Episode 46 - CRAFTSMANSHIP - Mastering Your Craft

[@justinjones5240]

I'm glad to know I'm not the only one who feels this way. I'm always preaching this to the guys around me. They say I'm way to OCD about my work. I am because I give a shit. I love what I do. I don't just do it for the money. There has been so many times I've seen really bad shit work and was like wtf and made my guys go back and re do it. They get mad but I tell them do it right the first time and there will be no need to do it over again. Thanks brother love the vids keep them coming. 👍🏻

[@Rico702Vegas]

Well said brother!! We need more integrity in this world.

[@snowboardbrigade3348]

Hear hear brother

[@aaronwidder9624]

Dustin, I have my apprentice watch your stuff all the time! Sometimes it's better to hear a different point of view instead of how I explain it. We listen to you in the truck on the way to the job and back home. Great stuff man!

[@mickiexposed]

I couldn't seem to communicate to my crew all the points you bring up in this video. Likewise, I link them and encourage them to listen to your videos. Alot of people forget that work and having the freedom to display pride in your workmanship isn't just a job, its a privilege.

[@totallyawesome80s55]

When I was an apprentice, I went on a service call with my journeyman to a bridal shop. The back of the shop was completely open with a 30' ceiling, and you could see all the panels and raceways going up to the ceiling, and it was immaculate. Best work I've ever seen. Every row of offsets matched perfectly. That's when I knew what craftsmanship was.

[@illtrax]

I remember talking with a construction crew I worked with about mindfulness. At first they brushed it off as hippie crap but after a good conversation about safety they got it. I love you brought up the intention of samurai. This was ultimately what I was trying to say. Being mindful of the work and doing everything with intention means we all get to go home to see your families at the end of the day.

[@stanley4006]

I had a new guy start working with me about 2 years ago, he just retired from the army with 22 years of service. I told him very early on that we would see a lot of fucked up hack work, there are so many people that just don’t care but I take a lot of pride in doing things nice, neat and right. After almost 2 years he said to me “I still remember when you told me how I would see a lot of hack work and I am amazed on how right you were.” Great video

[@kevinbowers9370]

This is my favorite channel and I will continue to watch all the videos and watch them over again. I am very passionate in getting into the electrical trade and I find these videos to be fun and very informative. Thank you.

[@ElectricianU]

Thanks for watching my friend! Glad you get some value out of it

[@bigunone]

I had a pair of brothers working for me, family are friends, their mom and I were talking one day and she claimed I had ruined her boys, since they now look at conduit runs to see if they were plumb and looked good. They notice open boxes, one of them grabbed his mom and kept her from walking under an open box, in a Walmart... Nothing prettier than a well run conduits going into a panel, when every bend is the same and all the couplings line up

[@seansmythe7543]

Watch out mom! Electricity might fall from the ceiling and leak on you!! I grabbed you and saved your LIFE!!!😂😂😂

[@AmbassaJer]

@@seansmythe7543 the voltage drop was a real issue on that one

[@seansmythe7543]

@@AmbassaJer bravo, very clever 😂😂😂

[@wilburrrrr742]

Make your install like you were going to have to sign your name on it.

[@plandl1]

I was just about to say that, "you put your name on it"!

[@totallyawesome80s55]

I actually do sign my work, because I've occasionally had another sparky say I fucked something up and I'm honestly not sure if I did it or not. So I'll mark the inside of a plate or something.

[@davidadame1313]

I dropped out of college and decided to make being a union electrician my new career. I dont mind the work I knew it was physical when I signed up. What I didnt realize was the "quality" of people in the trades. Whats with grown ass men graffiti-ing up the porta-johns? like how is that a professional adult in a respectable job? do you ever see nurses or accountants or firefighters doing that sort of thing? Those sort of things give construction workers a bad stereotype in my opinion, being a craftsmen to alot of these guys is an idea in another dimension.

