Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 (edited) 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bob said: Circle square, board stretcher, wood welder, 8/16 wrench, the apprentice is smart if they bring you a 1/2”, tube of elbow grease, conduit stretcher, left hand screwdriver, wire stretcher”doesn’t work if your on a farm” , bag of amps or ohms, replacement bubble for the level. That’s about all I can remember While in an 81mm mortar platoon, we sent newbies to the armory for a baseplate jack. In the Air Wing, sending them to the Tool Room for 100 feet of flightline or a bucket of propwash was common. Edited February 19, 2023 by Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 4 2 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 3 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said: Circle square, board stretcher, wood welder, 8/16 wrench, the apprentice is smart if they bring you a 1/2”, tube of elbow grease, conduit stretcher, left hand screwdriver, wire stretcher”doesn’t work if your on a farm” , bag of amps or ohms, replacement bubble for the level. That’s about all I can remember Since it was the phone company, we'd send em for a bucket of dial tone once in a while. Once opened a manhole and told the newbie to yell into it so we could figure out where the conduits went. It's hilarious to watch someone on their knees in the road yelling "hello" into the hole! 2 4 Quote
Chickasaw Bill SASS #70001 Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 had some folks try to send me for stuff , when they did , I just took a long break , while getting paid CB 2 2 Quote
John Kloehr Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 Metric crescent wrench... But I actually have one 3 1 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 18 minutes ago, John Kloehr said: Metric crescent wrench... But I actually have one Is it the left-handed version? 5 Quote
John Kloehr Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 47 minutes ago, Subdeacon Joe said: Is it the left-handed version? No, but I cheat and turn it over when I have to undo the nut on a toilet flush handle. I know, right tool for the job and all that, but it is a plastic part and rarely need to do this, so I get away with it. 2 4 Quote
Sixgun Seamus Posted February 19, 2023 Posted February 19, 2023 6 hours ago, Buckshot Bob said: Circle square, board stretcher, wood welder, 8/16 wrench, the apprentice is smart if they bring you a 1/2”, tube of elbow grease, conduit stretcher, left hand screwdriver, wire stretcher”doesn’t work if your on a farm” , bag of amps or ohms, replacement bubble for the level. That’s about all I can remember Metric only Crescent wrench. 3 1 Quote
Cypress Sun Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 2 hours ago, John Kloehr said: Metric crescent wrench... But I actually have one My gal and I went to Home Depot to get some metric threaded bolts which we found easily. She then told me that she needed some metric washers to go with them but didn't see any. I told her to ask the HD guy that was there in hardware and stood behind her, trying not to laugh, while she asked him. He looked at her for a second and then at me while I'm grinning like a loon. He tried to play along but couldn't...he started laughing, I started laughing...she wasn't laughing. It's now a joke between us. Anytime I go to HD, she'll ask me to pick up some metric washers. 2 4 Quote
Sgt. C.J. Sabre, SASS #46770 Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 10 minutes ago, Cypress Sun said: It's now a joke between us. Anytime I go to HD, she'll ask me to pick up some metric washers. I don't know about that, as off size as most washers seem to be, I think they're selling Metric washers LABELED as SAE. 1 1 2 Quote
Linn Keller, SASS 27332, BOLD 103 Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 Bucket of prop wash, can of blinker fluid, two hundred meters of flight line 3 2 Quote
Injun Ryder, SASS #36201L Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 1 hour ago, Buckshot Bear said: In the very early days of 3-D CAD systems, I was training at a GE Calma facility. As a joke, the trainer and I worked on the above drawing and were able to print out the results. This baffled the other students as they could not figure out how a 3-D system was able to do this. (We created 2-D drawings and merged them into a 3-D space so that it appeared to be 3-D. If anyone tried to manipulate the model, it would have been obvious but we just presented the printout.) 4 Quote
Sedalia Dave Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 14 hours ago, Eyesa Horg said: Once sent a new guy to the supply window for 20 feet of fallopian tube. The supply girl just laughed. Best one I was ever part of was sending the tool room guy on a quest for a left handed allen wrench so we could remove a bolt with left handed threads. Called ahead to each squadrons tool room supervisor to let them know he was coming. He went to two squadrons, AIMD and GSE before he came back telling us that he couldn't find one. Heard tell of a guy sent to get a padeye wrench. He disappeared for three days before he returned. leading Chief was pissed and had written him up. The Chief almost stroked out when he opened the bag he was carrying and produced a padeye wrench complete with NSN. Turns out that some ships have removable padeyes and the Navy has a special wrench to do the job. Once the Chief had calmed down a little, he found the humor in being bested at his own game. 3 6 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 (edited) 7 hours ago, Sedalia Dave said: The Chief almost stroked out when he opened the bag he was carrying and produced a padeye wrench complete with NSN. Turns out that some ships have removable padeyes and the Navy has a special wrench to do the job. I just had to try to find an image of a padeye wrench (no luck so far, but the day is young). In my search I did find: Quote NSN 2040-01-547-8326, 2040015478326BUNG,OUTPUT END Federal Supply Classification FSC 2040 - Marine Hardware and Hull Items National Item Identification Number NIIN 015478326 Codification Country United States Item Name Code INC 52813 Criticality (Y) This item does not have a nuclear hardened feature but does have other critical feature(s) such as tolerance, fit restriction or application. Hazardous Material Indicator Code (N) There is no data in the HMIRS and the NSN is in an FSC not generally suspected of containing hazardous materials. Naturally, reading the name, my brain instantly went to Joint Chiefs or Congress. Edited February 20, 2023 by Subdeacon Joe 5 Quote
Subdeacon Joe Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 13 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: Who gave you my picture? 5 Quote
Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 15 hours ago, Buckshot Bear said: That ladder is only rated for 250 lbs, he's probably OK, but he shouldn't have any tools with him, that might take him over weight. 2 1 Quote
Eyesa Horg Posted February 20, 2023 Posted February 20, 2023 21 minutes ago, Crooked River Pete, SASS 43485 said: That ladder is only rated for 250 lbs, he's probably OK, but he shouldn't have any tools with him, that might take him over weight. That's why he doesn't have his tape measure. 1 4 Quote
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