Hit 10,000 hours of sheet metal work last month

I was doing a repair on a Cessna 172 belly skin when my logbook app popped up with the 10,000 hour notification for sheet metal alone. That's basically 5 years of full time work just patching and riveting aluminum. It surprised me because I always thought of myself as more of a general mechanic, not a specialist. Has anyone else hit a random milestone like that and realized you've spent way more time on one specific task than you thought?

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lee84721d ago

Man I had that same kind of moment when I looked back and realized I'd done over 500 oil changes on the same model of Bobcat skid steer. Never planned on being the oil change guy, but it just happened because I worked at a place that had a fleet of them. Kinda funny how you can end up being really good at something you never set out to master.

the_claire21d ago

Track your intervals and you'll never second-guess your work.

ruby_jones21d ago

That's a weird way to look at it honestly. 10,000 hours on sheet metal doesn't mean you're a specialist, it just means you didn't say no enough. Being good at something doesn't automatically make it worthwhile.