I Just Love Doing Things Twice...

[zapster]

So...
I get to the shop this AM and there are 2 cooling chambers waiting for me..
They look just like these..
http://weldingweb.com/showthread.php?t=78671

They were bent just like the first batch so at first I thought they liked the first two I did they sent me 2 more..


Upon closer inspection they are the same ones!!!!

Now I am thinking.."Hmmm what now"..
"I know when they left here they were perfect"...

There are no instructions..prints..nothing with them at all..

Boss shows up and tells me that "They were hit by a forklift and need to be straightened out and new tubes installed once again"...








Wonderful.

Now I get the pleasure of cutting the ends off AGAIN and putting new tubes in them AGAIN....

So tomorrow is another day and I will fight with these when I get around to it..


Now to find this forklift driver...


I get all the fun jobs...

...zap!

[ThorsHammer]

FACEPALM! It's one thing to do something twice that you messed up. It's something totally different to do something twice do to someone else's negligence. And of corse it's going to be harder to do the second time because of how you did it.

[Boostinjdm]

Perfect situation where an "idiot tax" should be implemented. At least you know you're working with clean material this time.

[Bistineau]

So not only to you get to do it again, whoever paid for it the first time gets to do it over again,too, pay that is. At least your not doing it over again because of something you did or did not do, it's still a paying job,AGAIN. And this time you KNOW the guy that did the last repair on it.

[forhire]

Argh! They didn't even get them installed. What a waste. I feel your pain... all too well. I hate boomerang jobs.

[mechanic416]

What is the old saying-----------------oh, the more times you do it the better you get at it

[Stick-man]

Isn't it funny how everybody wants work to keep coming in. But when something like this happens, even though it's just like a "new" job coming thru the door, once you find out it's a redo, mentally it pisses you off! I've had that happen alot.

I was on a job, for a gazillionaire, and the poor concrete guys must have poured every yard of concrete at least twice! Some areas more than that. And they were paid to tear it all out and redo it because the owners didn't like it. Nothing wrong with it other than they changed their minds. The contractor was there forever and made a fortune, but they all couldn't wait to get off that job.

[zapster]

Originally Posted by forhire

Argh! They didn't even get them installed. What a waste. I feel your pain... all too well. I hate boomerang jobs.

The first thing I thought is that they dropped them during installation..
The tubes did not have the compression sleeves on them yet but at first when I figured out they were the same ones I was all confused...

Usually there would be a very kind note from my boss with arrows pointing to the error on the piece when something is awry...

But these were perfect..
WERE perfect...

Pics of the rebuild tomorrow...

...zap!

[kolot]

"A job so nice, you just have to do it twice"

[DSW]

Well at least look at it this way, it wasn't one of YOUR guys on the forklift the F'd it up.

[Oldtimer]

I always looked at things like that as job security.

[DLite]

Originally Posted by zapster

Boss shows up and tells me that "They were hit by a forklift and need to be straightened out and new tubes installed once again"...

...zap!

lol...i thought you were the boss.

[Matt_Maguire]

I guess I understand the urge to say "I did it last time... Somebody else needs to do it now".

Hey Stick! My dad (Constuction manager) towards the end of his career built similar for the owner of Consumers in Moline. In this case it was his wife!!! Landscaping was done before construction??? Yea buddy! All the millwork was custom, put it on, take it off many times...

She would go through the house in the evening and place "Sticky Notes" everywhere with instructions... Dad thought he was going to need carpenters to boom out of Peoria he had so many drag up.

Matt

[zapster]

Repaired the chambers AGAIN this A.M.

After cutting them apart and dressing the ends I put the pressure and soapy water to them..

The top and bottom edges had some pinholes in them that I was not going to chace around so I just gave the edges the "Once Over" with some .045 309..

Edge after cutting..Note cracks in end..


Edges welded..




Now it's time to finish these up...AGAIN...





One more post..

...zap!

[zapster]

Front...





Rear..



It's somewhat of a challenge to weld 5/8" thick material to .060 wall tubing but heck..
I'LL try anything twice..

They got dropped off and when I was talking to the engineer he stated that the machine was all apart and when they went to get them THAT'S when they discovered the damage..

Had to keep the machine out of service for 2 more days and the culprit will be found and dealt with in a swift and just manner..

That's what I was told but that's not my department..

I get all the fun jobs...

...zap!

[bert the welder]

Applaud the careless, they're keeping us working!
Maybe it was someone on here driving the forklift. Just wanted to see more of your dime porn pic's!

[kolot]

Zap, you better crate them, dare I say it, "With wood" before you send them back out.