Machinist Sayings
*I've bored this twice and it's still too big
*Pound it flat  File it to fit  Paint it to cover
*12lb sledge " The Harley Tool", "Swing Press"
        "Quick Wrench" or the "Supermax Tool" 
*Welder  "The Gas Axe" "Smoke Wrench"
* WOW, a different error message...
      Finally some progress
*He's spring loaded to the stupid position
*We are all going to continue having these meetings
     until I find out why no work is getting done
* I just found the last bug
*A pat on the back is only a few
  inches from a kick in the butt.
*If Mr Haas had a penny for every time I had to
    reboot my CNC....Oh wait he does
*Ignore the bloodstains
*It's ok CNC,
    I go to sleep after 20 minutes of inactivity too.
*Engineering - Drill ten holes then reweld five.
*Do you have some place to stay
  until this thing blows over?
*"We're *open* on Tuesdays?!?"
*After a number of decimal places who cares
*There cannot be a crisis around here my schedule
   is already full
*This time it will surely run
*Around here we do precision guesswork
*Take my advice, I'm not using it
*Back up my programs? How do I put them in reverse 
*It works! Now if I can only remember what I did.
*Oh no! not another learning experience
*Beatings will continue until morale improves
* Talk is cheap because supply exceeds demand
*When in doubt use brute force
*Make it right before you make it faster.
*Deliver yesterday, post today, think tomorrow
*He's slower than accounts payable
*extremely light cut "Making Brillo"
*Machines like a pink eraser #3
*I try to do one day at a time
   but sometimes several attack me at once
*Pride, Commitment, Teamwork, words we
  use to get you to work for free
*I don't believe in miracles, I rely on them
*You never learn to swear until you get
    a CNC Machine
*Experience is something you don't get until
   after you need it

"Large increases in cost
with questionable increases in performance
can be tolerated only in race horses and women." — Lord Kelvin..

Quality is like buying Oats. If you want nice, clean, fresh oats
you must pay a fair price.
 However if you can be satisfied with oats that has already
been through the horse, that comes a little cheaper.