[@russrockino-rr0864]

I can't even count the times in my 26 years in the trade, where I have went to pull wire in somebody elses run of conduit and had the pipe come apart at one or more couplers or connectors. I get accused of the OCD thing occasionally too. Concealed conduit does not have to be perfect, but it needs to stay together and intact. Great video, Thanks. Russ from Oregon.

[@mdovideo1414]

I always run my wires at right angles and make everything neat because I take pride in my work.

[@jameshansen2668]

Sharp curves create heat

[@dallas5374]

Oh boy….

[@kevincruz7958]

It's not just that some people don't care about the craft, but also that the work environment is so hasty that you can't take your time to go above and beyond the minimum. Sometimes I have just one day by myself to do a job that takes a bunch of hour and effort and since I'm not really sure when I'll finish, I rush.

[@adriancortina1219]

I don't really comment on videos, but this episode of yours has compelled me to do so, so here it goes. This was a deep one with a strong message that is applicable to any job or any industry. I am not an electrician but you and your channel make me want to be one, I very much appreciate you and your channel. Thank you. I think 98% of america needs to watch this video. I am just an ordinary person who likes to learn new things that I know nothing about and you have helped me. Thank you for the great work and posting of good informative content on KZbin! I appreciate people like you, I wish you well and hope you surpass all your aspirations!

[@kfaolain8623]

Well said brothah! My old carpentry Boss told me my 2nd day: "People will know. You do good work, they'll know; you do bad work: they'll know" You hit the nail on the head as soon as you said Integrity (i dam near said out-loud the definition, like i was trained) Good luck and good fortune. This is excellent work on this channel.

[@UAANC]

This is why I love you bro. You're setting an amazing example for new apprentices in the trade.

[@TheHersey]

This video is meta advertisement. You rock Dustin.

[@stevepape9011]

Thanks Dustin love you back take care.

[@devinhinkson3798]

Recently ended a business partnership because of this exact thing, the care factor is what’s so important

[@Nestta5252]

"Hone your give a shit" 😂😂😂 This needs to be a t-shirt!

[@cmaxwell23]

Wow. Well said. I wish there were more people in my industry (software engineering) that truly cared about craftsmanship.

[@jakeb1135]

Thank you! People need to hear this!!

[@jfrost412]

I tell apprentices if you wouldn’t show it to your kid in 15yrs, if you wouldn’t sign your family name on the back of cover plate - stop what your doing. Something i don’t see enough of - bonding of J boxes and even more, bonding of “ CUT N” boxes seems far and few. Keep up the great vids. Keep preaching! Jeff Daniels

[@dwaynephillips3457]

Please keep the videos coming! Love the content of your videos. I’m almost a month into trade school and your videos hammer home what they’re teaching us. Plus it’s making me somewhat familiar with what hasn’t been taught to us yet.

[@scottgrafer2222]

Great content Dusting, we work by the mantra that there is a solid 150% chance that anything you cheap out on is going to bite you squarely in the ass guaranteed. Do it right one time and your done.

[@Rico702Vegas]

I love this guy... learned so much from your videos bro, thanks a million. I'm a "lifer" on this channel!!!

[@anitabaul8977]

Good Night Mr Dustin thank you very very much for your information

[@martirlazo9156]

I'm apprentice you right I work before with alot money n I put the money on the trash because to much money to much problem n now I do electrician apprentice now I'm regular people.. your job is great is not easy but I less you have the hope I learned good from you thank u..sorry for my chop English... I'm live n Boston. Practice is best way to learn knowledge not to much is limited only 1 way..great job Dustin I like your videos.

[@willkincaid5841]

I take a lot of pride in my work! And I wouldn't do anything half assed. I like to walk away and look back and be proud of my work and see a happy customer.

[@miltonnegron65]

That’s what makes America great again !!!

