05-30-2016, 10:45 AM
First machine shop job I had was general labor at a drive shaft & U joint manufacturing facility. We had a huge (100+ gallon) tank & pump on wheels to remove old coolant from big honkin' vertical broaches & WS chuckers machining cast iron & steel. Well, when new it had a shut-off that would engage if the tank was full. It was not new and some Einstein wired around the shut-off so when full it would pump out the nasty coolant in about a 1 1/2" to 2" solid stream.
Guess who was "downstream". If you said Stan you're a winner. That was 43 years ago and I still shiver thinking about the "bath" I received.
Guess who was "downstream". If you said Stan you're a winner. That was 43 years ago and I still shiver thinking about the "bath" I received.