Rover8FFR Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 couldnt agree with you more!!!!! Its fascinating reading what you all do 'normally'!! More from the forum please. Its enlightening and every member should contribute. We are all friends. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RattlesnakeBob Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Full time musician ,singer and songwriter for way too many years to reveal :cool2: ..been backwards and forwards to the US over the years....lived there for a while.....had a few songs published and used by more known artists but never made any real money at it !.. ..so!.... also do carpentry & furniture / antique restoration work and a bit of buying and selling of anything and everything that comes down the pike....and when the price is right Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Full time musician ,singer and songwriter for way too many years to reveal :cool2: ..been backwards and forwards to the US over the years....lived there for a while.....had a few songs published and used by more known artists but never made any real money at it !.. ..so!.... also do carpentry & furniture / antique restoration work and a bit of buying and selling of anything and everything that comes down the pike....and when the price is right Would never have guessed that..... Which songs? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Lauren Child Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I design computer networks and IT solutions with many blinky lights. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Minesweeper Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 Retired Bank Manager! Never wanted to work in a Bank - wanted to be a Marine Engineer but failed medical 58 years ago because of poor eyesight when standards then were obviously higher than they are nowadays! Spectacles now are not an obstacle. Ended up working in a Bank through default as I did not know what else to do - my exam qualifications were not too special! It worked for me as apart from National Service, stayed with the same employer all my working life! Had the best days in banking before the whole banking culture changed. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 Keep em coming friends Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
bonnie_scott Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I review nuclear safety documents, posh title is Independent Nuclear Safety Assessment - I tell you they're a reet rivetin' read :cheesy: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Rover8FFR Posted January 16, 2013 Author Share Posted January 16, 2013 There are some interesting professions leeching out now. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Essex5 Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 (edited) Joined Post Office Telephones from school as a Youth-in-Training (apprentice to everybody else!) in Cambridge, got my C&G Full Tech Cert, ended up working in HQ in London as Executive Engineer. Snatched their arm off when offered early retirement in 1990 at the grand old age of 46! Did assorted things including relief IT Trainer, then enrolled for a two-year full-time Diploma in Vehicle Restoration at Colchester Institute, which I loved - learned a lot including panel-beating and welding, also discovered I'd never make a paint sprayer! Did a lot of minor vehicle servicing and MoT preparations, then moved to mid-Wales a few years ago and retired properly:cool2: - except for scratching about with my own vehicles (mostly Land Rovers) John Edited January 16, 2013 by Essex5 Spelin! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
philb Posted January 16, 2013 Share Posted January 16, 2013 I'm a Lead development engineer for diesel fuel injection (FIE) systems for trucks. I was responsible for all of the FIE on the first Paccar engine in the states in 2010 and have also looked after ongoing development work for the DAF Euro 4 & 5 11 & 13 litre engines. Also involved with Volvo Euro 6 systems and other advanced systems. I must stress though that I am a mechanical engineer not electronic or software. So I don't do anything to do with ECU's!:nut: Ed Oh Ed, you could be my new best mate (it is optional though). I find the apparently simple but (to me) devilishly subtle operation of CI fuel injection very interesting; both the designed performance and the deterioration due to wear, fatigue, damage etc.. At risk of boring you, are you open to questions? The kind of thing I have in mind is the engine damage caused to Catweazle's (banned member but the thread might still be accessible) boat engine. It had a fuel wetted cylinder which resulted in the piston crown rim melting and the bore being badly scored. I recall that he had the fuel injection system checked as a result and no obvious fault was found with it. The suspicion was that the injector had stuck partially open but why no subsequent evidence of it and why no symptoms of trouble until the power dropped? I think he replaced the nozzle, as well as the damaged parts, and it ran fine afterwards. Phil Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Edd Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Always open to questions. I'm not as strong on the interaction with the engine as DAF, Volvo etc.... look after most of that but can answer a fair amount. Anything on wear of the injectors, how bio-diesel affects them etc........ Also a little bit on after treatment. My area of expertise is electronic unit injectors (EUI's) and electronic unit pumps (EUP's) from about the last 10-15 years. Plus now doing common rail. Ed Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
