Nissan 370Z Forum - The New "What did you do with your Z today" (with off topic replies) XXVII

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madwi

08-01-2017 07:07 PM

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Originally Posted by JLarson (Post 3681395)

Edit: I also have minions now. Which is kind of awesome.

AND you get to sit in the 70*F +/- 2 deg. office. :)

madwi

08-01-2017 07:11 PM

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Originally Posted by JARblue (Post 3681347)

It looks like it might be pretty bad. Won't know until we start opening holes in the walls :ugh:

On the bright side of things, the pest control guy hit a water line while drilling holes for the termite bait stations. The bright side is that I don't have to pay for it :shakes head:

:icon14: Hope it gets better J. Never a dull moment.

JLarson

08-01-2017 07:14 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 3681468)

AND you get to sit in the 70*F +/- 2 deg. office. :)

Haha i see that you also work in this field! God bless the ISO17025 standard.

madwi

08-01-2017 07:34 PM

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Originally Posted by JLarson (Post 3681477)

Haha i see that you also work in this field! God bless the ISO17025 standard.

I spent quite a few years in the aerospace field. :tiphat:

madwi

08-01-2017 07:44 PM

Speaking of shops, I use to make the armor housings for the black boxes on aircraft. ceramic inserts, no coolant (obviously) and watch the molten metal fly! One of the coolest things. :tup:
We used greenleaf not mitsubishi but you get the idea.

JLarson

08-01-2017 08:51 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 3681492)

Very cool! Fun to watch. My previous company made transmission frame beams for the Sikorsky S92 helicopter, from titanium forgings. Also aircraft launch and recovery systems for aircraft carriers, few other significant projects. New shop makes magnetic shielding for everything from the CERN lab in Switzerland to missile guidance systems.

madwi

08-01-2017 08:54 PM

Sometimes I miss the fun projects. Ive done everything from missile bay hatches on submarines to gyroscopic rotors for navigation systems, pintles for injecting the gas into the afterburner systems, pop up fins on the javelin missile ect. :tup:

madwi

08-01-2017 08:55 PM

That stealth helicopter that crashed while we took out Bin Laden...I made parts for that back in '97 :icon17:

JLarson

08-01-2017 08:56 PM

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Originally Posted by madwi (Post 3681517)

Sometimes I miss the fun projects. Ive done everything from missle bay hatches on submarines to gyroscopic rotors for navigation systems, pintles for injecting the gas into the afterburner systems, pop up fins on the javelin missle ect. :tup:

Very cool. Were you with an independent company or did you work for a prime?

madwi

08-01-2017 09:06 PM

Independent shops. We specialized in low production runs of specialty parts, R&D and prototypes.

TreeSemdyZee

08-01-2017 09:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Leingod (Post 3681126)

Really? Never mind then. I'll hold off. Haha. Every time I saw them, I always saw price tags of roughly $1,000. Thanks for the help.

Great price for red if they're still available.

http://www.the370z.com/parts-sale-pr...ipers-set.html

eastwest2300

08-01-2017 09:44 PM