You know you are a Hobby-Machinist when....

Liking the smell of cutting oil is the mark of a hobbiest machinist. A Pro is used to the TASTE also.:))
 
When you have your garage door open and everyone who walks by has to do a double take because they have no idea what all of those big grey things are inside. Yet they won`t ask. Life in suburbia.
 
You put a broken drill shank back in the index because you don't want any open holes. Finding an open hole would result in an intensive search of the shop looking to find that missing drill that you forgot to put away.
 
When a tow truck shows up at you're house not to tow a car but to lift you're next piece of equipment out of truck. And you're neighbors look but think its normal


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You grumble about finding a way to stiffen up the column on your mini-mill some more and your wife says "Viagra?", chuckles to herself and walks away shaking her head. Happened this morning...
 
ric686 said:
You grumble about finding a way to stiffen up the column on your mini-mill some more and your wife says "Viagra?", chuckles to herself and walks away shaking her head. Happened this morning...
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Viagra pills stuffed inside the column? Sounds expensive :biggrin:
 
You know you are a Hobby-Machinist when....

… when you add Loctite to Ikea furniture screws (just done that).
 
When you clean out your pockets at the end of the day and there are 2 10-32 set screws, a cotter pin, 2 3/8-16 hex nuts, and a #29 drill. You then put them in dedicated jar on your dresser beside the loose change jar. Oh by the way, your wife accepts it as normal!
 
hdskip said:
When you clean out your pockets at the end of the day and there are 2 10-32 set screws, a cotter pin, 2 3/8-16 hex nuts, and a #29 drill. You then put them in dedicated jar on your dresser beside the loose change jar. Oh by the way, your wife accepts it as normal!
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A #7 drill is common in my pockets too!
 
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