Just wondering if anyone here actually works in a related field and such. I do work on the weekends with a CNC machine making door sills, brackets, licnese frames, and whatever else I can for Civics. I want to expand and do parts for other cars, maybe xB's, other Hondas, Nissans, etc, but never have the time as I only have Saturdays and sometimes Sundays to do the work.

I spend most of my time working at Primedia as an Assistant Web Producer. That means I wander around forums all day, steal food from the company fridge, look at model wallpapers, and occasionally upload new content to the site.

What does everyone else do?  

^Hahaha that second part almost made me crack up. It's Monday I guess...

But hey you work on a CNC machine? Nice.. You use someones shop or what? At my previous job I worked with SolidWorks and Mastercam at a company making parts for sandrails and offroad cars.. It was fun stuff, espcecially when we had to go out in the field to break the prototypes!

It's been a while, but its still in my system. I really want to learn Catia and its "surfacing". There is major bucks in that if you work for aerospace!  

My grandfather used to run a tool and dye shop, and after so many years in the business, he accumulated dozens of antiquated machines. Most of them are beyond their years and don't really serve a purpose anymore, but our mill, lathe, pirhana, and a few other machines come in pretty handy.  

Nice.
Working only with standard stuff or are you working with custom stuff. Machine work is something I always wanted to do but never had the opportunity.

At this point I get to design, make, and install decals on some pretty nice cars. I am hoping the doors will open somewhere down the road to actually do some stuff for the movies. That would be cool.  

Hey DYonehara, I have a question that is not related to your original post since you work there at super Street and all. I've navigated this site alot since I signed up for the forum and find it some what daunting to post a totally new thread. Where do I click to to post a new one? Call me ancient, but does my Windows 98se soft ware have any thing to do with the up load sequence? Sounds dumb, I know, but it is a little frustrating to keep up a thread that pretty much died due to stupidity, like the one lldjslim posted and now is dead. Educate me, please. I am a loyal purchaser of Super Street magazine and love this forum as well. I'm an old fart with broken ribs and need an escape...

 

Sorry to waste your time with this last thread, dude. I figured it out. An old dog like me needs a little time to roam and sniff things out... you know? Thanks. Any way, I used to do a little cnc when I was in my mid 20s. Didn't have the patience for it at the time and, in retrospect, have been regretting not sticking to it. I own my own shop at age 39 and due to the every day stuff find it difficult to learn other aspects of this trade. I weld a little, exhaust and minor tubing and such, but its not the same as what a pro body customiser could do. I find my self doing what I know the most and leave what I can't do to my techs that can. I build engines and refit transmission components, design control arms for suspension up grades. Most gets out sourced to friends in the buisness that are better equiped to do the job but most, 80%, is in house. Thanks again.  

Sorry to waste your time with this last thread, dude. I figured it out. An old dog like me needs a little time to roam and sniff things out... you know? Thanks. Any way, I used to do a little cnc when I was in my mid 20s. Didn't have the patience for it at the time and, in retrospect, have been regretting not sticking to it. I own my own shop at age 39 and due to the every day stuff find it difficult to learn other aspects of this trade. I weld a little, exhaust and minor tubing and such, but its not the same as what a pro body customiser could do. I find my self doing what I know the most and leave what I can't do to my techs that can. I build engines and refit transmission components, design control arms for suspension up grades. Some work gets out sourced to friends in the buisness that are better equiped to do the job but most, 80%, is in house. Thanks again.  

No.

I work in IT doing Automation and Monitoring on the ITSM Technologies team.  

Sounds fun.    

I share a cubicle with Dyonehara.