I was a Millwright for 25 years and I think they can do most anything needed! From welding to steel fab an machine repair and moving x ray and all types of scanners, C&C etc,etc

@smithworx1091

20 күн бұрын

When people ask me what I do, I just kinda lock up because I don't know how to explain it and make it simple lol. It's such a wide range of skills. Glad you understand bro!

I used to be a millwright at an osb Mill. I think the press weighed around a million pounds and was heated to 400 degrees. It pressed 12 sheets of osb 8x24 ft at once. Took it like 2 days to completely cool down for serious repairs.

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

Wow. That's a massive press. There's a osb mill pretty close to me. Never been in the place though. I've heard some wild stories

Just ran across your channel. I have been a millwright for the last 42 years doing this exact type of work. Every job has it's own unique set of requirements / circumstances. For someone to armchair quarterback this type of work proves they should just be quiet and watch. The last machine I installed weighed 98 tons. You are doing great work most people will never understand the complexity of the work. Great Video you have a new Subscriber.

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

@bob-the-Millwright man that means a lot. I know you understand what all can go on in a job like this. I wish I could show more of what I do. Thanks for subscribing brother

Don't worry about doubters.your out living your dream.was break down mechanic in coal mines and steel Mills 28 years.sometimes you have to improvise.

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

Thanks bro. That's interesting. I've bet you've seen some wild stuff lol

Inside micrometer, missed you brother! Our shop was a machine shop and I worked in the fabrication shop for 37 years! Our shop did a lot of papermill work which was machine work!

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

What's up bro! Yeah that's what I was using. Pretty handy tool. I'd like to get in the paper mill around here.

I was just thinking about you and what you been up to. Lo and behold, here you are. Thanks for bringing me up to speed on what you have been up to.

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

Haha. Thanks buddy. I didn't realize how long it had been since my last video

Glad to hear from you. I knew you said that you would be working at the plant until June or July. Hope your enjoying the Camaro! It's a nice ride! Can't wait to see you and Jimmy doing some dirt work. You definitely need to get brakes on the haul truck before you put Jimmy in it! 😂 Be Safe Out There!

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Hey Jim! Good to hear from you. I got to enjoy it about a week. Been in the body shop for some touch ups. We definitely got to fix the brakes on the A30. She don't stop! Lol

I agree about the gloves saga. No gloves is easier to feel the machine up close and personal,

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

Yes sir. Sometimes you need to feel all the cracks and scrapes lol

That’s something I wish I got to see a lot more of. I was always fascinated with all that stuff from the function of the individual machines to the entire system. 10:37 sometimes with pins like that you can hook an air line up to the grease ports so the pin goes in on a cushion of air. Some cranes and drill rigs are like that. Those presses must have some crazy tolerances to function with those seals like that.

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

What's up bro! An air bearing is a great idea. Would be pretty easy to do on these presses. It's amazing they ran as well as they did. They were heavily abused

@PurpleNovember

26 күн бұрын

@@smithworx1091 I’m ready to go AWOL from all these appointments and go dig a lake somewhere. 😫 I learned that air bearing trick from a millwright.

Many r Monday night quarterbacks, from a distance everything looks easy. Good to see u ok bro. Fame is like a rose bush, few roses and plenty of thorns. Salute to all hardworking folks. 🫡

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

@jakezgab8576 appreciate it brother. Good to hear from you. I'll have to write down those sayings lol.

Good to hear from you. Looks like you are heading in the right direction. Glad you are doing well. God bless and good luck going forward. I like somebody that is meticulous with there work.

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

@jeffrussell2337 thanks buddy. Good to hear from you as well!

Good to hear from ya Lindsey , that was pretty awsome......iam impressed, iam around a lot of big machines at my job too, we usually hire a rigging company to do the heavy lifting, then our maintainance crew does the repair....looks like you do it all...nice! thanks for the update, i can watch dirt work , or machine repair...its all interesting to me, take care bud and see you soon....John NC

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Hey John! Good to hear from you bro. They had some monster machines taking these presses out. I wish I would've showed how they did that.

This gives me some great insight to U! I never really understood your channel, but now it gives me a while new prospective! It's a shame alot of these factories are closing in America

@smithworx1091

20 күн бұрын

I appreciate you watching. It is a shame. I hope they regret that come November

Cool video, thanks for sharing.

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Thanks brother

Having been a licensed contractor for almost 30 years now, you showed me things I've never seen before. It's always good to go where the money is and make it. Your not afraid of hard work or getting dirty, just because some of us talk with a twang don't mean we're stupid and have a old still out back. Looking forward to the video. Great work as always Buddy. 👍

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot buddy. I really enjoy fixing machines. Wish I could show y'all more. And old still might make some good money! 🤣🤣

Love watching you on the machines. Check every day to see if you have put something on. Love your channel. Fond regards from Land of the Prince Bishops Co Durham UK. Regards to you and family

@smithworx1091

23 күн бұрын

Thank you very much! Sorry I haven't uploaded more here lately

You’re a man of many talents!

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

@58unclesam appreciate that brother!

Very interesting buddy. Dirt work was my second job as well. I spent a lot of time in stamping plants in my main job. Take care.

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@ricksmith-iw2op that's awesome brother!

Good to hear from again. I was starting to wonder if we'd here from you again. Anyway that press work looks real interesting to me. As far as running crews I've run a lot of them and they're all different. You'll learn a lot of tricks to doing that, but it comes with practice. It depends on how good your people are. Let them do the job for you and maybe guide them a little bit. Anyway, good to hear from you again brother.

