A Day in the Life of A Machinist | Machine Shop Talk Ep. 27

How do machinists spend their time in the shop? Ian Sandusky walks us through his daily routine.

If you are new to the trade and just found your first job in a machine shop, you might be curious to know what your responsibilities are or might be in the future. If you are experienced and have been making parts for years, you might be curious to know how other machinists spend their time and if they are doing it right. Regardless of what your experience level is, taking a look at another fellow machinist's daily schedule is always a good way to learn new ways to do the job or just confirm that what you are doing is right. And this is what this video is about. Let's take a look at how a day in the life of Ian Sandusky looks!

Does your daily schedule in the shop look different? How do you organize your day and what would you do differently from Ian? Share your experience in the comments.

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[dylanrozza]

"Drink coffee, contemplate the decisions that got you here" is the most spot on representation of a machinists first half hour 😂

[owievisie]

I do this for 6 years as a pro but I'm still watching this to make sure I have not forget something that I needed to do for the past 6 years

[TheMysteriousDumbaz]

Started at a shop little over a month ago, young and have no experience in machining. They have me in shipping and receiving and operating the saw right now. I'm super excited and pumped to get into learning about the other departments and turning this into a career.

[jimportis]

Gotta say..Im 44 and about to get into it for the 1st time...Have manufacturing experience but no cnc ...youve helped to take that nervous edge off..thanks

[rapturefox]

Just started doing Mazak CNC machining parts for Aerospace and love it! Work 12 hour shifts 50-60 hours a week! Shift time flys by. The only time it drags is when running material and there are no adjustments needed. Lucky for me the tools wear out after 100 parts and the materials change a lot with temperature. Shaving off .00005 every once in awhile make it nice but the real problems are fun. Just don’t crash one to have fun😅

[coldplayer]

Nice info. I’m ending my 10 years of Active Duty this month as a F-15 crew chief and transition to the Reserves as Metals Tech. The MT dudes I talked to love their job so that’s reassuring.

[MoneyTrees]

im 24, worked in production for about 6 years. I am not the greatest at math but i dont want to feel discouraged. Im going to be going back to school for CNC machining this fall.

[tylerlamb]

this is 1 of 5 videos I've watched about this subject and is the only down to earth relatable one... lol thank you :D

[kaweesaismail]

U are really doing a good job of teaching the machining industry

[randypiper]

I've had fun learning it. Almost 5 years on a Amera Sei-ki and Haas VF2 models vertical. I loved watching movies on my Sony Vita on kill days. But absolutely I loved making objects, metal, copper, aluminum. Learned so much. I started as a power-washer, then later asked to do CNC machining. Loved using my brain for once haha!.

[TLZ]

Im about 2 weeks into a machining trade school. Loving it.

[vectorhold]

I was a machinist for just about 2-3 years. Decided it wasn't for me (personal preference). Was much better switching over to shipping and receiving dept where i've been for the past 20 years. Once in awhile I'll help out the new guys which works out great. Cheers man, keep on rockin!

[garyeaton]

Hey man thanks for the video, I'm starting an entry level position The Machinist trade next week. I've been doing maintenance for the last 20 years but I realized that I would like to try something different and rewarding thank you.

[Towerdawgg]

Put program in and set on auto and all I do is take a part out and new one in

[BoomTV]

I want to be a machinist. Though Seems very hard for me since I don’t have any background nor experience About this field. Thank you so much for sharing this video can’t wait to learn more from you sir . Watching from Philippines here.

[TonivomBananenboot]

Im a CNC Operator from Germany. I think CNC Operator is a pretty chill job if you are in serial automated manufacturing. Once i set up the CNC Center all i got to do is load the autoloader with material and let it run, check on the parts once in a while. I think prototype manufacturing is more stressfull.

[richardemslander]

When he said 12:15 scrap a part. doubt self. consider switching into plumbing I damn near cried

[Towerdawgg]

After programming it's sitting in front of a machine hitting a buttons all day depending on how many parts I make. Setting up the tools and programming takes a while

[johnsovcom]

Spent the first 5 months at my place of work, being a saw guy, square bar stock, then deburr readdy for fist stage cnc now a cnc setter and op

[sudarshanahirekar]

Great job ...brother ...and thank for sharing knowledge about machinist in simple way...thnks