Posted by 135 Fan on October 04, 2010 at 18:40:26 from (68.149.56.30):
Started the new job today but don't know what to think yet. I got the dirtiest ugliest job in the shop. I'm not sure if they figure I'd get it done faster or why I was put on it. The foreman did say they wanted it done fairly quick. I have to extend an old oilfield skid. A guy outside cut the old steel bulding off it and now I have the job to cut it apart and lengthen it as well as trim off all the old stuff that was welded to the checker plate. It's painted and has a bunch of other crap on it that burns. There were some big pipes cut off and an air arc would have perfect to shave them off flush but they don't have one. The bottom flanges of the H-beams are bent up pretty good. How are you supposed to mark out nice square cuts on bent up beams? I got pretty close but what a nasty, dirty job for the first day. I've built a lot of new skids but never extended an old POS skid before. I got several holes in my new coveralls and a couple burns from slag blowing back. If I do a good job, I hope I don't get stuck doing the next one. I'll have see how it goes for the rest of the week. The shop is less than 2 years old but looks like it hasn't had a good clean up for 5 years. It would be nice if they at least cleaned the walls and floor in the lunch room, which isn't even big enough for everyone. Only about 10 guys in the shop but half eat their lunch in the shop. It is a job but I'm undecided yet if it's a good job and 10 hours is a long shift for sure.
Of interesting note is that foreman said the skid had to be lengthened 2 ft. but when he brought the blueprint over, I pointed out the skid had to lenghtened 4 ft. The first thing he told me in the morning was to measure the skid. I said 20 ft. and he said 2 ft. had to be added. Even when the blueprint said 24 ft. overall, he said 2 ft. had to be added. I don't know if he had brain fart or what. Dave
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