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Thanks Rich. I had some pretty good guys. I wish I had more work to hang on to them

29:50 I’m the same way with stepping back and letting someone else do it and never really learned how relinquish control. I want things done a particular way but I have no problem doing something the way someone else wants it even though I might not want it that way.

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Completely understand lol

Good luck Lindsey my friend! 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🇺🇸🙋🏼✌🏻✌🏻💯💯

Glad to see your still around. I can’t wait for more videos! God bless!!

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Appreciate it bro. Good to hear from you

Hi buddy. Nice to se you again hope evrything is good

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Hey brother. Good to hear from you!

Thanks for the update Lindsey. We have missed you. Good luck on whatever you decide to do. Have a great day.

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Appreciate it bro. Good to hear from you

Man Lindsey it's great to see a new video from you. It was even better to see you having your dad working with you. Of course I really enjoy watching your dirt working content but that was really cool seeing the other side of what you do as well. I hope you and your family had a great 4th of July and a really blessed and wonderful rest of the year. God bless y'all

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot Earnest! Good to hear from you brother

Glad to see you making videos again, maybe they can stamp you out a new custom dang-dang whovel for track cleaning. Good to see a glimpse of the other side of the business.

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

🤣🤣 the boys lost my dang dang and I just found it today.

Very cool Lindsey! I spent the first third of my career running crews of millwrights and iron workers doing automotive plant change overs!

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@slamsshenanigans2296 that's awesome bro. I really enjoy that type work. I'm glad I can still do it

That was cool to see and I was pleasantly surprised to see a video from you. Keep em coming when you can. Be careful buddy.

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

Appreciate it brother! Will do

My Grandpa was a millwright. He got started during WW2 converting automotive plants to support the war effort. Hardly a day goes by that I don't ask myself "what would Pa do?". I have a keyboard job. But if push comes to shove I am going to try my hand at excavating or something along those lines.

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

I would've love to have been around men in that era. They'd probably laugh at us and show us what real work is lol. Go get on a machine bro!

Yup, that’s pretty cool stuff! Those things are huge…😳

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

Thanks buddy. I'm ready for a vacation

It will be pretty cool to see all of what you can do or do for a living from millwright work to dirt work I will have to resubscribe to your channel

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

@@patrickdavis9796 lol. I've always wanted to show fixing a machine. Some places just don't want you showing their trade secrets

Great to see ya back!!!!!!!!!!!

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot buddy.

Brother,we have missed you,I love all your content you show us how it is,what your doing,I hope you get a shitload of more vids for us,do you ever get to bid any kind of tiling jobs or no? Just wondered,it was very interesting on those press machines,man there is alot to that kind of work,and to know what your doing,I'll drink a big cup of coffee for ya brother see ya on your next vids,remember God has your back.

@smithworx1091

23 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot brother! When you say tiling jobs, are you meaning like field tile? Like what dirt perfect does a lot?

👍🏻👍🏻

Glad to see you back

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot bro!

Awesome Job & Video!!

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

@gregallsup9522 thanks Greg. Good to hear from you

I have worked in many shops but youjrs is out sranding and really cool

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@@philmckinney5837 I appreciate that buddy

Back when we had a lot of clothing and sock mills here, we would do work when they closed for holidays. Most of them have moved to china.

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@@Justalittleoutoftown yep. I hope companies will regret that soon

👍

@smithworx1091

12 күн бұрын

@@bigtarheelfan thanks buddy

Looks like something to make space shuttle parts 😮

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@@redfish7644 haha. That's a little above my pay grade

Buckle up for Beryl , you are not going to be able to grade . Get your chains , bars , bar oil , mix oil and maybe a new saw or three . God bless the folks that are really getting ready to lose a lot and a lot of property damage and loss and hope too many don’t lose there lives

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@@user-kb6kw2me2j what is beryl?

@RichBenson-jx8pt

26 күн бұрын

The storm coming up the gulf

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

@RichBenson-jx8pt ahh. Yeah that looks bad. Didn't know the was the name.

Hey Bubba, missed seeing you

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

What's up bro. I appreciate it

@Letsfarm55

26 күн бұрын

@smithworx1091 recently I had a death in my Family. But doing good. It's been so frigging hot here we had a week of 100 to 118 heat index

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

@Letsfarm55 very sorry to hear that man. Yeah it's miserable outside.

Hey my friend ! You been partying without us , lol

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

@goodboyringo9716 what's up buddy! Maybe a little lol

Can the workers and moving to Mexico

What did that plant make? And where is your brother in law Rook?

@smithworx1091

26 күн бұрын

@@bryantgibson4765 they stamped and assembled the fold out mechanisms for furniture. Rook is still cutting trees and doing his thing

What kind of factory is this?

@smithworx1091

25 күн бұрын

@@jakezgab8576 they stamped and assembled the mechanisms for fold out furniture. And like the motorized furniture

Good to see you back did you make shure to get your money for doing this for what that you were doing yah this world is going to hell in a hand basket you should get your excavator home and get it and the off road truck and do your lake at your place

@smithworx1091

27 күн бұрын

Thanks a lot buddy. If these couple jobs I need to quote don't go as planned, I'm just gonna build my pond.

That’s something I wish I got to see a lot more of. I was always fascinated with all that stuff from the function of the individual machines to the entire system. 10:37 sometimes with pins like that you can hook an air line up to the grease ports so the pin goes in on a cushion of air. Some cranes and drill rigs are like that. Those presses must have some crazy tolerances to function with those seals like that.