A funny skit comparing electricians and millwrights. Special thanks to BradSalter and xtranormal, for the animation. Comment, rate and subscribe! THANKS!
I’m an Electrician and this is funny stuff, but I have nothing but respect for the Millwrights I work with and all my fellow tradesmen even Pipe fitters.
I started in Wisconsin, Millwrighting sucks over there. I"m now in Cali ! Loving the trade over here ! The Millwrights are cool as shit and the pay is lovely ! There's a bit of an iron ceiling in Wisconsin, not so in Cali…
I had two pieces of paper offering an apprenticeship to become either a millwright or an electrician. At the time, I held a position of labourer/machine operator and had good opportunity to see what each trade did and how machine operation relied on both mechanical and electrical components to function properly. I was quite uncertain which to choose based on that, as both seemed to require a varying (but different) level of expertise to do well at. Before choosing one or the other, I spoke to Journeyman of each trade at my place of employment. The deciding factor was having over a dozen certified Millwrights telling me to become an Electrician. The old timers told me that while their trade was interesting and fulfilling, it had destroyed their bodies (with many scars, broken bones and other workplace injuries to emphasize their stories). I chose to heed their words and become a certified Electrician. They continue to have my respect for the shit they have to deal with day in and day out, but I'd much rather be responsible for automated machine control than have to destroy my body fixing it when that machine breaks in half.
I'm a millwright and although I suggest to young folks to become an electrician , it's not due to wear and tear on the body but rather job opportunities. I can build or rebuild anything on an automobile, including electrical. Not too many electricians can say that.
In 2021 very few industrial trades people aren't well versed in multiple skills(trades). Industrial electricians and Industrial Mechanics (millwright) build and maintain the same equipment albeit different aspects. I love working with our electricians and they love helping us millwrights out. We bounce ideas and knowledge off of each other and are part of a bigger team. Having multiple trades work together and share workload and ideas is the best way to keep your plants and team doing its job and happy. Happy machines happy workers happy life. And yes we joke around about which trade is god but at the end of the day we're all workers pulling a wage for a company that would replace us as fast as we can say covid. ;)
Hell ya, you nailed it, and if you've ever seen a sparky trouble shoot hydraulics, they're clueless, but a millwright can identify if it's a mechanical or electrical problem
As a retired sparky got a kick out of this. As an apprentice had to help our 2 great millwright mechanics some times. Taught me the proper way of using tools. Neither.one owned or used what they called a nut rounder ( adjustable wrench ). Hate to admit it but a few times we we tied up they wired in motors and did a great job. Millwrights probably the best trained in numerous trades. Can weld solder pipes do sheet metal work minor electrical work rum milling machines & lathes and do precison work. We still got more overtime then them and broke there balls about it.
In South africa millwrights do everything including all electrical work. In other words Millwrights are true double tradesmen, electrical and mechanical. Another name for it is Electromechnician.
I'm a millwright. I know a bit of everything but not a master of anything. This is hilarious. I fix pumps and weld small shit but I'm not really anything. Hahahaha. Funny.
You are correct wattdoc! Velensa did a great deal on the political front for his country. Nikola Tesla can not, nor will ever receive the due credit for all of his accomplishments in the electrical field due to our country's biases (both past and present). He was a GENIUS! Schools need to teach more Tesla and less Edison!!!
Joined the carpenters union but the history of a millwright was by todays standard a mechanical engineer who designed built and repaired machinery. All trades are important even down to laborers... nice cartoon though i got a kick out of it
Lech Walesa - Polish Electrician, had alot of trouble retaining work because he wasn't a Party Member; Became one of the Leading Founders of the Solidarity Union which managed to abolish the Communist Government; won a Nobel Peace prize &, became President.
I'm sure you could rebuild the turbine that is generating the electricity then, Better bring more than a 1/2" wrench and a #2 robertson screwdriver with you.
tesla refers to Nikola Tesla & his (bold) experimentation with electricity, the "blank" is Velensa, a reference to Lech Velensa a Polish electrician who lead the solidarity movement in Poland. Google both if you want more "enlightenment" about them
He said 'Lech Wałęsa', a Polish Union leader that brought down the entire government, he co-founded Solidarity, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. And all millwrights did was learn how to set farts on fire, lol.
My cousin is an electrican, I tease him " why do you work in Veges all the time? do the light bulb in the signs need to be changed that often? " or " I seen electricans working on the turbine deck... 3 were just drinking coffee and watching while only one worked" ( I'm a Millwright)
+Gary Mike "Veges" has a typo in it (Vegas) and "I seen" is missing a word (have). And that in 3 lines of text. You has grammar, rihgt? And attentoin to detale?
