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I sure hope they are not giving away all of the military ammunition - we will need it for ourselves before long

[Inner Dirt]

Originally Posted by davew

I sure hope they are not giving away all of the military ammunition - we will need it for ourselves before long

I remember reading we were getting short on 155mm shells a while back because of Ukraine. I would not think it would be much of an issue to ramp up production and replace them. Most munitions are not difficult to make. Most large defense contractors including one I worked at back in the day have plenty of extra capacity. Of course all the ones in California will have to raise entry level pay to fill the button pusher jobs because McDonalds minimum wage is $20 an hour in a couple months.

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Originally Posted by Inner Dirt

I remember reading we were getting short on 155mm shells a while back because of Ukraine. I would not think it would be much of an issue to ramp up production and replace them. Most munitions are not difficult to make. Most large defense contractors including one I worked at back in the day have plenty of extra capacity. Of course all the ones in California will have to raise entry level pay to fill the button pusher jobs because McDonalds minimum wage is $20 an hour in a couple months.

When you get your high speed internet, can you get back some of the defense work?

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Originally Posted by xtb

When you get your high speed internet, can you get back some of the defense work?

That thought was crossing my mind, but the old dog who just turned 63 will need to learn new tricks. If I don't stop collecting concussions I don't think I will be able to deal with the BS. It was getting more and more difficult with the packaging requirements and I had a friend handle a lot of that for me. He did that in exchange for training and me wiring and helping him set up a small shop on his property. I am pretty sure everything now requires Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) tags on packages, the printers that burn those tags cost $2k for a refurbished and $3-$5k for a new model. I have no idea if I could get away with a $2k one, must do some research. The RFID tags are so they can find the packages if they lose them.


When I was doing DOD work before I just avoided bidding on jobs that required RFID tags, I will assume that is no longer an option. You have to use a Julian calendar for dates and all sorts of other nonsense that is just senseless busy work. I am sure they have not improved a damn thing, most

all the items I was producing was for repair parts and routine maintenance.
A lot of the drawings are WW2 era and call out obsolete materials, you have to learn the modern replacements. I wonder if I still have my notebook. I still have chemicals I only used for DOD metal finishing, I will have to check expiration dates. A lot of the chemicals they tell you to use have long since been banned.





The packaging requirements can be asinine, had a part timer when I was doing the DOD work who was a retired USAF mechanic, he was like "We used 100's of these panel screws at a time, why are you putting only one in each bag?"


Thanks for asking, thinking about it gave me a headache.