So, about the new job.
Not so grate aktuly.
Here's what I do:
We get a pallet of parts that have been cast and trimmed (more on that in a bit) and we have to punch out some holes, drill out some others, and knock off any flash (thin bits of metal usually around the center line of the part and around holes). Then we file a few bits off and the part gets belt sanded. Then the part gets hand sanded to smooth any spots the belt sander can't reach.
Filing and punching isn't bad.
I belt sanded for a bit yesterday and it's a bitch. The part I was sanding weighed about 35 lbs and was awkward as hell to hold. I also broke a sanding belt which shot out of the sander and hit me in the arm, scaring the hell out of me.
Hand sanding isn't bad. We use small, pneumatic disc sanders to smooth out some of the spots the belt can't and to fix some of the cuts the belts sometimes leave.
In addition to all this, we also have to relieve some of the workers running the die cast machines so they can go on break and to lunch without stopping production.
I haven't run any presses yet, but I have been running a trim press. Here's how that works:
The part is cast in a big ass press and pulled out by the press' operator. I grab the piping hot part and put it on a table with the aid of two pairs of gloves and a pair of hot pads. I break off some excess bits, pick the piece back up (all 60 lbs of it) and put it on the trim press, which is basically an automatic band saw that cuts a piece off the bottom. Then I pick the somewhat lighter piece up and stack it on a pallet. Simple, right?
I thought so too, but I think I threw my back out picking one of the bastards up yesterday.
Good times.
Also, this is what I look like after spending a shift sanding:
Not so grate aktuly.
Here's what I do:
We get a pallet of parts that have been cast and trimmed (more on that in a bit) and we have to punch out some holes, drill out some others, and knock off any flash (thin bits of metal usually around the center line of the part and around holes). Then we file a few bits off and the part gets belt sanded. Then the part gets hand sanded to smooth any spots the belt sander can't reach.
Filing and punching isn't bad.
I belt sanded for a bit yesterday and it's a bitch. The part I was sanding weighed about 35 lbs and was awkward as hell to hold. I also broke a sanding belt which shot out of the sander and hit me in the arm, scaring the hell out of me.
Hand sanding isn't bad. We use small, pneumatic disc sanders to smooth out some of the spots the belt can't and to fix some of the cuts the belts sometimes leave.
In addition to all this, we also have to relieve some of the workers running the die cast machines so they can go on break and to lunch without stopping production.
I haven't run any presses yet, but I have been running a trim press. Here's how that works:
The part is cast in a big ass press and pulled out by the press' operator. I grab the piping hot part and put it on a table with the aid of two pairs of gloves and a pair of hot pads. I break off some excess bits, pick the piece back up (all 60 lbs of it) and put it on the trim press, which is basically an automatic band saw that cuts a piece off the bottom. Then I pick the somewhat lighter piece up and stack it on a pallet. Simple, right?
I thought so too, but I think I threw my back out picking one of the bastards up yesterday.
Good times.
Also, this is what I look like after spending a shift sanding:
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You also don't wanna know what I found in my nose.
Jesus?
-TM
And I also really DO want to know what was in your nose. Unless it was boogers. That'd be really anticlimactic.
xoxo
Q