Gary Mike I get the point. Although it`s only implied the point is that millwrights are superior to electricians maybe in terms of work ethic. I get the joke. (Besides, that`s also how construction workers worked every time I checked in my village at home.) Below is some food for thought connecting spelling and grammar and logic to troubleshooting and trades tasks. It is not meant to be disrespectful to any trades, or any comments posted or persons. This all is just linking ideas across seemingly unrelated academics and trades. Millwrights, electricians, auto service technicians, plumbers and a lot of other trades do troubleshooting in finding fault in electrical circuits, hydraulic lines, mechanical linkages, etc. Now technically, the counter-argument to correct spelling mentioning book writing is invalid because it changes the subject. Book writing compares length of text vs. length of posted comment, a topic also featured in my post besides spelling correctness. Side-by-side mention does not mean connection or logical relation. "I ate a banana and I like fixing things" is listing 2 things, it does not mean that I like bananas, just states the fact that I ate it and its quantity was 1. "I welded the hinges in the morning, now I`m in the hospital" doesn`t mean welding caused a serious injury or I`m injured at all. I could be delivering the fixed hospital equipment. "The service limit length of chain is 150cm, size 5/8 inch" doesn`t mean a 1/2 inch chain will ever work as long as its it`s the right length. The other technical issue is the point is actually never made, we only have a single-time observation about the number of people on task and the number of people present. A single observation is neither a tendency nor a universal truth. "I saw a Chinese guy causing an accident" doesn`t mean all Chinese are bad drivers at all times. "I had a Dewalt drill, it blew its battery in a month" doesn`t mean Dewalt drills are bad, Dewalt batteries are bad, they have always been bad, ... etc The third logical glitch is cross-attributing. The qualities of the product (inferior light bulbs, stinky sewage, slow students, rusty metal) does not extend or become the qualities of its user or maker (electrician, pump operator, teacher, forging press operator, respectively. GM doesn`t make the tire for the car that blew its wire belts 2 times in a month now, or its lights that keep burning out. Dunlop makes tires and GE makes the bulbs, both are unrelated to GM`s design of the vehicle.
Lech Walesa was the son of a Carpenter. Carpenters founded Labor Day, and Jesus, a carpenter from Nazareth, changed world history, not to mention the entire course of the eternal universe. I want to be a Carpenter!
Lech Walesa destroyed an entire government. He was the head of he Solidarity movement in Poland that was instrumental in toppling communism in eastern europe. Lech Walesa was an electrician, the most awesome group of men ever to grace this earth.
Having experience in both field, I can safely say that electrical work is much MUCH easier and cleaner. It's also been my experience that most electricians are whiny pussies who lose their shit if they have to do something that varies a tiny amount from their trade. A lot of the millwright work I did could be performed by a laborer (bolting up flanges,etc...) but I would love to see the results of a laborer or electrician trying to rebuild a simple Dodge gearbox.
Lech Walesa (pronounced "Vwalensa") was a Polish electrician/trade unionist who led the Solidarity movement that precipitated the downfall of the communist government in Poland and ultimately led to the collapse of the Iron Curtain. He went on to become president of Poland.
You have no idea bud. Electricians actually need to have a decent amount of knowledge in math and physics and require a much higher mechanical aptitude to do their job well, whereas laborers can still be good at their trade if they're unintelligent.
bunch of vids. like this elct vs hvac plumber fitter... i am not retired or 78 years working for n company, i am trying to pick my future occupation. fist i was influenced by one vid then completely reversed look video, now i understand that this is all bs and little to do with reality :P
I have been an electrician for almost 20 years. Skilled people are skilled for a reason. They do what they do for a reason, they are good at it. You either are good or you are a piece of shit...Pick a side get educated and be a tradesman...If not and you dont know what I am talking about . Do me a favor and get educated.......otherwise...I am not as smart as i think i is???really
laborers feed their families with money they get from the copper scrap we electricians leave on the ground. if they could do my job they would have to give up their favorite tools, shovels and brooms.
Firstly, thank you for your unsolicited response. Secondly, I was told this joke by a fellow tradesman. I guess its the funniest joke in the local trade school. Thirdly, I have worked with many tradespeople throughout my career in manufacturing and, in reality, electricians by and large are the arrogant pricks of the industry. Lastly, if you think this joke was about homosexuality... you're an electrician. Screw Flanders.
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I’m an Electrician and this is funny stuff, but I have nothing but respect for the Millwrights I work with and all my fellow tradesmen even Pipe fitters.
