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[Krazeehorse]

Sometimes you meet someone and you know from the very first moment you want to spend the rest of your life without them.

 

[Krazeehorse]

The only thing I can think of asking is...WHY!!!!!!!!!!!

Flaming bagpipes are easier to shoot in the dark.

 

[gm280]

I guess they will get to the fishing spot first every time...and I wonder if their water pumps are working...lol I wonder if that is their trolling speed...

 

[redneck joe]

only thing I can think of asking is WHY NOT?!?!?!?

 

[gm280]

As the saying goes; there is someone for everyone out there...

 

[WIMUSKY]

I guess they will get to the fishing spot first every time...and I wonder if their water pumps are working...lol I wonder if that is their trolling speed...

Perfect for musky trolling......

 

[redneck joe]

for the cat lovers

 

[gm280]

If you fish, you may like this video...

 

[redneck joe]

I totally love how its made.

 

[WIMUSKY]

Love that show. What fascinates me more than what is being made, but the machines that make the products...

 

[dwco5051]

Love that show. What fascinates me more than what is being made, but the machines that make the products...

I am the same way. I can waste hours on you tube watching a big log turned into lumber in a computer controlled sawmill. I watched that fishing line video and all I could think of is that I would hate to be the person that has to fix the machine when it went south. Heck, I have spent a whole afternoon trying to find why the knot tier on a 40 year old hay baler isn't making knots but breaking the twine.

 

[southkogs]

Love that show. What fascinates me more than what is being made, but the machines that make the products...

I get lost in the same thing. I got to visit a client a couple of years ago that makes the machines for weaving carpet ... absolutely fascinating machine set.

 

[gm280]

I have to say, what really impressed me was the number of those weaving machines in that one factory AND how long it took to make the line. Very time consuming and that is with high speed machined doing it. Can't even imagine humans doing that how long that would take...

 

[redneck joe]

Last summer, I took a brief job at a plant here in my small town - they make headliner and door panels for several models of Nissan, VW and Toyota. I was in the 'cage' aka the hardware store and had a lot of interactions wiht the maint techs. A few times I walked around with them, pretty cool.

 

[southkogs]

Back when I was a kid, we got to tour Ford Glass House, Rouge Steel (now AK Steel, I think), and the Dearborn Assembly Plant. I think they assemble trucks there now, but when I went it was the Mustang and Capri lines. I was pretty jaw dropped the whole tour.

 

[gm280]

Well if we are talking plant tours, my oldest son works in upper management for Frito-Lay here in our area. It is the biggest plant in America and soon to be the world. Talk about snack manufacturing... You have never enjoyed any snack product until you eat them fresh out of the ovens and fryers. Beyond amazing! But of course like any snack food or candy manufacturer, they allow their employees all they want to eat daily, but it has to be eaten in the lunch areas and not taken out of the plant. But about a week of that, and most don't want anymore freebie snack foods.

Same with Hersey Chocolate factory. We toured that place as well. The smell was amazing and they also allow the employees to eat their products. But again after only a week or so and the employees don't want any freebies.

But those two plants will certainly open up your eyes seeing how much products they make and sell 24/7/365. You can't even imagine the tons and tons of chips that plant ships daily. Staggering unthinkable amounts. You can't see from one end to the other in the massive storage area of their products that gets filled and emptied every single day.

 

[dingbat]

Back when I was a kid, we got to tour Ford Glass House, Rouge Steel (now AK Steel, I think), and the Dearborn Assembly Plant.

Rouge Steel is now Cleveland Cliffs

One of my first automation projects was in the Ford glass house. Still support equipment at Cleveland Cliffs

 

[jbcurt00]

In late 1983 or early 84, I think, may have been early 83, I toured the design, build & test facility at GE Appliance Park in Louisville, KY, that developed the injection presses for Pontiac Fiero plastic body panels.

The machines that make the production machines/tech is also impressive.

GE design/build is also affiliated w a large facility in downtown Louisville that allows individuals and any size company access to state of the art equipment to produce whatever they want. Rapid prototyping, small scall 3D printing, laser etch, water/laser cutting equipment, CAD. Plus provide access to professionals in that segment of deaign/build and volunteer advisors in those fields. I think its called MAKE, but I'll have to check.

EDIT: It may have chabged names or I remembered it wrong, FirstBuild (1B) is the place

Home - FirstBuild

At FirstBuild, we invent what's next through the home through co-creation with our global community and in our free Louisville, KY makerspace.

firstbuild.com

 

[redneck joe]

Well if we are talking plant tours, my oldest son works in upper management for Frito-Lay here in our area. It is the biggest plant in America and soon to be the world. Talk about snack manufacturing... You have never enjoyed any snack product until you eat them fresh out of the ovens and fryers. Beyond amazing! But of course like any snack food or candy manufacturer, they allow their employees all they want to eat daily, but it has to be eaten in the lunch areas and not taken out of the plant. But about a week of that, and most don't want anymore freebie snack foods.

Same with Hersey Chocolate factory. We toured that place as well. The smell was amazing and they also allow the employees to eat their products. But again after only a week or so and the employees don't want any freebies.

But those two plants will certainly open up your eyes seeing how much products they make and sell 24/7/365. You can't even imagine the tons and tons of chips that plant ships daily. Staggering unthinkable amounts. You can't see from one end to the other in the massive storage area of their products that gets filled and emptied every single day.

Yeah had a friend that ran a fork at the one here in tn. He said they gave the bad batches to the local pig farmers.

 

[gm280]

Some times the winner is the looser... Enjoy!