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i use to call on DOE at los alamos/kirtland(sandia labs) and project mercury. had my secret squirrel clearance. we machined radiated parts/we did nuklar bomb triggers/ICBM miss-kill nose cones/patriot fuel cells/f-117 wing flap actuators/down in carlsbad at the WHIP site(waste isolation) we did nuklar containers for storage blah blah. any/all military base no matter army navy airforce /marines.
if it was built conceived thought of whispered about dreamed about and came to fruition on a manual or CNC mill or lathe somewhere our tooling or precision tools were involved.
we didnt build the entire object we built components that were involved in the product. be it a bomb/misskill/tor-pe-do/rifle/pistol/mortar/howitzer/tank(YUMA proving grounds),humvee/ship/boat/airplane/suppressors/spoon frames/barrels/f/glass stocks etc etc etc.
it was WAYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYYY KOOL because everyday was something different and a different dragon to slay.
made some el supremo bucks and had fun doing it. the travel would kill a horse but none the less it was literally on the "CUTTING EDGE" of technology.
hell i had to drag my ass to every kind of mill/mine site there was. samo with the railroads machining "trucks" for rail cars and engines in el paso where they refurb engines and rail cars of all types.
then we had the "macqui" plants acorss the border. evinrudes/johnson outboards/holly carbs/ chainsaws/ford parts/chevy parts/edelbrock and on and on and on.
99.9% of the population on this planet doesnt have a clue how a PART /ANY PART comes to fruition. knowing the mfg ordeal backwards and forwards , you gain a keen eye towards whats what and WHATS JUNK! most people "think" items fall from "lil trees".
ISO 9001 and all the ensuent paper trail on EVERY ACTIVITY/PART/MATERIAL/TOOLING/PRECISION TOOLING/TESTING(dee-structive and non dee-structive)/calibration could choke a horse also. and DID quite often.
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if there are TROUT..........there are BEARS!
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