I'm a retired millwright and I think this is hilarious. Almost as good as the ironworker one.
Hi i am looking into joining a trade as a millwright, how did you like working as a millwright? are there still jobs available as a millwright?
I started in Wisconsin, Millwrighting sucks over there. I"m now in Cali ! Loving the trade over here ! The Millwrights are cool as shit and the pay is lovely ! There's a bit of an iron ceiling in Wisconsin, not so in Cali…
As an Electrician, this is hilarious! Much respect to all my fellow tradesmen!
As a Millwright im pretty sure the electrician is describing an iron worker
this is brilliant! I work in a factory with both these tradespeople and the discriptions are so accurate!
Both trades do very well!
I had two pieces of paper offering an apprenticeship to become either a millwright or an electrician. At the time, I held a position of labourer/machine operator and had good opportunity to see what each trade did and how machine operation relied on both mechanical and electrical components to function properly. I was quite uncertain which to choose based on that, as both seemed to require a varying (but different) level of expertise to do well at. Before choosing one or the other, I spoke to Journeyman of each trade at my place of employment. The deciding factor was having over a dozen certified Millwrights telling me to become an Electrician. The old timers told me that while their trade was interesting and fulfilling, it had destroyed their bodies (with many scars, broken bones and other workplace injuries to emphasize their stories). I chose to heed their words and become a certified Electrician. They continue to have my respect for the shit they have to deal with day in and day out, but I'd much rather be responsible for automated machine control than have to destroy my body fixing it when that machine breaks in half.
I'm a millwright and although I suggest to young folks to become an electrician , it's not due to wear and tear on the body but rather job opportunities. I can build or rebuild anything on an automobile, including electrical. Not too many electricians can say that.
I'm a fabricator welder and I find this absolutely hilarious. love doing Auto Body I'm working at the shipyard. Someone definitely need this....
In 2021 very few industrial trades people aren't well versed in multiple skills(trades). Industrial electricians and Industrial Mechanics (millwright) build and maintain the same equipment albeit different aspects. I love working with our electricians and they love helping us millwrights out. We bounce ideas and knowledge off of each other and are part of a bigger team. Having multiple trades work together and share workload and ideas is the best way to keep your plants and team doing its job and happy. Happy machines happy workers happy life. And yes we joke around about which trade is god but at the end of the day we're all workers pulling a wage for a company that would replace us as fast as we can say covid. ;)
Hell ya, you nailed it, and if you've ever seen a sparky trouble shoot hydraulics, they're clueless, but a millwright can identify if it's a mechanical or electrical problem
Millwrights always say it's an electrical problem.
@@hanzbrixx6672 Most times it is because electricians never do their PMs.
wish we could make one at our work. electrians sit in the break room and say thats mechanical theres a bolt on it
that was the best thing ever! How does the rest of the internet not know about this!? This is southpark level shit here man!
They need to make a tin knocker vs electrician. This stuff is too funny. " electricians control lighting."
This is great!
Boilermaker here
Can't make power without steam tubes :P
As a retired sparky got a kick out of this. As an apprentice had to help our 2 great millwright mechanics some times. Taught me the proper way of using tools. Neither.one owned or used what they called a nut rounder ( adjustable wrench ). Hate to admit it but a few times we we tied up they wired in motors and did a great job. Millwrights probably the best trained in numerous trades. Can weld solder pipes do sheet metal work minor electrical work rum milling machines & lathes and do precison work. We still got more overtime then them and broke there balls about it.
In South africa millwrights do everything including all electrical work. In other words Millwrights are true double tradesmen, electrical and mechanical. Another name for it is Electromechnician.
I'm a millwright. I know a bit of everything but not a master of anything. This is hilarious. I fix pumps and weld small shit but I'm not really anything. Hahahaha. Funny.
Carly your beautiful. I want to be an Electrician
haha and thats why i love, do everything, and when its all done i get to do nothing and still get paid
LMAO!!!! I am working to be a millwright. This is way too funny!!!
This is true millwrights do everything they're especially good at scanning other trades work to lmfao
'Rubber Testicles on the Hitch'. Must be a FORD TRUCK! LOL
Good form, sir. Steamfitters' and Welders' Local 250, Los Angeles here.
Electrician on site. love these videos
Electrician, Love it !
Well Done !!!
