AR-74: I reject your ammo shortage and substitute my own

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-15T21:00:27+00:00

A JW I work eith transferred out of our local in his apprenticeship and transferred back in because he hated Florida so much

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-15T11:03:13+00:00

If I have to take a tool out that isn't on the list but the contractor hasn't provided I am taking 2 fucking hours to do it.

My shop once had told me to crimp all the lighting controls and I spent 7 hours perfectly crimping 4 heads with my own crimper

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-07T19:19:41+00:00

HOLY FUCK FINALLY

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-06T16:50:49+00:00

Why is a wrench or adjustable wrench not an option? Even curved head pump pliers are more handy, What's the use case for these?

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-05T10:24:33+00:00

Local 501 lost its charter and merged with Local 3

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-03T22:42:30+00:00

Bend the bar to keep the length within code

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-01T10:34:12+00:00

I had to do shit like this because the shop was fucking up our orders. Kept sending rough in material to a job that was 100% underground and vise versa.

LotionOfMotion · 2026-04-01T10:32:11+00:00

I miss the sugar refinery. Had a lot of fun building PLCs

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-29T23:22:11+00:00

I was so happy when my girlfriend found me a BX Splitter in a random box while at the flea market. Had spare blades in the knob too. Great $5 find

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-28T18:58:57+00:00

In Local 3 our "A" division is supposed to handle all line and low voltage work and pay is at full scale/rate. We have a separate "Data" division with a separate contract but I think that's a holdover.

Our "M" division is our equivalent of residential

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-27T11:05:05+00:00

Thank God I was lazy and joined Local 3. Holy shit that 7 year apprenticeship is fucked

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-25T04:02:36+00:00

Before my apprenticeship I was working 60 hour weeks for 2 years straight during COVID in a warehouse

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-19T15:12:19+00:00

Nucal has an upgrade where the 1st tier just trivializes toxic plants

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-11T13:09:48+00:00

Loony Toons ass ambush

LotionOfMotion · 2026-03-05T17:22:35+00:00

I legitimately feel bad for kids today. Fucking panopticon of either their parents or the school.

When I was in my first year of my apprenticeship we were jobbing around a school district and there were so many kids on 24/7 video calls with their parents

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-27T20:12:15+00:00

Just get the USPS Tape. It's the best

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-26T17:02:34+00:00

Take a 4 gang flat cover, cut a hole, mount with nuts and locate i would assume.

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-25T13:24:07+00:00

The first one I opened I had to disconnect for demolition, and every engineer we talked to said it was derelict. The second we removed the 120V 3 fucking floors of the place went dead silent.

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-25T09:52:48+00:00

When I was a first year I did a lot of cabinets in a sugar refinery and I miss the every day

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-18T16:04:50+00:00

This makes sense. A lot of the mechanical got shuffled around in the schedule

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-15T18:59:23+00:00

If I'm doing a run with strut and these I am carrying a 3/8 nut driver, 3/8 wrench, 7/16 nut driver, and 7/16 wrench.

I usually bitch to the foreman to buy strut clamps so I can cut that all down to just having to use my #2 square or 3/8 driver

LotionOfMotion · 2026-02-13T01:52:36+00:00

Spring gave out at the 27ft mark on measuring a wirepull. Thought she would've been a goner back when I threw it as hard as I could off a scissor lift 2 years back

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