OT/Your favorite Machine shop "Pearls of Wisdom"

[davonmfg]

The boss may not always be right, but the boss is always the boss

[Ryeker]

Quoted lots in the Toolrooms of the UK...

 

Never mind the size.... Just look at the finish..!

 

[Kenneth Potter]

Operator.......Hey I ran scrap

 

Dupervisor,,, I mean Supervisor..........Did you make prodution

[Mark Lovelace]

Rule #1: Don't f*@# up.

[smirob]

Here's one I have on my desk:

 

GREAT people talk about ideas.

AVERAGE people talk about thigs.

SMALL people talk about other people.

 

-Rob

[smirob]

Let's try it again and pay attention to spelling, oops!

 

GREAT people talk about ideas.

AVERAGE people talk about things.

SMALL people talk about other people.

DIMM people who type to fast, make mistakes

 

-Rob

[bryan.davis]

Measure it with a micrometer

Mark it with a greas pen

Cut it with an axe

[TheePres]

I have 2:

"The Last 10% of a project, takes up 90% of the Time".

 

"Machinist's make Better Screws"

[BernieT]

'You can have it:

 

GOOD

FAST

CHEAP

 

Pick any two!"

 

BerTau

[Scott Bond]

The helper on a train has the

same job as apprentice machinist.

 

I have to wash, and wax the engine.

I must grease the entire train.

I fill the tanks with water.

I cut all the wood, and stack it.

I start the fire, and constantly stoke it.

I am not allowed to look out the

window to navigate,or stir .

You know I can't even blow the Whistle.

But if the D@mm thing jumps the tracks,

just see who catches H@LL.

[BernieT]

Hey Scott, great topic. LOL

 

BerTau

[Scott Bond]

If anything can go right,it will,

at the best possible moment.

 

Bertau , I started laughing about some of these lines on the way home yestureday.

[Thad]

An old Army saying: Beat it to fit, paint it to match.

 

My Grandpa used to say: I cut it off twice and it was still too short!

 

Thad

[chris m]

1) Inspection would fail it, but I know its OK

 

2) Those tolerances on the print aren't what they REALLY need

 

3) We'll hang on to that one until they really need it, that way they won't check it

 

4) Those are lightening holes

[Brent Wilkerson]

"If I can draw it, why can't you make it?"

[Kevin Herzog - Steeplechase Tool]

this one is especially true where i work-

 

"Do you want us to rush the rush job we're rushing now, or rush the rush job you want us to rush, before we rush the rush job we're rushing now, or rush the rush job we were rushing before?"

 

also, i occasionally use-

 

"Don't ask me, I just work here!"

[DangBubba00]

"Weld is your friend."

[Guy Arseneault]

This clock will never be stolen because the employees(sp) are busy watching it.

 

Seen it in a pizza shop.

 

Guy

[lynnz]

On tool life---

 

Run em til the sparks fly.

 

Lynn

[Scott Bond]

Do to the complains of our free service;

there will no longer be any free service.

[DangBubba00]

"The boss's son is an a**hole."

[matt m]

I used to here this one;

"Kid, your job is NOT to make it foolproof

your job is to make it DAMN foolproof, cause they're the ones that will get ya!"

[matt m]

I used to hear not here that one too, sorry about the

brain fade.

[iowajim62]

Hello all,

 

Another one,the 5 P's.

Proper Planning Prevents P_sspoor Performance

Jim

[McRae]

On the same topic of "Catch Phrases", I once had a calculus professor say the following to indicate something simple...

 

"Knock em down, Row Reduce It, Readem and Weap, as easy as Mother's Milk, so simple your dog could do it!"

 

Sometimes the eloquence is lost on the shop floor guys!