I'm a Generator Electrical Winder for Mega Watt Units in Power Plants... this is highly amusing!!! haha
Very funny and so true
best trade around
I was a mill Wright welder fabricator and machinist for 20 years now I'm an electrician and I make double the money
You are correct wattdoc! Velensa did a great deal on the political front for his country. Nikola Tesla can not, nor will ever receive the due credit for all of his accomplishments in the electrical field due to our country's biases (both past and present). He was a GENIUS! Schools need to teach more Tesla and less Edison!!!
How do get a millwright to blow ya ? Tell em' its not their work !
Millwrights are gods amongst the trades.
Millwrights make potato guns, electricians make history.
the man has a point.
God damn Sparky's!
0:51 *LOL*
He said Lech Walesa...the Polish labor organizer who became president of Poland after founding "Solidarity".
I haven't heard one of these for pipe fitters yet
It's the one that says electricians vs. the world
Funny
yep,I agree
Lech Walensa is a Polish politician who started life as an electrician. Nice vid, I'm a sparky myself.
Without millwrights and machinists you wouldn't have wires to work with. See? Complementary.
so true
haha. Mike jones is hilarious! Just like his grammer
millrights make potato guns electricians make history. i lost my shit lmao.
Joined the carpenters union but the history of a millwright was by todays standard a mechanical engineer who designed built and repaired machinery. All trades are important even down to laborers... nice cartoon though i got a kick out of it
Motor Cycle logos and names defs targeted at the alberta
oilfield haha
Lech Walesa - Polish Electrician, had alot of trouble retaining work because he wasn't a Party Member; Became one of the Leading Founders of the Solidarity Union which managed to abolish the Communist Government; won a Nobel Peace prize &, became President.
Electrician's get dirty too!
Indeed. Cleaning generators makes one look like a coal miner on a bad day. *LOL*
@ seabeebob- Jesus was a carpenter God was a millwright. Thought I would correct ya
Oh and I did added school to be a "mining technologist ". Wtf. Haha any trade is what u make it.
Electricians spend more time pulling cable than anything else.
You mean pulling their wire.
I'm sure you could rebuild the turbine that is generating the electricity then, Better bring more than a 1/2" wrench and a #2 robertson screwdriver with you.
LMFAO
Funny, but show me something a millwright can't do. We do it all.
Lech Welesa.
Ima union outside journeyman wireman and I work with big machines and pipe fit (RIGID) and weld and get dirty.. all that shit
I wanted to become an electrician but they said I could not because my parents were not brother and sister.
*scabbing
actually my dad has certificates for both of them..
When I say dodge, you're thinking Chrysler.....and that shows what you don't know.
Look up Dodge-pt . com
Hmm.. I wonder how much power gets generated in this world without Pipefitters....
How bout the best of both worlds? Electrical millwrights
tesla refers to Nikola Tesla & his (bold) experimentation with electricity, the "blank" is Velensa, a reference to Lech Velensa a Polish electrician who lead the solidarity movement in Poland. Google both if you want more "enlightenment" about them
😂
I got your 1 k.. & 29 years as JW IBEW
tesla invented AC voltage, hence invented the 20th century
hahahahaha
He said 'Lech Wałęsa', a Polish Union leader that brought down the entire government, he co-founded Solidarity, won the Nobel Peace Prize in 1983, and served as President of Poland between 1990 and 1995. And all millwrights did was learn how to set farts on fire, lol.
South-African Millwrights are qualified electricians and fitters/mechanical fitters
i have no idea what he's talking about there, sorry.
He said: Lech Walesa destroyed an entire government.
you must be a plumber kdog
Awesome vid! Electricians eat batteries and shit nuclear waste classic
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My cousin is an electrican, I tease him " why do you work in Veges all the time? do the light bulb in the signs need to be changed that often? " or " I seen electricans working on the turbine deck... 3 were just drinking coffee and watching while only one worked" ( I'm a Millwright)
+Gary Mike "Veges" has a typo in it (Vegas) and "I seen" is missing a word (have). And that in 3 lines of text. You has grammar, rihgt? And attentoin to detale?
Not trying to write a book, just trying to get my point across.
Plus Google wants to correct in a wring way some times and I don't catch it.
;)
I also wanted to be millwright, never happened.
Gary Mike I get the point. Although it`s only implied the point is that millwrights are superior to electricians maybe in terms of work ethic. I get the joke. (Besides, that`s also how construction workers worked every time I checked in my village at home.)
Below is some food for thought connecting spelling and grammar and logic to troubleshooting and trades tasks. It is not meant to be disrespectful to any trades, or any comments posted or persons. This all is just linking ideas across seemingly unrelated academics and trades.
Millwrights, electricians, auto service technicians, plumbers and a lot of other trades do troubleshooting in finding fault in electrical circuits, hydraulic lines, mechanical linkages, etc.
