jobs

[monsterob]

does anybody else here build cars for a living ?
i must be mad its my job but then i come home and to relax what do i do ?

venture to my inner sanctum and "build a car "

just wondered if i was alone?


:confused:

[Twin]

does anybody else here build cars for a living ?
i must be mad its my job but then i come home and to relax what do i do ?

venture to my inner sanctum and "build MY car "

just wondered if i was alone?


:confused:


Just a little edit ;)

[monsterob]

Yeah good call

I'll open it up a bit so what do the rest of you do to pay the bills ? Guessing quite a few with an engineering background ?

[Deanno]

I ues to be a Marine Engineer Mechanic in the Royal Navy for 5 1/2 years the left and now I'm a Welding Fabricator/ Spray painter / Range Safety Clearance Boat Coxwain for a company called QinetiQ opperated by the MOD in Aberporth.

[MrFozzieBear]

When I started my build I was also building sports cars for a living and found it became very tiresome after the initial fast start and my interest started to disappear. I found I couldn’t face building the car in the evenings when I’d already put in a long day doing the same and getting paid to do it. Don’t get me wrong I loved building cars it was a dream job but as with everything there is to much of a good thing.
But now I’ve changed to a desk engineering job I find I miss being on the tools and makes a good change of scene. One thing I do find is my plans for the car become more and more elaborate.

[dan_g8]

Im a store planner (i manily design sainsburys stores.) /CAD Techinician/ vba programmer.

[SeriesLandy]

I drive a forklift at a garden centre. Was doing a mechanical engineering degree but got soooooo borded and quit.

[Davey]

I qualified as a light vehicle mechanic and auto electrician in '81 and been through a variety of jobs since then: welder fabricator, development technicial in a large manufacturing company, self employed contracting mech fitter etc. Now I run my own business servicing and installing accessories to motorhomes. I also write a tech column for a national motorhome mag.

D.

[twinturbo]

Im a store planner (i manily design sainsburys stores.) /CAD Techinician/ vba programmer.

Did you design my new local one in carlisle?

TT

[twinturbo]

Computer systmes manager, and I go home and spen time on ebay, forums and personal computer projects...

TT

[Twin]

I could tell you, but then I would have to kill you ;)

[londonsean69]

CAD Monkey, currently working out all of the utilities clashes for Olympics 2012. Civil engineering background to my CAD, Major Highways design (think M6 toll, M25 type of size), Electrical substation layouts and schematics, plus some secret stuff;)

[3GE Components]

does anybody else here build cars for a living ?
i must be mad its my job but then i come home and to relax what do i do ?

venture to my inner sanctum and "build a car "

just wondered if i was alone?


:confused:

I blame that bloke Gibbs, It's all his fault :D

Kind regards

John

[Enoch]

Electronic engineer by training, don't do that now. Now run 3 web based businesses www.greenhomeshop.co.uk, www.usedhifishop.co.uk and www.enochsemporium.co.uk. Doing my bit for the environment by keeping stuff out of landfill. :)

[tkpm]

I started off in a local shipbuilders, but decided i could not spend the rest of my life in the same place day in day out.
So changed to carpet fitting, which i did for 25 years full time then went self employed for a coulpe of years, then went into property maintenance 12 years ago.

Terry

[mr henderson]

I earn my living working on other people's kit cars. Mostly finishing them off or repairing/modifying/tidying existing cars (which I prefer as there's no IVA at the end of it).

I'm also working on a car of my own, but more as a way of becoming a kit manufacturer rather than for my own driving pleasure. It's nice when I'm working on it that I can make all my own decisions, and don't have to ask anyone else which way do they want it done.

[tex]

yep - i make cars for a living - bout 450 a day!

round about 1 a minute.. serious.. :)

[monsterob]

Seeing as i started it lol used to work for rubber and plastics research association as a junior experimental officer ( junior machine cleaner setterupperer ) extrusion injection moulding etc did my onc mech eng then tempted by money joined current firm building cars 30 a day done most jobs online and sub assemblies and trim bit of everything but dont use my head so took to building cars at home

[Davey]

That's interesting Rob, my dad was a development engineer with RAPRA for 25 years, at Shawbury.

D.

[carlknight1982]

HGV engineer by trade time served apprentice, then moved on to back up power generators, not little toys like on burger vans but things like this

http://picasaweb.google.com/ckms2009/RoyalFree#5472716359548306370

2500KVA 750RPM Air Start 16Cylinders each 10 inches across with a sump holing over 600 litres of oil.

[monsterob]

It surprises me how small a world it really is !
Who is your dad davey ? And when did they leave ? I was at rapra for 4 years in ppdc my mum also works there !
Loved the job just money wasnt enough :-(

[aerosam]

I'm an Aircraft Engineer at an commercial gas turbine engine overhaul plant, time served apprentice and been at it for 11 years now.

Held loads of jobs from stripdown, assembly, testing, now specialised in thermal spray repairs. basically I get to play with a big robot with a big flamethrower on it.

[davidimurray]

I'm a mechanical project engineer in a steelworks. We basically do anything big and out of the ordinary. Spent the last 2 years developing a project to rebuild a blast furnace - got the approval to do the project a few weeks ago (you many have seen it on the news :p ) so now getting on doing it! Even better news for UK industry as it is one of the biggest UK investments in the steel industry for a long time.

[Bonzo]

I'm a mechanical project engineer in a steelworks. We basically do anything big and out of the ordinary. Spent the last 2 years developing a project to rebuild a blast furnace - got the approval to do the project a few weeks ago (you many have seen it on the news :p ) so now getting on doing it! Even better news for UK industry as it is one of the biggest UK investments in the steel industry for a long time.

Ohhh .... Does that mean that the availability of new steel stock will increase :)

I have been a bit bemused that steel prices continue to rise at a time of recession :confused:

[Jimmyd]

I'm a Territory Manager for a finance company mainly funding cars and plant. Been doing this for 5yrs after spending 17yrs in Ford Dealerships doing everything from workshop controller to Business Manager.

[Davey]

It surprises me how small a world it really is !
Who is your dad davey ? And when did they leave ? I was at rapra for 4 years in ppdc my mum also works there !
Loved the job just money wasnt enough :-(



Hi Rob, my dad is Bill Newell, he was medically retired years ago (mid 80s) after a heart attack. His best mate from his schooldays used to run the workshops as I recall, Don Whittaker.

D.

[flyerncle]

Apprenticed and time served mechanic,HGV driver,development engineer for a waste management company,made bread and pies in a bakery but back in the trade running a specialist workshop for Audi Vw Seat Skoda's full time.