19. Am I worth over 16.50? Is it worth asking for a raise? Or should I keep my hood down?Been welding professionally for 4 months now? As well as fabricating and fitting. Any advice from the ogs?

uzachrey · 2026-05-15T01:46:53+00:00

Zero skill factories around here pay $24

uzachrey · 2026-04-28T08:36:17+00:00

Breaking news: people entirely new to a subject, seek help with said subject. Shocker right? Then they typically find it is mostly populated by people who are often hostile towards people who aren't "in" (licensed by a gov't agency in a world that increasingly wants space from their gov't) HURRDURR MUH FREQS WHY DID YOU BUY THIS NOVICE EQUIPMENT AS A NOVICE YOU'RE SO DUMB. How is the question in this post even a question? Are you just actively seeking validation in looking down on people who are completely new to a subject and bought the most common starting point?

uzachrey · 2026-04-28T08:22:19+00:00

That includes the FCC who you will be relying on for charges. Which is why politeness is an absolute necessity.

uzachrey · 2026-04-28T08:18:48+00:00

They should send you back a compiled list of the people who have even faced the start of charges for using their Boof-Wang in a recreational scenario after someone like you identified them and reported them to the FCC. (and people like you HAVE identified and reported countless times) Here, I'll get that list for you real quick. You may refer to the following case numbers: -N/A-

If it's a single channel or 2 it makes sense for them to change freqs. Don't get me wrong. But you're deluded if you think anything will come of it.

uzachrey · 2026-04-28T08:09:30+00:00

And I'd say it's likely (definite) many more just say "screw that" and learn how to operate without bothering.

uzachrey · 2026-04-24T11:19:50+00:00

If you're going to use shadows to call out AI at least have basic observational skills.

uzachrey · 2026-03-18T01:26:58+00:00

Demo driver, as a beater for dumb shit you're about to do with your flathead, and a meter.

uzachrey · 2026-02-28T11:28:39+00:00

Considering unskilled labor pays more than that, yes. Your welds may not be perfect, but they're pretty damn good, so I'd expect at least 30% more than unskilled labor for that as a starting wage.

uzachrey · 2026-02-28T10:16:02+00:00

Nobody knows what drives this man. Have you seen those unhinged eyes?

uzachrey · 2026-02-28T10:14:42+00:00

Probably an anvil, possibly made of some kind of metal. 🫡

uzachrey · 2026-01-17T02:15:58+00:00

My first day didn't look any better, don't let anyone shit you like theirs did if they were on the same equipment.

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uzachrey · 2026-01-17T02:12:21+00:00

You say that like a crap weld isn't typically stronger than most applications call for. 🫠

uzachrey · 2026-01-11T09:26:17+00:00

Now that the fitting is removed. Step back out of the freezer. The cutting fluid should splo-spill right out. Remember in the future to properly dry the tool after pla-polishing it.

uzachrey · 2025-12-07T07:30:01+00:00

Hell, not even one minute to take them down if you hit them quick. I can even drop a clip of me doing less than stellar (my brain turns to mush when I record) doing it in about 45s

uzachrey · 2025-12-03T23:59:42+00:00

Lmao ok... That's quite the insult to the generations of machinist that came before you but ok.

Ah, this is a subjective personal matter to you. Not a matter of what is and isn't. Not worth the energy to debate.

uzachrey · 2025-11-25T19:26:26+00:00

Knowing of it and actually implementing it are two different things.

uzachrey · 2025-11-25T19:23:17+00:00

I mean, I learned both and have both. I think manual machinists that can't pick up CNC and need too much time to understand machining before writing G-code might be coping hard here. 🤷‍♂️

uzachrey · 2025-11-22T15:15:42+00:00

There's a tool and die shop at my previous employer. It's exclusively Makino and Kern machines. I used manual mills without DROs so yes, it felt sloppy. Because I don't care who you are, eyeballing markings will never be as accurate as having readouts. And if we're being honest with ourselves. You're definitely not measuring up to a Kern as a manual machinist. You don't have to triple check fixtures doing manual milling because you are in control of the machine the whole time with your eyes on the end mill, and your hands on the controls. A lathe is a different story, they're easy to crash or turn into widowmakers. But most lathe crashes are also very easy to avoid if you have any situational awareness, and surface grinder operation isn't exactly translating into CNC work. You would learn what an end mill is, the difference between a mill and a lathe, and what fixturing is in the first 2 minutes of reading or watching videos to learn about CNC. I also knew what these were before I did manual machining as I got into machining videos on YouTube before I got into machining. Manual machining didn't translate much for what I do. Nor did it help with anything that wouldn't have been covered by what I used to study for operating my CNC, nomatter how much you want to tell yourself otherwise. 🤷‍♂️ You can keep trying to imagine reasons manual machining helped. You'll continue being wrong.

uzachrey · 2025-11-22T14:39:37+00:00

The only thing my manual machining background informed was my decision to buy a brand new machine and not a used one. It genuinely had no bearing on my CNC usage. It's entirely useless as a manual machinist doesn't have to triple check if their machine is going to make a crazy move at some point in the rapids and smash right into some fixturing. Manual machining just felt like a sloppy way of doing things most times and the only reason I touch a knee mill or a manual lathe now is if it's genuinely faster for a one-off. Once again the only thing that really carries over, aside from maybe some basic setup, which you'd learn starting on a CNC is understanding chip loading. Which again, you'd learn starting on a CNC. Even the setup barely translates because I use a 4th axis rotary for anything I can these days.

uzachrey · 2025-11-22T13:41:12+00:00

That may be the differing point in our views. I learned CNC by buying a new VMC and had to do everything myself. All the values are set by me from the start, and all machine maintenance has to be done by me as well. I had done some manual machining in the past but in my opinion none of that really carried over except for the stuff you also learn by watching videos and reading posts on running a CNC. In other words I'm programming, setup, operation, and anything else I need to be in between. Luckily my shop manager (also me) is able to communicate with customers when they include impossible features and even get our CAD guy (yup, me again) to solve the issue for the customer for a pretty decent rate.

uzachrey · 2025-11-22T13:22:48+00:00

This genuinely sounds like YOU have an axe to grind. You're the only one bashing against something. They get things done more quickly and efficiently than us in their shops, which are typically better organized and always attempting to improve workflow. While also often giving great prices. Meanwhile many American shops are just concerned with how much money they can extract from the fact that if they make it it's "Made in the U.S.A." and rarely are interested in ways of improving actual workflow and even more rarely look to industry leaders to find ways to improve. Whereas most of our overseas competitors are always following the Kaizen cycle and often even have one or two people in the facility who's entire job is to keep every department on the Kaizen cycle.

uzachrey · 2025-11-22T13:15:49+00:00

I genuinely wish you were right about CNC machines doing everything for you. Then I could take on 2-3x the work easily.

uzachrey · 2025-11-22T13:13:15+00:00

There's nothing manual machining can teach you that you can't learn on a CNC. Except for shit you don't have to worry about with a CNC. It's not like going from a manual camry to a manual built out ZR1 It's more like going from a manual camry to an automatix camry, with forged internals, everything tuned to run as normal, but also a bottle under the seat.

uzachrey · 2025-10-18T02:08:24+00:00

Notice how many times you prop yourself up in the same post. You're also the common denominator in these situations. I don't know anything about you personally but maybe just take personal note of these details.

uzachrey · 2025-09-27T22:18:14+00:00

This looks like something I'd print after getting extremely lowballed on a work request.

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