I will genuinely never understand a world in which this type of skill is less rewarded than the “work” of some lazy asshole with a phony degree he cheated his way through school to get and now earns $5 million a year sitting in an air-conditioned office sending a few emails and blathering in meetings
Yeah mate thats not quite how it works but ok :-) every C suite person I've met works 10 hour days and are highly skilled in what they do. They are leading the company to 20x in profit compared to their salaries. Not saying we live in a 'just' world, just that its not like these jobs are all occupied by lazy people.
Also you generally get paid based on how much profit you can make for your company so if a ceo makes a decision that increases profits in the tens or hundreds of millions then their pay increases a lot. As a tradesman you get paid based on what your work can be charged to customers. So the net profit you bring in to the company is much less and you are paid as so. Thats just capitalism baby.
But, on the flip side. I switched from working in the office to carpentry. I make less money but my job is 1000% better, more interesting and more fun. Yes I do more manual labor but I think that’s a plus it’s good to o move every day. And most of all I don’t want to jump off a bridge at the end of the day. Everyone is different but I would rather make less and enjoy my life.
10 hours is on the conservative side. I have plenty of experience on the corporate side to know that your average c suite works their ass off and is held to a higher standard than most VPs that sit below them. You're entitled to your own opinion though and you obviously seem to have a different experience in your own corporate adventures. I'd recommend finding a better company to work for if you're this high strung when talking to strangers on reddit.
You’ve got a right to your opinion but I hope you recognize it’s just that. There are bad and good at every step of every career path, in my experience thus far.
You are neglecting to realize that the barrier to entry for one is hundreds of orders of magnitude lower than the other. Anyone can start doing construction at any time in their life. Next to no one can walk into a corp and ask to be in charge.
It’s my own home and my wife wouldn’t react any different to a strip of foam backer rod glued to the floor with liquid nails. I used maple because I have like 400’ of 1x6x7’ S4S maple in my garage that was going to be thrown away. It’ll all blend nicely once I spray it all with brown rustoleum
Beautifully done. I have never put that much effort into mine but I'm not sure I have ever encountered the need.
I assume you are painting it since you have cut your piece from maple on an oak floor.
Its a water-cooled 2.2kw spindle mounted to a Jessem router lift. Top is 1-1/2" MDF with a maple edge and formica top. It was built to the size of the piece of formica I found behind the dryer. It's a beast and whisper quiet.
Your reducer should not have a cove. It's wrong. It won't feel right when you step on it. Nobody ever builds a reducer like you did. I can make a custom reducer in a faction of the time with a bench top table saw and a random obit sander. You tried to reinvent the wheel.
I figured that might be the case. I’m not up on all the profile nomenclature but I was pretty sure a cove would be a concave shape. Guess I can cancel that special toe dismemberment insurance I purchased for this threshold now
It’s all new to me but here’s what google tells me:
A threshold is a broad term for any trim that finishes a floor edge, whereas a reducer is a specific type of threshold used to create a gradual, sloped transition between two floors of different heights.
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u/HILL_R_AND_D 4d ago
That’s hot