Tool & Die and also Tool Design. Been doing that since high school and am now 51. As a matter of fact my first real job was right before I graduated high school and it was doing die design for an aluminum extrusion company. Not too bad for a 17 year old. On the side ever since I was 13, mt father and I did body work and paint, painted my first complete car at 14, then it was me that solely did the paint due to my fathers health reasons after that. We tuyned out quite a few cars and word of mouth brought us work from other states. Body work back then was a little different than it is now. You had to know how to use a hammer and dollie, you had to know what the different types of hammer did or how they would work the metal, which dollie to use in conjucttion, how to use a pick on metal, and then to file the area down. Very rarely was bondo used. A panel was either worked out completely, worked out and leaded in, and if that could not be done....scrapped. I feel very fortunate that I was young enough and my father was old enough to teach me how to do it old school.

 

I work for a company that makes power transmission parts in a non automotive line. Gear couplings in sizes from little to big. As for what I do I`m a CNC machinist. I recieve the finished part, set up the machine for that part, bore the hole with a boring bar, then finish it with a finish bar, then from the side of the part drill the hole, chamfer it, then tap it, it`s all done automatic on the machine which is a Okuma Multus B300. Afterwards, I check the bore size to be sure it`s .0005 within spec of the bore size given, check the taper and the run out, if all checks okay, mark it on the etching machine, then I send it to my partner who broaches the key way in line with the tapped hole, deburrs it, checks the keyway and makes sure it`s .008 within spec, dips it in wash and anti rust, wraps it, boxes it and sends it out the door. The order could be 1 part which we don`t get often, all the way up to 50 parts. The most common is 6. I didn`t go to school to learn it, I was trained on a older Okuma for 3 weeks and took it from there.

 

Honda mechanic.(Or technician for the pc folks)

 

I work for Alcan in Kitimat BC Canada.
in there Anode paste plant.
Truck driver/opperator.

 

I'm retired.
I'm 63.
I'm cleaning the garage.
I'm searching for another hot rod.
I'm planning a trip to Kalamazoo next month.

454 RATTLER

 

Nothing..............Just retired and am packing up my stuff to move. Once there, I will be setting up my home and garage..............in that order, so the wife tells me. Next spring I may look for something part time, after a trip down south this winter.

 

I'm an Electrical Engineer.... currently designing machinery control system hardware for ships. I spent most of my life in the machine tool control system business though. Maybe I can retire someday.

 

I own a hearing aid office.........but like to spend as much time as I can in my garage.........that's where you'll find me when I retire. Poncho, come on down........maybe you'll like AZ enough to move here. We drive our hotrods 12 months a year.

 

tech support, computers at work and grease at home

 

I work for a "company" that sells Italian made core drills for the construction industry. It's a company, but there is just me and the owner and he is VERY laid back (he's letting me build my T in the warehouse and says I can store it there when it is done). We ship world wide, but mostly in the states. Coolest job I have ever had.... next to the Navy, that is. Man, I miss the travel.

 

I build stuff.

 

Run a call out service for tractor/trailer repairs.
If you have it,it came in on a truck.

 

I work for one of the premier window and manufacturers in the U.S. in their Maintenance Dept. I also work pt for my brother-in-law puttying trim in new construction homes.


In a while, Chet.

 

I have to many health issues to list here. I am also on dialysis 3 days a week.

I am on disability for those reasons. That is also the reson my truck is staying like it currently is indefinately.

 

Unemployed full time student at Wyotech. From '01 till this past June I was a warehouse supervisor for a defense contractor in New Orleans, LA. Hated my job and always love cars so decided to come to school and try to get a job doing what I love.

 

I had a commercial const co for 30 some odd years, sold out in 2000 and built a few hotrods,untill this spring ,, now I am doing a complete remodel on my house, then I hope to get back to working on my own hotrod projects,,and hopefully get my anglia panel going by next summer

 

I maintain repair and do upgrades on three marine cargo elevators that feed a mechanical material handling system here in Puddle City. My outfit takes care of three jumbo barges stuffed to the nutts with paper products each and every day, often including Thanksgiving and Christmas.

I maintain an ex-wife too.

 

I am on disability also and that does not pay much. Most of you know that i am blind in one eye also, and have been working on my chevy for three years now. I dont know what a paycheck is, and i sure miss them days. My wife lets me have $50.00 a month for my car. Cant buy much for that, but i have come along way with the car buy doing it all myself. I envy you that are able to work, but we cant all be the same can we. I will never lose the love of working on my car, even if i never get it all done. It is now drivable, and it is legal. You dont have to have a great job to have what you want if you want it bad enough. We dont live on credit cards and we watch our money. This lets me still enjoy life, plus everything we own is paid for, so we get by. I may not own a show car, but i built it with my own hands and thats good enough for me.

