Working with Leonard

So I work at Leonard's Metal, on the corner of Western and West Main. Yep, I manufacture airplane parts. I'm in the aerospace industry. I do NOT work on an assembly line, although I wokr in the work center called assembly, it's different...really. Now I am going to try and explain as simply and as easily as I possibly can what I do. It may be difficult for you lay people, but try to follow along.
Leonards Metal is divided into different work centers. I work in work center 40/ assembly. Here it is. That's Jack, he is pretty funny and loves to talk. And the reason it looks so empty is becuase this was taken at 5 in the morning on Saturday. I normally work 6:30 -3 with two 10 min breaks at 9 and 1:30 and a half hour lunch at 11, but I can work overtime; so I can work 5-9 on Saturdays if I want. Not too many people come in but there are a few of us. The other work centers in the plant make the parts that we put together. Here is a view from the other side of the plant. My computer last summer was on the very opposite side of w/c 40 and I had to climb these stiars a zillion times a day. Seriously. For instance, I was working on these parts we just call -1, that involve a part called a clip and a nut. The nuts are manufactured here at the Auburn plant but the clips are made at another LMI out of state. So anyways all the parts have crazy part numbers like 4Z841933W92-56 yeah, something like that. We just call them by the last numbers after the dash sometimes. LMI makes parts for different companies like Boeing, Vought, Sikorsky, Canada Air... the list goes on. They range from little parts to some of the bigger parts that my work center makes. These -1 that I worked on cost $6, doesn't sound like a lot but they ordered 7,569 so it adds up real fast. And yes I was sitting there for 2 and a half days working on these parts. All I did was squish the little nut into the hole on the clip using what is called a squeeze. There are many different kinds of squeezes. Here Cindy is working with a bigger type of squeeze. I also use drills and deburr parts (that's when after you drill throught metal there are usually little chunks that are stuck to the hole you drilled and get in the way when you try to put a rivet through it so I make sure to eliminate those.) I also work a lot at the bonding table using fancy glues and sealants and cool chemicals and paints. There we have attached velcro to parts that were going to be used for curtain holders. Every part is wierd and has some random purpose they look nothing like what you think. Everything is usually painted after it is installed in the plane. Oh, that is good thing to bring up. There are no planes in this factory. We just make the little parts and ship them off to other companies who put the little pieces all together. I have worked on a Blackhawk wing before, but that's as close I got to seeing anything that resembled a plane.
I think that is all, I hope that all makes sense. There was a Leonard at one point but he sold they company to someone else and they just chose to keep the name. This past week I was sick on Tuesday so I didn't get to go to work. Don't I look pathetic? You should feel sorry for me since I had some dumb 24 hour bug and I was up late Monday night throwing up. I'm great now! So yeah, thats where I work. I hope that cleared up some questions and now you have a better idea of where I work and what I do. I really do enjoy working there as much as it seems wierd and random. The people are really awesome and a ton of fun. I'm not sure there are any other better jobs for a college student to work in the summer. You should all try it!