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Has anyone here ever worked in a steel plant?

Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:54 pm
Posted by Tempratt
WRMS Girls Soccer Team Kicks arse
Member since Oct 2013
13307 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:54 pm
I’ve always had a fascination with shorting out to melt large amounts of scrap steel.
Looks like a giant arc welder.
Posted by PikesPeak
The Penalty Box
Member since Apr 2022
521 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 4:56 pm to
I used to steal a bunch of shite from the plant I used to work at
Posted by Packer
IE, California
Member since May 2017
7795 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:02 pm to
I used to, but I quit after this annoying, punk kid wouldn't STFU about playing football for Notre Dame.
Posted by SWCBonfire
South Texas
Member since Aug 2011
1259 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:03 pm to
Did an internship in a steel mill. EAF is incredibly loud. Half melted chunks frequently explode out as gas expands.

Continuous casting is impressive and about the hottest part you're allowed to be around. On the mill side, when #3 rebar misses a roller stand you get red hot steel sphagetti coming out at like 3000 feet per minute (don't quote me on that speed, it's plenty fast enough to royally f things up).

Make sure you're not like Bart Simpson and accidentally choose a gay steel mill.
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 5:04 pm
Posted by holmesbr
Baton Rouge, La.
Member since Feb 2012
2992 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:10 pm to
Visited a steel mill a month or 2 ago. The kettle holds 90tons of scrap and melts it in about 20mins using arc furnace. That 20mins would run your house for a year. They do like 2 kettles an hour. Around the clock basically.
Posted by Jim Rockford
Member since May 2011
98152 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:12 pm to


Trying to tell us something, OP?
Posted by L.A.
The Mojave Desert
Member since Aug 2003
61224 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:12 pm to
I got a job in a steel mill, shucking steel like a slave.
Five long years, every Friday I come straight back home with all my pay.
Have you ever been mistreated? Then you know just what I'm talking about.
I worked five long years for one woman, she had the nerve to put me out.
Posted by fr33manator
Baton Rouge
Member since Oct 2010
123954 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:12 pm to
quote:

I used to steal a bunch of shite from the plant I used to work at


Yeah, but you worked at a sewage plant
Posted by Chief Hinge
There and Here
Member since Sep 2018
2902 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 5:14 pm to
quote:

I used to steal a bunch of shite from the plant I used to work at


Brb. Checking the cameras.
Posted by sta4ever
The Pit
Member since Aug 2014
15111 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:11 pm to
This is the plant board baw. You’ll find baws from all kinds of different plants on here.
Posted by Gee Grenouille
Bogalusa
Member since Jul 2018
4747 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:11 pm to
Yeah but me and my hunting buddies got sent off to Nam then all they ever wanted to do was play Russian roulette.
Posted by Cosmo
glassman's guest house
Member since Oct 2003
120205 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:18 pm to
Posted by Long Ball Larry
Baton Rouge
Member since Apr 2021
1383 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:20 pm to
quote:

quote:
I used to steal a bunch of shite from the plant I used to work at


Yeah, but you worked at a sewage plant


You sayin Pike is a turd burglar ?
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 6:31 pm
Posted by tadman
Member since Jun 2020
3789 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:28 pm to
We do a fair amount of contract work and industry association work for them. I wind up in a mill a few times per year at least. I love them but it's a different culture in there.
Posted by auggie
Opelika, Alabama
Member since Aug 2013
27868 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:37 pm to
Yes, I worked a few years in a steel mill.
Posted by bgoodwin
Cullman, Al
Member since Sep 2011
589 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:37 pm to
I did 12 years with Nucor Steel. Hard, hot work, but it pays well.
Posted by FahQGump
Auburn, Al
Member since Dec 2021
826 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:41 pm to
I have work in steel plants for about the past 12 years. The first several were at finish plants where we ordered steel. I currently work at a plant with a blast furnace in Alabama
This post was edited on 12/19/23 at 6:41 pm
Posted by SidetrackSilvera
Member since Nov 2012
1899 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:44 pm to
Yes, but I left that job to play Russian roulette in the back of a Cambodian brothel.
Posted by EastCoastCajun
New Bedford Massachusetts
Member since Aug 2015
2043 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 6:56 pm to
Company I work for has foundries in the US, Mexico, China and Poland. I got a tour of our foundry in Pennsylvania while at the corporate campus, was lucky enough to be there when they were pouring.
Posted by TJG210
New Orleans
Member since Aug 2006
28336 posts
Posted on 12/19/23 at 7:28 pm to
quote:

I currently work at a plant with a blast furnace in Alabama

The old ipsco plant?

I got to tour that plant when I was buying a ton of plate steel for the company I worked for. Was cool to see them melt the scrap and see the final product rolled out.
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