Whats your day job?

[CHJ]

In my 15th. year of retirement, only ever Bf'd a Vulcan, worked extensively on a trials Valiant though.

 

[The_Stig]

Not many things beat waking up at the weekemd to the sound of its engines doing test runs

 

[MikeG.]

I don't know........waking up in a tent with an elephant 3 feet away beats that for me!!

 

[The_Stig]

Thats a good call, unless you find out that your in their favourite toilet spot...

...I keep having to glance away as I'm babysitting my 9 month old newphew and he's wriggling all over the place.

 

[p111dom]

It was surprisingly quiet actually. Haven't see it since probably 1991 ish and told all the people who had never seen it before about the noise and nothing. Made me look a bit of an buttocks really. I wonder if they have done something to the engines. Just as smokey as before though and still an impressive looking aircraft.

 

[The_Stig]

They certainly make enough noise around here, as far as I know they've kept the engines the same. I think they still run them at 80% capacity the only time that I think they ran them higher than that was during the Fawklands when they need the extra power due to the added weight of bombs, fuel and an extra person.

 

[bigjoe]

Besides being a lurker on here,im at the moment a full time carer for my wife who has a long term illness (not life threatening but constantly debilitating)and 2 daughters(and 2 lurchers) although i am a glass technician by trade ,i started off as a glazier and ended up working making specialist glass fabrications and also stained glass windows etc, i still get a chance to butcher wood now and again when time and money allows.

Joe

 

[Anonymous]

Started out as electronics technician, got a degree in Mechatronics (essentially robotics) and became a systems design engineer and programmer.

For past 10 years I have been a lecturer in a Robbins university and recently took over as Programme Director, so my current job is to teach on and run a degree programme (and do some research when I get the chace!!).

 

[The_Stig]

Mechatronics sounds cool!!

 

[OPJ]

Erm... I'm a full-time Cabinet Making student - but, it's only two days a week... Although I contribute to British Woodworking, I'm still officially unemployed - and it's not something I'm proud of! :?

 

[DangerousDave]

In previous lives I was a Lab Technician for an FE college and a fitter in an aircraft factory.

 

[Mark Hancock]

Full time Woodturner - a few of us do exist :?:

 

[Doug B]

I`m a drain technician, :roll: i won`t go into details, suffice to say once i`ve handled a tool, most folks wont touch it.
Not such a bad thing, once had my van broken into & they didn`t take a thing. :shock:
Best thing about the job, is getting home, going in the workshop & smelling freshly cut wood.

 

[tigerturnings]

I've just completed a degree in physics, then worked over the summer in utility metering, and I'm about to commence a PhD in computational engineering. Seems I spend increasing amounts of time on non-tangible computer based activities, so woodwork (and, increasingly now, metalwork) is a welcome change from that.

 

[beech1948]

Hi,
MD of an IT Consulting company so lots of sales calls, lots of stupid customers, lots of fun but I'm now 60 and wondering how much longer I can tolerate this. The woodwork is how I create some break with the real world and a bit of sanity.

regards
Alan

 

[jhwbigley]

i'm a landscape gardener, so i do get to work with wood, in the rough and smooth... hoping to do a furniture design and making degree next year !

 

[Anonymous]

Mechatronics sounds cool!!

Certainly is

 

[joiner_sim]

:arrow: It's been great reading what everyone does for a living!

The RAF planes are brilliant. I go to the RAF Cosford airshow every year (well the last 3 years running).The noise from some of the planes is tremendous, and love to watch the display from the red arrows! :lol:

I can't believe there's some-one on here taking an interest in woodwork, who's still doing there GCSE's thats just great! If you need an help or advice we're all here!

All the stories of everyone's walks of life are great to read. Woodworking is definatey a hobby at home! yes, I do it for a living, but noting beats making stuff off your own back, your own designs, and own cutting lists! I think that is why we're all so obsesed and its great! I wouldn't change anything! 8)

Please keep posting..... :wink:

 

[apache]

My first post......

I'm a vet working mainly with cows

 

[joiner_sim]

My first post......

I'm a vet working mainly with cows

welcome to the forum there's a good bunch of guys here, we all share different opinions, but, varied advice helps when unsure what to do next on a project! Enjoy.....