Informal Poll: Mechanically Inclined or Not?

[smokeless]

Mechanical-- yeah , I guess so .
Industrial mechanic, hvac tech, carpenter, welder, etc.
Just some of my life journeys.
Just because you can pass a written test, doesn't make you a GM. Once watched a fellow try to weld two pieces of steel together for 30 minutes. Didn't do anything but waste good rods. I laugh every time I think about him.

[janak]

Yes. That is why my supervisors call me for everything at work and I have only been on the job for 2 years. But that's what I get paid for keeping the plant running cause everyone needs electricity.

[Mac...]

I'm somewhere in the middle and can admit when a job is to big for me before I start.

Anything with the car goes directly to the shop!

[Strong Slinger]

im somewhere in the middle. I can do enough to get me by.

Justin, you trying to say that you know just enough to be dangerous. Lol

[Fling em]

I'm somewhat mechanically inclined right up until things stop going my way! At that point I start throwing my tools and beer at whatever I was working on and call it dirty names! Once I settle down and have another beer, I will give it another try! Probably have a 50/50 sucess rate but I'm not affraid to call for help either!

[SaltwaterSlick]

Mechanical....
And btw an engineering degree does not make you---well never mind

You (and others) make a good point, BUT IF you do have the discipline to get a degree in any of the technical engineering disciplines, you have a very high likelihood of putting yourself in an employment/professional position where you make enough money to pay somebody to fix your stuff so you can go hunting, fishing, golfing, or whatever else you want to do.

I have heard about every excuse for those who "thought" they wanted to be an engineer (of about any kind), but probably the most common has been " I just never did like math"... or calculus, or chemistry, something along those lines... then finally just dropped out of school, or switched to some "arts" discipline... so they could get a job to help some engineer count his money...

[*DW*]

Nope. My dad was and brothers are. But man to save my life i cant. My repair guys can tell you I've tried though. Cost me more to have it fixed. I consider my self a hander and holder.

[Chew]

My dad was a true shade tree mechanic. I wish I would have paid more attention.

I think I suffer from a fear of making things worse or costing myself more money than an actual lack of skill. Once I make my mind up to do something mechanical, I can usually do pretty good. I guess I just don't have the confidence to wade in and know that I will succeed (I have that confidence in just about every other aspect of my life).

I guess I should have took some shop classes in school.

Looking back I guess I have done some things that I was proud of....

Built a nice bow stand
Installed a front bumper on my jeep to include headlights.

Ok. That's about it.

[MichaelW]

I am the absolute opposite of mechanically inclined...as a matter of fact!

From lego directions on up...

[Lynda]

I think it's just the way we're wired. Your skills are in other areas, Chew. i.e. your powers of deduction pay the bills, Holmes.

You addressed the guys, but I'll chime in too... Total gear head here, or used to be. I've stripped and rebuilt motorbikes Including reboring, making gaskets, cutting panels, spraying paint, the works. Before I could afford nice motorbikes, I often had to do roadside troubleshooting... checking the plugs, jets, fuel filters etc. 15 years on, and now I'll ask my son to change a lightbulb, lol.

[bubba57]

I was raised up on a farm/saw mill. We never called anyone for help. If it needed repaired we fixed it, if it needed wired we wired it, if it needed built we built it. We built every piece of equipment in the mill. Thanks to my career choice, If it can weld, cut, roll, shear, bend, bevel, laminate, grind, drill, punch, polish, pressure test, magna flux, or X ray a piece of metal I can run it. I can read structural and pipe blue prints and lay out and fit up the same. But a kids swing set will whip my butt every time.

[TxAg]

I can fix a sandwich...does that count?



While I can generally pick up on how things work mechanically, I'm not the guy you want fixing, rebuilding, or replacing.

[DrJ]

I can get myself into trouble when I go to fix things on my own...you tube videos and directions are my friend, too Chew. I'm more of a body mechanic myself.

[janak]

Yes.

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[janak]

Yes[IMG][/IMG].

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