How long you been in the trade?

[Okie Sparky]

Later on I discovered we had engineered a few code violations into our light, but it served us well for at least a year.

So you're also an engineer.:grin:

 

[ohm]

So you're also an engineer.:grin:

I've been accused of that (and other things) but really only a designer. Maurice

 

[genesparky]

Full time since 1985, part time since 1979.

 

[electricalperson]

ok i got my 1/2 star drill and tried to use it. didnt have a drilling hammer at my house so i used a regular claw hammer. i got in about a quater inch before i gave up. probably wont be that bad with the drilling hammer. its a 5 lb hammer so it should pulverize that concrete

how many people still use star drills?

i should buy a 1/4 inch star drill to keep in my tool box. thats the mostly used size masonary bit. i use it for plastic anchors. sometimes i dont have a bit or the bit breaks or batteries die. sometimes old fashioned way is the only way to do it.

 

[resistance]

Good to see we have some 30-40 year vets.! Now I can further brag that I'm getting the best help when I want it :wink:

 

[cschmid]

Used too?:-?

Some of you guys don't venture out of the city enough.

I love it..I grow beef and raise a garden..some of us maybe do not venture to the city much..

now cow your garden is not a cash crop is it..

 

[LarryFine]

I grow beef and raise a garden..

Wouldn't that be raising beef and growing a garden?

 

[billsnuff]

Wouldn't that be raising beef and growing a garden?

maybe where your from, but........

not in these parts.

 

[KevinVost]

ok i got my 1/2 star drill and tried to use it. didnt have a drilling hammer at my house so i used a regular claw hammer. i got in about a quater inch before i gave up. probably wont be that bad with the drilling hammer. its a 5 lb hammer so it should pulverize that concrete

how many people still use star drills?

i should buy a 1/4 inch star drill to keep in my tool box. thats the mostly used size masonary bit. i use it for plastic anchors. sometimes i dont have a bit or the bit breaks or batteries die. sometimes old fashioned way is the only way to do it.

The first holes in concrete I every drilled was with a star bit. The foreman let me pound away for hours drilling holes. I was a good apprentice and didn't question why I wasn't using the rotohammer. Later that day he gave me a Hilti to use with this bit of knowledge - "if you break that Hilti, you'll be using the star bit for the rest of your apprenticeship, so respect and care for your tools."

BTW - I still have the first Hilti I ever got, a 20+ year old drill that still works great, with the addition of a new cord :grin:.

 

[ohm]

The first holes in concrete I every drilled was with a star bit. The foreman let me pound away for hours drilling holes. I was a good apprentice and didn't question why I wasn't using the rotohammer. Later that day he gave me a Hilti to use with this bit of knowledge - "if you break that Hilti, you'll be using the star bit for the rest of your apprenticeship, so respect and care for your tools."

BTW - I still have the first Hilti I ever got, a 20+ year old drill that still works great, with the addition of a new cord :grin:.

Love it! Maurice

 

[electriciansnet]

I'm a 22 or 23 year helper!

 

[walkerj]

The first holes in concrete I every drilled was with a star bit. The foreman let me pound away for hours drilling holes. I was a good apprentice and didn't question why I wasn't using the rotohammer. Later that day he gave me a Hilti to use with this bit of knowledge - "if you break that Hilti, you'll be using the star bit for the rest of your apprenticeship, so respect and care for your tools."

BTW - I still have the first Hilti I ever got, a 20+ year old drill that still works great, with the addition of a new cord :grin:.

That is similar to the lessons my slave-driver taught me:grin:

Guys get REALLY spoiled when they can "cheat" with power tools early on.

 

[boboelectric]

I had my first toolbelt stolen about 1978.

 

[SEO]

When I started my apprenticeship the shop that I worked for didn't have any kind of hammer drill let alone a rotary hammer. I remember one job out in the country that we had to make a hole thru about 12 inches of concrete into a well house. We had a guy that worked with us that wanted to use his 30.06 to blow a hole thru. He said that while in Germany in world war II they shot holes in a lot of concrete. I wanted to witness the event but my boss wouldn't listen to him. That was about 43 years ago.

 

[ohm]

When I started my apprenticeship the shop that I worked for didn't have any kind of hammer drill let alone a rotary hammer. I remember one job out in the country that we had to make a hole thru about 12 inches of concrete into a well house. We had a guy that worked with us that wanted to use his 30.06 to blow a hole thru. He said that while in Germany in world war II they shot holes in a lot of concrete. I wanted to witness the event but my boss wouldn't listen to him. That was about 43 years ago.

My shooting club wanted to drill some drain holes in the 50 gal. trash cans. All we did was tape a target to them and it was fun!

 

[R Bob]

Anyone remember solid TW in cardboard boxes?
Remember the first time you pulled stranded THHN?
30+years

WOW, haven't thought about that in years!

1974 for me, about 35 years.

 

[cschmid]

Wouldn't that be raising beef and growing a garden?

LMAO I was having a blonde moment

 

[SEO]

What I find interesting about this poll is there no replies for 1 to 2 years in trade.

 

[LarryFine]

What I find interesting about this poll is there no replies for 1 to 2 years in trade.

There is now. Hop in. :smile:

 

[480sparky]

What I find interesting about this poll is there no replies for 1 to 2 years in trade.

My guess: At that point, it's just a job with a paycheck. Why spend time online at a forum learning more about your job when you can be driving around with a thumpy-thump stereo IMing all your buddies?