Now technically, the counter-argument to correct spelling mentioning book writing is invalid because it changes the subject. Book writing compares length of text vs. length of posted comment, a topic also featured in my post besides spelling correctness. Side-by-side mention does not mean connection or logical relation. "I ate a banana and I like fixing things" is listing 2 things, it does not mean that I like bananas, just states the fact that I ate it and its quantity was 1.
"I welded the hinges in the morning, now I`m in the hospital" doesn`t mean welding caused a serious injury or I`m injured at all. I could be delivering the fixed hospital equipment.
"The service limit length of chain is 150cm, size 5/8 inch" doesn`t mean a 1/2 inch chain will ever work as long as its it`s the right length.
The other technical issue is the point is actually never made, we only have a single-time observation about the number of people on task and the number of people present. A single observation is neither a tendency nor a universal truth. "I saw a Chinese guy causing an accident" doesn`t mean all Chinese are bad drivers at all times. "I had a Dewalt drill, it blew its battery in a month" doesn`t mean Dewalt drills are bad, Dewalt batteries are bad, they have always been bad, ... etc
The third logical glitch is cross-attributing. The qualities of the product (inferior light bulbs, stinky sewage, slow students, rusty metal) does not extend or become the qualities of its user or maker (electrician, pump operator, teacher, forging press operator, respectively. GM doesn`t make the tire for the car that blew its wire belts 2 times in a month now, or its lights that keep burning out. Dunlop makes tires and GE makes the bulbs, both are unrelated to GM`s design of the vehicle.
Lech Walesa was the son of a Carpenter. Carpenters founded Labor Day, and Jesus, a carpenter from Nazareth, changed world history, not to mention the entire course of the eternal universe. I want to be a Carpenter!
Lech Walesa destroyed an entire government. He was the head of he Solidarity movement in Poland that was instrumental in toppling communism in eastern europe.
Lech Walesa was an electrician, the most awesome group of men ever to grace this earth.
I feel a little disrespected from this one. You guys can build your own power plants.
Having experience in both field, I can safely say that electrical work is much MUCH easier and cleaner. It's also been my experience that most electricians are whiny pussies who lose their shit if they have to do something that varies a tiny amount from their trade.
A lot of the millwright work I did could be performed by a laborer (bolting up flanges,etc...) but I would love to see the results of a laborer or electrician trying to rebuild a simple Dodge gearbox.
What's the toughest thing a new electrician has to do?...
Go home and tell his parents he a flaming homosexual.
Jesus was a Carpenter...God is an Electrician!
There is nothing wrong with being a millwright
electricians run wire............
Lech Walesa (pronounced "Vwalensa") was a Polish electrician/trade unionist who led the Solidarity movement that precipitated the downfall of the communist government in Poland and ultimately led to the collapse of the Iron Curtain. He went on to become president of Poland.
tesla invented AC voltage.. hence invented the 20th century.
Haha yeah awful grammar, but at least he can spell.
Yet HVAC technicians get paid more, haha.
You have no idea bud. Electricians actually need to have a decent amount of knowledge in math and physics and require a much higher mechanical aptitude to do their job well, whereas laborers can still be good at their trade if they're unintelligent.
bunch of vids. like this elct vs hvac plumber fitter... i am not retired or 78 years working for n company, i am trying to pick my future occupation. fist i was influenced by one vid then completely reversed look video, now i understand that this is all bs and little to do with reality :P
Lek Welenska......Poland.........
I have been an electrician for almost 20 years. Skilled people are skilled for a reason. They do what they do for a reason, they are good at it. You either are good or you are a piece of shit...Pick a side get educated and be a tradesman...If not and you dont know what I am talking about . Do me a favor and get educated.......otherwise...I am not as smart as i think i is???really
laborers feed their families with money they get from the copper scrap we electricians leave on the ground. if they could do my job they would have to give up their favorite tools, shovels and brooms.
Terrible Microsoft Sam voice takes away from the humor. I presume the guy who made these is an electrician.
*than*( You are not improving your debate by poor grammar.)
Firstly, thank you for your unsolicited response. Secondly, I was told this joke by a fellow tradesman. I guess its the funniest joke in the local trade school. Thirdly, I have worked with many tradespeople throughout my career in manufacturing and, in reality, electricians by and large are the arrogant pricks of the industry. Lastly, if you think this joke was about homosexuality... you're an electrician.
Screw Flanders.
Electromechanical Technician beats the shit out of the two. Enough Said.
Too bad electricians can't spell though