timbo Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Work in Finance for a major rail company and love it to bits...esp getting stuck in on the operational side and winding up the engineers with my amateur engineering questions...they just seem to sigh and roll their eyes usually!! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
armouredfarmer Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Control Engineer for a rigging company, basically we provide an engineering/lifting service to the entertainments industry. spent 10 years doing all sorts of weird and wonderful stuff for the Royal Tournament. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
David Ives Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 now a coach driver but had many jobs since leaving school including the army,fairgrounds hotels and driving jobs Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
holte999 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Did 32 years in the fire service, worked for Suzuki setting up promotions at bike races around the country, also Proctor & Gamble doing all sorts of promtion work including dressing up in masot suits as a cat, dog, bear, baby and Mr Pringle, now work for a friend who owns a pub doing the maintenance, just refurbished the ladies and gents toilets, next job on the outside so waiting for the weather to improve. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 8 years Australian Army aircraft maintainence, which lead me into NDI (Non Destructive Inspection), which lead me into NDT (Non Destructive Testing), which lead me into API inspection, which dragged me out of Aussie to South East Asia since '96 Been based in Singapore, Thailand, Taiwan, Brunei and currently Malaysia and travelled to something like 47 countries. Now I do a lot of consulting and training of baby NDT and Inspection people Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Adrian Barrell Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Now I do a lot of consulting and training of baby NDT and Inspection people I did not know babies needed testing........ Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
snowtracdave Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Fifth generation of the family building firm which was established in 1888 . Work with my brother and two other lads who have been with us for years , we are traditional country builders - a dying breed when the world is full of 'specialists' these days . We tackle virtually anything within the remit of building work . A couple of years back one of our customers remarked that she loved the way we rarely say we can't do something , we just take a look at it , come up with an answer and get on with it . Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
N.O.S. Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 ......The kind of thing I have in mind is the engine damage caused to Catweazle's (banned member but the thread might still be accessible) boat engine. It had a fuel wetted cylinder which resulted in the piston crown rim melting and the bore being badly scored. I recall that he had the fuel injection system checked as a result and no obvious fault was found with it. The suspicion was that the injector had stuck partially open but why no subsequent evidence of it and why no symptoms of trouble until the power dropped? I think he replaced the nozzle, as well as the damaged parts, and it ran fine afterwards. Phil I could swear I once saw a seagull get sucked into the intake of that engine from 20ft away he was pushing it so hard :cool2: Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fesm_ndt Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I did not know babies needed testing........ everything gets tested I think the weirdist job I ever did was a fibrescope inspection of a inbuilt vacuum cleaning system in a mansion. A good mate of mine did all the tube escalators in the wee hours a few years back Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jmyakovich Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Master Automotive technician....20+ years experience Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
JohnA61 Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Driver .Driven for a living since passing my test over thirty years ago.Recently 8 wheel hook bodies ,but after 3 months out of work .I start for Stagecoach on Monday.Fancy going back coach driving though. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
diamond-t-steve Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 I spent 15 years in heavy vehicle/plant recovery then moved to the Midlands from Essex and went into general Haulage. Then around 10 years in heavy haulage mostly moving railway locomotives. My main claim to fame is that I moved the Japanese Bullit train that is at the National Railway Museum in York from Southampton. Currently I'm not working due to ill health. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
RMS Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 service and restore Green machines (sometimes sandy or grey couloured ones too!), also build and drive film prop vehicles from time to time. As well as the occasional trip overseas as an oil spill technician/consultant just to add a bit of spice to the mix! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
polecat paul Posted January 17, 2013 Share Posted January 17, 2013 Was in Army for 12 years came out trained as a plastere, found this boring retrained as a outdoor pursuits instructor now i,m a Bushcraft Instructor earning now where near the same money as Ray Mears! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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