.
For welders, it'll be the guy that can weld exotic metals and so on. If you are going into a trade, plan on educating yourself for your entire lifetime.
Also, once you have a plan, never get comfortable. Always be pushing towards a goal.
If you do find a "home" to work at, look at the guy that has been there the longest. Is he making the kind of money you'd be satisfied with? If not, be making plans on advancing your skills and moving on.
As with anything, if you are the best, people will know it and they will pay for it.
This post was edited on 4/14/24 at 1:53 pm
Posted on 4/14/24 at 2:32 pm to Pandy Fackler
Any skilled mechanical trade is a solid living.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 2:41 pm to Beachtiger
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Yes. Our machine shop is back logged several months and new repairs and fabrications arrive daily. Have great math skills and attitude. You will make good money.
And have endless opportunities. You could become the owner of a business that provides such services.
One of my best friends started a machine shop when he was 20. Made millions. Although he died at 62 after he had sold out. From stress.
Work hard. Be a sponge as for as knowledge goes. Provide a good, consistent service. But take some time off to smell the rose.
You can’t fail.
Posted on 4/14/24 at 2:41 pm to CHEDBALLZ
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Try to get into a shop that makes a batch of 100 parts..... not 4,0000.
Sounds exactly like my shop. We make medical devices. Mostly surgical instruments like screwdrivers components for specialty tools that surgeons use. We have just gotten into the firearms game too. We can make the stuff to put you on the operating table, then make the stuff to help a surgeon save your life with.
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