My sexy toolbox

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:40 am

Four of us share this toolbox at the test cell. Pratt & Whitney requested that we use black oxide coated tools from now on, so we had to buy all new stuff. By we I mean the company, no cost to us!

Zim · Post by **Zim** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:46 am

A place for everything...

Why the black oxide request?

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:49 am

Zim wrote:A place for everything...

Why the black oxide request?

They don't want chrome plating chipping off and getting into bearing areas. Sounds silly to me but whatev. Hey, free new tools! They're a bitch to find when you drop them in the dark though.

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:55 am

The problem is all that form fitted foam keeps you from happily tossing your tools in the drawers at the end of the day. Scrap that shit and introduce a little chaos.

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:55 am

Bigshankhank wrote:The problem is all that form fitted foam keeps you from happily tossing your tools in the drawers at the end of the day. Scrap that shit and introduce a little chaos.

Every tool needs to be accounted for before we can fire up the engines.

piccini9 · Post by **piccini9** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 6:57 am

Every tool needs to be accounted for before we can fire up the engines.

Gee, I can't understand why.
Really, what could possibly go wrong?

Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 7:05 am

Groove wrote:
Bigshankhank wrote:The problem is all that form fitted foam keeps you from happily tossing your tools in the drawers at the end of the day. Scrap that shit and introduce a little chaos.
Every tool needs to be accounted for before we can fire up the engines.

What are ya, a doctor? Ok, maybe that's a bad example...

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:14 am

Bigshankhank wrote:
Groove wrote:
Bigshankhank wrote:The problem is all that form fitted foam keeps you from happily tossing your tools in the drawers at the end of the day. Scrap that shit and introduce a little chaos.
Every tool needs to be accounted for before we can fire up the engines.
What are ya, a doctor? Ok, maybe that's a bad example...

2.8 million dollar Pratt & Whitney GG8 industrial turbine. This one was put into service to stop the rolling blackouts on the island of St. Thomas. I begged them to let me come install it, but they already had a field service dude in place.

xaos · Post by **xaos** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:47 am

Groove wrote:
Bigshankhank wrote:
Groove wrote:
Bigshankhank wrote:The problem is all that form fitted foam keeps you from happily tossing your tools in the drawers at the end of the day. Scrap that shit and introduce a little chaos.
Every tool needs to be accounted for before we can fire up the engines.
What are ya, a doctor? Ok, maybe that's a bad example...

2.8 million dollar Pratt & Whitney GG8 industrial turbine. This one was put into service to stop the rolling blackouts on the island of St. Thomas. I begged them to let me come install it, but they already had a field service dude in place.

wow, that's really keen, groove

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:05 am

I wish I got to do the destructive testing on some of these. They rarely fail catastrophically.

This was blown up on purpose:

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Bigshankhank · Post by **Bigshankhank** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:24 am

Holy Fuck! OK, I believe you, keep the tools organized.

Rabbit_Fighter · Post by **Rabbit_Fighter** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:29 am

SomeMook · Post by **SomeMook** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 9:41 am

Groove is the only person I know that has a blast door at work.

12ci · Post by **12ci** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:31 pm

Groove wrote: They don't want chrome plating chipping off and getting into bearing areas..

has that happened ?

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 12:36 pm

12ci wrote:
Groove wrote: They don't want chrome plating chipping off and getting into bearing areas..
has that happened ?

In some engineers imagination perhaps. They like making us jump through hoops, makes 'em feel important.

goose · Post by **goose** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:08 pm

Can't hassel new tools! Looks jangleplatz!

thack · Post by **thack** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 1:53 pm

so...
what did you do with the old tools?
you took them home, i hope?
i would feel very bad if they were wasted.
if they're looking for a home, you can ship them to me and i'll find a nice home for them.

Sisyphus · Post by **Sisyphus** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 2:00 pm

You're not missing anything re the St. Thomas thing. It's a shit-hole. We in the trade refer to it as Mordor.

MATPOC · Post by **MATPOC** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 4:39 pm

BackDoorBarbie wrote:
thack wrote:so...
what did you do with the old tools?
you took them home, i hope?
i would feel very bad if they were wasted.
if they're looking for a home, you can ship them to me and i'll find a nice home for them.
this is why me and thack get along, this was the first thought i had

Me too, I was about to call Pattio and see if he wants to got for a ride up north...

Groove · Post by **Groove** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 5:50 pm

The "old" tools have been taken care of, sorry.

motorpsycho67 · Post by **motorpsycho67** » Tue Sep 21, 2010 8:41 pm

I heart industrial finish tools.

Pattio · Post by **Pattio** » Wed Sep 22, 2010 4:32 am

None. None more black.

Shhted · Post by **Shhted** » Tue Sep 28, 2010 7:29 pm

Sisyphus wrote:You're not missing anything re the St. Thomas thing. It's a shit-hole. We in the trade refer to it as Mordor.

My Bro-In-Law is a bartender in Mordor.

DarkMistress · Post by **DarkMistress** » Wed Sep 29, 2010 6:30 pm

Is your tool a Snap-On? heheh....I can't help it, the name "Snap-On" always makes me think something pervy.

Thems mighty big tools. But what are "dog bones" and "dikes"?

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My sexy toolbox

My sexy toolbox