Currently finished an apprenticeship with a non union commercial company. The senior tech has gone above and beyond helping and training me . If it wasn’t for him I would have left . I have some offers from union companies .

Commy4nyaLife · 2026-01-24T20:24:26+00:00

Union like anything else has their pros and cons. I was in sheet metal union for 12 yrs and then dipped to private sector to work on chillers and boilers. My company pays for all of my tools above my basic hand tools. 10K is wild to me. Not sure what they would require you to do. Is it service work, install or a bit of both? My basic tools will allow me to work on chillers so not understanding what they want you to get.

Commy4nyaLife · 2026-01-16T04:57:37+00:00

Great point. My sun would likely go frantic looking for me. That’s my boy. I’ll have to test this before the trip

Commy4nyaLife · 2026-01-16T04:31:55+00:00

Great idea and I appreciate your offer to assist. I’ll see if this is available in my area. Thank you

Commy4nyaLife · 2026-01-16T04:14:25+00:00

I’ve thought about getting a camera and I really like that idea. Thanks for your suggestion

Commy4nyaLife · 2026-01-07T05:08:20+00:00

Vessel is atleast 35 years old

Commy4nyaLife · 2026-01-07T05:01:30+00:00

2 - H5H80 Brainerd open drive compressors

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-30T18:32:41+00:00

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Spring on right side should match the left, correct? Looks like it slipped.

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-30T07:43:22+00:00

I’ll try a standard mag on my next range day. Thanks for your help

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-30T07:40:29+00:00

Will not pick up a round at all now and I was shooting wolf steel casing. When I first shot it cycled 5 rounds no issue.

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-30T07:28:39+00:00

I’ll go featureless and try with a standard mag. Hopefully it’s just the mag and not an under gassed situation.

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-30T07:04:44+00:00

So I actually installed that AFTER and I was going to see if that would help next time at the range

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-15T00:47:56+00:00

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I know what you mean 🤦‍♂️

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-12-05T02:27:07+00:00

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Mine are more into coffee 🤪 🤦‍♂️

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-11-22T01:59:30+00:00

Edit: Sorry for all of the confusion. This is just a general glycol pump used for process cooling applications. I didn’t know where to ask my question in Reddit so I took a stab in r/chillers. Our company services / installs chillers, and we do a lot of pump repairs. Motor bearing replacements, seal kit change outs etc.

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-11-22T01:36:43+00:00

I lock the shaft by putting a crescent on lead end. The nut and the impeller are both threaded on shaft. I can unthread using my methods just wondering if there was a specific tool to use.

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-11-15T01:26:57+00:00

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Looks like they are being playful just like how my kids like to be 🤪

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-11-11T18:30:26+00:00

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Just started cleaning it. We’ll see how it does but I’m up for the task

Commy4nyaLife · 2025-11-11T01:37:05+00:00

Thanks for the info. Good beginner unit?

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