Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#7602631
06/11/22 08:24 AM
06/11/22 08:24 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,598 NC, Orange Co.
QuietButDeadly
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2010
Posts: 6,598
NC, Orange Co.
|
Taxidermist! It is an artform practiced by many but mastered by only a few.
Life Member: NCTA, VTA, NTA, TTFHA, MFTI Member: FTA NRA NWTF
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: danny clifton]
#7602639
06/11/22 08:29 AM
06/11/22 08:29 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,966 Indiana
Providence Farm
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,966
Indiana
|
I like pole dancers. An underappreciated art form. I was wondering how long it would take. May not be the right title these days. Maybe exotic dancers, who knows either is better than strippers. So far I agree it's the best craft listed. Even better than Ironworking.
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Providence Farm]
#7602643
06/11/22 08:31 AM
06/11/22 08:31 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 11,297 Maine, Aroostook
Posco
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2017
Posts: 11,297
Maine, Aroostook
|
I like pole dancers. An underappreciated art form. I was wondering how long it would take. May not be the right title these days. Maybe exotic dancers, who knows either is better than strippers. So far I agree it's the best craft listed. Even better than Ironworking. You'll be stuffing five dollar bills in Boco's thong.
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#7602644
06/11/22 08:32 AM
06/11/22 08:32 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,867 Greene County,Virginia
run
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2013
Posts: 14,867
Greene County,Virginia
|
I'm an extra big fan of press brake operators that work part time in Dubuque, Iowa under a temporary hiring agency. I wish he would take pictures of his fellow employees.
wanna be goat farmer.
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: run]
#7602646
06/11/22 08:34 AM
06/11/22 08:34 AM
|
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,966 Indiana
Providence Farm
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Feb 2020
Posts: 8,966
Indiana
|
I'm an extra big fan of press brake operators that work part time in Dubuque, Iowa under a temporary hiring agency. I wish he would take pictures of his fellow employees. So pushing a button to operate a break is what's such super hard work...
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: yotetrapper30]
#7602648
06/11/22 08:40 AM
06/11/22 08:40 AM
|
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 835 Illinois
DRF
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: May 2016
Posts: 835
Illinois
|
The ones who make their living from the wild. Commercial fishing most of the time, digging roots, trapping, hunting, finding arrowheads. Rare these days but they do exist
I used to help a commercial fisherman in the Mississippi River and up rock river around the 280 bridge. This wasn’t his main income but part of it. The things they would use to fix something broken to keep from having to buy anything to replace it always amused me. We ran across another commercial guy often while out there, he was usually drifting for sturgeon. Fishing was his main income. I really enjoyed going along and helping but he is in his 80’s now and sold all his gear.
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#7602653
06/11/22 08:52 AM
06/11/22 08:52 AM
|
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,620 Green County Wisconsin
GREENCOUNTYPETE
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Sep 2013
Posts: 18,620
Green County Wisconsin
|
traditional wood working like Roy Underhill where you work with the wood and the tool often even making the tool, Timber Framers , and Machinists who can just look at something take a few measurements then make virtually anything. and I suppose black smiths.
My Grandpa was a stone mason built a lot of arch ways , chimneys , if you wanted a big fancy stone chimney in SE WI he was the guy you wanted to hire.
My Great uncle a Ships machinist , he could machine parts for any boat that came in to the ship yard. His Grandfather and Uncles built around 19 great lakes boats most of them from wood but a few iron clad
so much of what is today's construction is assembly of a building product
also tailors and seamstresses that don't just make alterations , My grandmother was an excellent seamstress of clothing and quilts and did boat covers and sail covers also. worked with the fabric in a way that wasn't just assembly
America only has one issue, we have a Responsibility crisis and everything else stems from it.
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Bob]
#7602705
06/11/22 10:23 AM
06/11/22 10:23 AM
|
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,941 east central WI
Dirty D
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Nov 2014
Posts: 1,941
east central WI
|
Any tradesman who is a true master at his trade. Craftsmen. Not your every day trade worker. They’re a dime a dozen. This is very right. I worked in the tool & die business. I worked on and with Plastic injection molds, Die cast Aluminum molds, Draw dies, Progressive dies, plastic extrusion dies, all sorts of assembly fixtures and tooling of all sorts. I have met and worked with hundreds of tool makers and of those I can pick out only a couple that were truly talented. I've seen lots of hacks that know how to get the job done but not much more. Rare are the ones that study the prints, figure out a efficient process of making the tooling and then go to work with minimum time wasted, knowing when something requires extra time and precision and when it doesn't. And even rarer are the ones when the tooling is done and its tried out for the first time know exactly what to do to tweek out the problems and make the tool a long running smooth piece of equipment. The ones that are always willing to listen, study and are always trying to improve themselves at their crafts. You can spot this if you watch workers in any trade. They do quality work fast and efficient with a minimum amount of missteps or unproductive time. You can spot the ones that think ahead and work acordingly. Watching skilled tradesmen work has always been a interest of mine.
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#7602754
06/11/22 11:51 AM
06/11/22 11:51 AM
|
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,979 Ohio
Computer Hater
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Dec 2006
Posts: 1,979
Ohio
|
Can't believe nobody has said, roofers. After all a good roof protects all that you own!! Since I am-was a dumb roofer, I had to mention the trade. Definition of a dumb roofer is: Someone that wasn't smart enough to find another line of work!!
Randy Member NTA, FTA
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#7602812
06/11/22 01:04 PM
06/11/22 01:04 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 25,413 williams,mn
trapper les
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Mar 2011
Posts: 25,413
williams,mn
|
I have the utmost respect for the machinist
"Those who hammer their guns into plowshares will plow for those who do not."
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: charles]
#7602821
06/11/22 01:15 PM
06/11/22 01:15 PM
|
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,109 Northern Michigan
J.Morse
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: May 2013
Posts: 5,109
Northern Michigan
|
I enjoy watching a u-tube channel featuring a blacksmith. Might be Black Bear or something like that. He is talented and has the right tool for every job. I'll bet you watch John Switzer of Black Bear Forge. He is absolutely talented, and as with most highly skilled craftsmen/tradesmen, he makes it look simple and easy. It ain't either!
|
|
|
Re: What trade to you admire ?
[Re: Wolfdog91]
#7602833
06/11/22 01:30 PM
06/11/22 01:30 PM
|
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,367 W NY
Turtledale
trapper
|
trapper
Joined: Mar 2020
Posts: 7,367
W NY
|
Flintknappers Pilots Blacksmithing Ship builders To name a few, but my list is long
Probably I most admire nurses for the dedication and compassion they show
NYSTA, NTA, FTA, life member Erie county trappers assn.,life member Catt.county trappers
|
|
|
|
|