 

I am on disability also and that does not pay much. Most of you know that i am blind in one eye also, and have been working on my chevy for three years now. I dont know what a paycheck is, and i sure miss them days. My wife lets me have $50.00 a month for my car. Cant buy much for that, but i have come along way with the car buy doing it all myself. I envy you that are able to work, but we cant all be the same can we. I will never lose the love of working on my car, even if i never get it all done. It is now drivable, and it is legal. You dont have to have a great job to have what you want if you want it bad enough. We dont live on credit cards and we watch our money. This lets me still enjoy life, plus everything we own is paid for, so we get by. I may not own a show car, but i built it with my own hands and thats good enough for me.

Well put! Mine is legal, drivable, and relaible. I have out a little over 200 miles on her since last Friday. Its one of those someday things as far as any improvements that may happen. Anything that gets done...is done by me too. :thumbup:

 

Looking for a welding job at the moment...so much for the huge shortage of welders
Shane

 

Bodywork during the day on big rigs, Mainly do the bodywork part now, but have done other areas in the past in shops. Also do some sidework occasionally. Neither are making me rich anytime fast. Getting a little burnt out, and seems hard to ever get around to doing any work for yourself, and then trying to find the ambition if something doesn't have to be done. Been thinking about another line of work, hopefully better pay and benefits, but been doing this type or related work of since 91, and really don't know too much else or what I'd like to do. Also harder finding the time and not as easy to go to school as you get older. But I can just see crawling all around semis when I am 60, still poor, and a body that has been exposed to chemicals that many years.

 

I am on disability also and that does not pay much. Most of you know that i am blind in one eye also, and have been working on my chevy for three years now. I dont know what a paycheck is, and i sure miss them days. My wife lets me have $50.00 a month for my car. Cant buy much for that, but i have come along way with the car buy doing it all myself. I envy you that are able to work, but we cant all be the same can we. I will never lose the love of working on my car, even if i never get it all done. It is now drivable, and it is legal. You dont have to have a great job to have what you want if you want it bad enough. We dont live on credit cards and we watch our money. This lets me still enjoy life, plus everything we own is paid for, so we get by. I may not own a show car, but i built it with my own hands and thats good enough for me.

I am a studied engineer turned computer geek (or IT Consultant) - I am lucky to get a paycheck, but am on board with doing everything I can myself. My 47 Ford was built in my suburbia 2 car garage (the neighbors hate me) with 120V wire welder and a sawzall for most of the fabricating. Shoot me a message and let me know if there is anything you are looking for parts wise....I have a bunch of stuff laying around the garage that I either didn't use or won't use and am glad to send it to you. eBay is overrated....

 

I tried to be a male escort for a few years but that didn't pan out to well.LOL
I do sheet metal work for an hvac company. I build and install duct work.
I love the work, especially the layout and building the ductwork and fittings but now we use a big shop to do most of the building of parts so I don't get to do much layout anymore, more installing than building.
Its kind of sad to me because it was such an art to take a flat piece of metal and make a fitting.
The guy I learned from in a small shop started in the late 30s and would just amaze me on the things he could do.
Now they have kids punch in numbers on a plasma cutter, match up the stickers and you have your parts.
Not allot of us left that can build parts in the field and I am very honored to know how.
If you are up there reading this Paul I hope I am making you proud.

 

I tried to be a male escort for a few years but that didn't pan out to well.LOL
I do sheet metal work for an hvac company. I build and install duct work.
I love the work, especially the layout and building the ductwork and fittings but now we use a big shop to do most of the building of parts so I don't get to do much layout anymore, more installing than building.
Its kind of sad to me because it was such an art to take a flat piece of metal and make a fitting.
The guy I learned from in a small shop started in the late 30s and would just amaze me on the things he could do.
Now they have kids punch in numbers on a plasma cutter, match up the stickers and you have your parts.
Not allot of us left that can build parts in the field and I am very honored to know how.
If you are up there reading this Paul I hope I am making you proud.

I know what you mean, but on a heavier scale. I used to do layout in a steel fab shop. Square to round transistion (offset two ways) was a blast to do. I used to do a lot of weird and odd transistions, just in 1/4" and heavier plate. No light sheet metal. Now it is all done with computers and a plasma table.

 

Retired May 31 this year. Trade stocks to keep busy.

Sold all my equipment except for hand tools. Miss having a MIG. Found out through the years that you can build ANYTHING if you have a welder, cutting torch, Sawzall, hand grinder and a good set of files. Never have owned an air compressor, lathe or drill press. Have done dozens of engine swaps, frame clips and engine builds with basic tools. Designed and built an independent front suspension from scratch. Had zero bump steer through 9 1/2" of travel with 3 1/2 degrees of camber gain at full bump. Did it just to see if I could.

Owned and operated a courier business and a credit reporting agency for over 20 years. Started 'em from scratch. Had 16 people working for me during the late 80's and through the 90's. Courier business went down with 9-11. Sold the credit reporting agency last year.

Have buried 6 dogs and divorced 3 women. Miss the dogs.

Renting half the house from ex#3. Works out well.

Named my vibrator Sheila.