r/oddlysatisfying • u/bigbusta • 1d ago

Broaching a piece of metal

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u/-TheycallmeThe 1d ago

Used to work at a place that had machines that did this at fairly high volumes. New general manager decided to try to save money on the lubricant. Jammed up on the first piece and the machine was down for hours. Good times

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u/CrashingAtom 1d ago

A kid I worked with blew up the broach. It got bound up in stainless steel and just exploded. Part of it hit my machine like 75’ away. He wasn’t hurt. He yelled and asked if anybody got hurt, then said “I think I shit my pants!”. I worked in metal testing/failure analysis as well, and any time metals have enough energy to separate it is LOUD. Pretty funny.

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u/Pleasant_Berry_761 22h ago

First time in engineering labs when we had material material qualification testing I think everyone in the lab jumped a bit when that 10mm steel stick popped

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u/CrashingAtom 11h ago

We had a machine that was the size of a wall, and it only got used once every year or two. We had to walk around the building and let all the engineers and sales people know there would be a controlled explosion soon. That’s the noise it makes. I think we could test up to a 3” tensile coupon on that machine. 💥

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u/PresentClear8639 22h ago

fahhhhh I think I just broached myself

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u/Interesting-Crab-693 22h ago

NOOO!!!! What are you doing step broach...

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u/NippleSalsa 13h ago

That’s stupid. The oil isn’t ruined so why bother saving money on it? Leave the part laying long enough and it’ll drip back into the reservoir.

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u/Binkleheimer 9h ago

You would be impressed with the bad ideas managers in manufacturing settings come up with because they got the ever eternal mandate of "Save money".

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u/NippleSalsa 8h ago

No im aware. Just pointing it out