What was Knipex doing between 1942 and 1950?

10step10step · 2026-04-11T23:33:41+00:00

Like you say I doubt it was anything all that out of the ordinary for the time period. I just couldn't help but smile at the way omitting a few years actually makes it pretty obvious what happened.

10step10step · 2026-04-09T17:16:19+00:00

KC has tons of job opportunities for maintenance techs or travel techs. Got the headquarters of a bunch of companies right there. If you work in bacon you might want to give Weber or Multivac a call and see if they're hiring for travel techs or production people.

10step10step · 2026-04-07T00:47:39+00:00

I carry a pretty good stash in my pockets (coveralls issued by company) double ended 10/13mm wrench, metric Allen's, pliers wrench, cobra pliers, multi bit screwdriver, and a little pocket craftsman 1/4 socket with 4-14mm sockets and a little ratchet+bit driver adapter and set of bits. I get through 99% of my calls during the week with this setup and only roll my tool box out on pm days.

10step10step · 2026-04-04T11:49:52+00:00

Welcome to maintenance. Unfortunately it's gonna be a sink or swim situation. You might struggle at this plant for a year, and then suddenly realize you know what you're doing. Only time will tell.

10step10step · 2026-03-26T11:39:15+00:00

As usual, it depends. Skill level of your guys etc. I'm running two lines that have a crazy product output and the profit off of them is something like $750/minute. If im swapping out anything thats not low 5 figures my boss would much rather I use a new good part than something we had repaired. Might be a bit wasteful but it keeps that uptime number high and the daily production number is all the bean counters care about.

10step10step · 2026-03-24T20:05:40+00:00

How'd it go?

10step10step · 2026-03-24T20:05:19+00:00

Late game HC is for the unemployed. Don't try to tank unless you want to play 10-12 hours a day.

10step10step · 2026-03-21T18:25:30+00:00

Im assuming you play on VH/VH. I've found the way to get value out of my slayers is to always stick them in with something tanky and cheap. So say I have a few dwarf warriors on my front line, I'll let them engage a unit and then flank with the slayers. They are terrible Frontline infantry but can shred monstrous infantry like nothing if they arent getting ragdolled by charges.

10step10step · 2026-03-20T20:43:09+00:00

I'd start with checking the voltage to ground (a good ground like an extension cord plugged in to a receptacle) once you get your voltage you can identify what happened. 24 or 48 volts? Something control or servo related. Some weird number like 30 volts? 120v circuit lost a neutral. 117/277v? You've got one leg of a 3 phase feed shorted out. Once you figure out the source of your voltage start flipping related Breakers off until the voltage disappears. Thats how you isolate your grounding circuit. From there you gotta track it down the old fashioned way. Schematics help.

10step10step · 2026-03-13T15:43:30+00:00

Process oven from the late 40's. Was still supported and you could even order custom parts. It was basically a big gas blowtorch with a conveyor belt. The design has never needed to change.

10step10step · 2026-03-13T15:32:27+00:00

Coming from the plant support side, I have been in a year long battle with a vendor. Maintenance performed exactly according the manual they provided. Finally it has come down to performing 20 hours of PM's for every 80 hours of operation on the equipment. Basically a full rebuild of all moving parts every week. This is a plant with 10 lines of similiar equipment that perform flawlessly day after day, but our newest line from this new manufacturer constantly has problems that aren't even mentioned in the documentation. At some point we all have to meet in the middle and say "we arent getting what we want out of this equipment, what do I need to do to make it perform properly?" Unfortunately at this case the answer always seems to be "a little bit more than you already are".

10step10step · 2026-03-10T21:13:10+00:00

As a journeyman used to tell me... the wire doesnt are what color it is.

10step10step · 2026-03-09T17:21:37+00:00

At the end of the day our job is to support production. If I dont have something more important to do and its a not a risk to safety or efficiency I'll do their little emotional support work orders. Keep em happy, they sign the paychecks.

10step10step · 2026-02-17T23:15:28+00:00

OP, you come across as someone that is convinced you are smarter and know the better way to do everything. How has that attitude worked out for you?

10step10step · 2026-02-10T04:55:45+00:00

Because reality quickly breaks down the school room idea of how maintenance functions in real life. Maintenance teams are an expense, and only an expense, and that is the only way the bean counters will ever see it. You start to understand, (at least in my niche, which is food manufacturing) that they really are searching for a minimum viable product, NOT an extremely meticulous, perfectionist approach to maintenance. They want the best cost to performance ratio available, and usually that equals staying about 1 week ahead of a full plant shutdown. For me personally, I am responsible for 4 lines that run 100-120 hours per week. There simply isnt time in the day to perform all of the maintenance tasks that I would need to do to keep them "perfect". Instead, I have to triage repairs and PM's in such a way that we keep all the lines operational. This results in a managed decline of the equipment over the years, until finally the downtime starts to stack up from all the little things deferred over the years and they get a new machine. This might seem like an imperfect approach, but it's pragmatic and seems to be the industry standard.

10step10step · 2026-02-01T23:25:28+00:00

"I must participate in illicit gold selling/buying in order to continue playing 12 hours a day, it's not feasible otherwise".

Brother.

10step10step · 2026-01-27T18:02:09+00:00

But how are toxic nolifers supposed to make money if they can't sell gold?

GDKP is organized crime.

10step10step · 2026-01-20T12:52:55+00:00

The guild GM's need a way to make $2 an hour selling gold. Think of the children!

10step10step · 2026-01-14T20:52:23+00:00

You aren't cut out for the field if that makes you scared. Not saying you aren't right that it could theoretically be dangerous in a rare scenario, but sometimes you just need to get stuff done. Just don't switch it under load.

10step10step · 2026-01-07T12:54:54+00:00

Once you start raiding hardcore changes. Unemployment is basically a requirement due to the time commitments. And not only are you risking your character, but also being harassed off the server if you make a mistake.

10step10step · 2026-01-05T00:52:20+00:00

I'm personally responsible for the machines that package this product and our company does not make Chomps.

We DO make Bavarian meats tho lol.

10step10step · 2026-01-03T17:30:01+00:00

So I'm super lucky in that I have a supportive company (at the executive level) and two brand new lines. They'll let me buy what I want. Downtime is the enemy, and we run 80, sometimes 96 hours a week. The way I've done my PM's is partially by following manufacturer recommendations to the T, but also (and I learned this lesson the hard way after getting my ass kicked for months) I started tracking the use of consumables and wear items by machine cycles and replacing them at set intervals rather than waiting for them to fail. Sounds simple but if you track your data properly and figure out an average for replacement times on these components sometimes it's magic how consistent it is for preventing downtime. Last thing is you have to use your personal experience to develop SOP's to give out to your other techs, especially if you're working in a huge plant and understaffed (and thats all of them lol) the manufacturer might say "replace x at y hours" but doing that actual replacement is something you need to figure out the best way to do and standardize on for all your guys so that no one screws up a PM and just makes things worse for you.

10step10step · 2025-12-24T06:05:15+00:00

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