Should I even consider going ELT?

[Motown homey]

I love the sarcastic humor in all the posts!! Its flippin great--But seriously, I dont even see being a machinist mate as a real mechanic--Trust me, ive worked the precision machining field for 3 years now, talk about real machining!! Tolerance of +0-.0005 or less plus GD&T and all sorts of other things to take into consideration--not to mention being able to reverse engineer parts after theyve been complete destroyed.  Come home every day covered in coolant oil, metal chips, grease and whatever else.  Honing "oil" is the best by far--its refined lard oil that stains your hands for weeks and the smell stays with it!!  Steel toed boots are part of my everyday attire.

Unless the Nav's changed (which - as my sainted grandmother used to say- "I kinda F-----g doubt it"), mechanics measure it with a micrometer, mark it with a piece of chalk, and cut it with an axe.

[Preciousblue1965]

Honing "oil" is the best by far--its refined lard oil that stains your hands for weeks and the smell stays with it!!  Steel toed boots are part of my everyday attire.

Just wait until someone gives you ol' blueing compound head band.  HE HE.  Well reason I say a surface dirty piper is a real mechanic is because 90% of our stuff is simple big pieces of equipment that has not "special" precautions to it like radcon, Rx Safety, etc.  So it is pretty much get it fixed anyway you can and move on.  Not to mention the yardbirds that work on our stuff ain't exactly the best so we get a lot of practice fixing their screw ups more than the Shiny Guys.

[Preciousblue1965]

Unless the Nav's changed (which - as my sainted grandmother used to say- "I kinda F-----g doubt it"), mechanics measure it with a micrometer, mark it with a piece of chalk, and cut it with an axe.

Changed a little, now we just eyeball it, walk off to get the reference material we should have had to begin with, come back and cut with dull chainsaw whereever we could get the lagging off easily and do a little praying that NRRO didn't see any of it.  Oh yea afterwards, fill out all the required paperwork, including pre work authorization forms and tags(ok just kidding about the tags).

[wlrun3@aol.com]

   ...from a non ELT...this is the most respected qual in the commercial nuclear power radiation protection world...i have been chasing this level of competence for over twenty five years...i have not yet attained it...

[Cycoticpenguin]

I love the sarcastic humor in all the posts!! Its flippin great--But seriously, I dont even see being a machinist mate as a real mechanic--Trust me, ive worked the precision machining field for 3 years now, talk about real machining!! Tolerance of +0-.0005 or less plus GD&T and all sorts of other things to take into consideration--not to mention being able to reverse engineer parts after theyve been complete destroyed.  Come home every day covered in coolant oil, metal chips, grease and whatever else.  Honing "oil" is the best by far--its refined lard oil that stains your hands for weeks and the smell stays with it!!  Steel toed boots are part of my everyday attire.

you are DEFINENTLY a dirty pipe wrencher, no doubt in my mind if you come to my ship Ill make it happen haha.

@ marssim