[@xhacks519]

What's the app you had open with the nec code? I really would love to get it

[@ayeitsshane806]

Electricians bible and uglys 2020 both of these apps are amazing for electricians. Electricians bible is a couple bucks and they have a free version thats electricians bible lite

[@Ttchente]

Thank you man To me doing this job is all about safety and caring about what I do, and the way it is supposed to be done, Of course if i can make it look good always, that will not only will make me feel good about it but other people will see what’s about, of course, always, critics will check on or look for mistakes, that’s why we need to take time to doit right, Thanks man

[@ElectricianU]

That's about the gist of it my dude. There will always be critics, seriously electricians are tough on other electricians. This trade needs a little lifting up in that way, as everybody thinks they know more than the next guy/girl. Just take pride in what you do and ask a lot of questions, read books, magazines, join groups. Most importantly ALWAYS think of yourself as a student. Even when you get that master license...there's always more to learn.

[@manganiphiri4331]

This video couldn't have come at a better time, thanks and will share.

[@jonathanlatendresse4903]

Hey Dustin, love the new approach with the channel, can't wait to be on the field, another 8 month of trade school and here I come!!

[@ElectricianU]

Thanks my friend, still trying to figure this thing out. It'll probably look different again next year lol, but if it does it will be because it benefits y'alls viewability or makes the content more interesting to watch. Thanks for watching my dude!

[@jonathanlatendresse4903]

@@ElectricianU thanks to you for the content! It helped me understand a lot and prepared me for most of my exams!! If I haven't seen your bender video I would have been lost 😂

[@bostonmaine1598]

Integrity is what you do when nobody is watching.

[@brianlongman9559]

"Someone will always come behind you and see your shit." TRUTH. I am constantly finding lazy hack BS. Sad thing is, that we need another recession to thin the crop of hacks.

[@MultiZin123]

I wish more electricians in my country could think like this #Trinidad&Tobagoelectrician

[@garbo8962]

Had a Cheif electrician that was the best at bending conduit when he was not chading skirts in the office or New York times crossword puzzle evry day. He was the worst for wiring. Pulled about 60 control wires tight over 60 amp fuses. Never left enough slack to pull a motor out of a machine. One of our guys used to draw a hammer & a condom inside his boxes. AKA Joes hacknwork. He would not stick up for me when I raised hell when ahole refrigetation guy ran a copper line in front a 480 fusible safety switch. I cut it out and flattened ends of copper. Hack workers make the rest of people working on equipment work that much harder.

[@JerseyTom]

"Hone your give a shit"... words to live by, man

[@glennmanchester1568]

As a plumber I agree it takes time to master your craft and you have to want to do a good job not just slap it together .. were not factory workers that do the same thing every day as far as residential plumbing they can train a monkey to do that but commercial work is a whole different ball game ..

[@quinones355]

Can you talk about the work bench behind you looks dope

[@kaden1997]

So I’m a first year apprentice and i try and slow down and take my time to make things look nice and well thought out but my foreman is always on my ass to get things done faster, I’m going as fast as I can but sometimes I start getting sloppy because i’m thinking quantity (of work) over quality. What do I do?

[@Prodcoffey]

Take your time. If your foreman doesn’t agree, Talk to your project manager. If you work for a good company they will put you with someone who cares about quality over quantity

[@ltwadley7619]

I was just talking about this to a first year apprentice yesterday. Thanks for posting this video. I'm definitely going to show this to him tomorrow, lol.

[@ElectricianU]

Badass, keep banging them over the head with it =)

[@KMY-te9xp]

I agree but I'm in lexington kentucky and I have to literally hide the fact that I'm takin extra time to do shit nice and double check code on things for instance having to act like in taking a piss and looking at the book in the porter potty because builders are pushing companys so hard and everything is so profit driven you cant take the time to teach your helper or make sure your doing shit right

[@kennethrobinson8369]

Hey Electrician U great videos, i am a subscriber viewing from Jamaica as a electrician i do keep learning a lot from your videos

[@anthonythompson2529]

Ya agree AMEN totally agree yes keep making these videos

[@davehoffman9767]

Well said!!! I am all about thorough work,,, because it will bite you in the ass for-sure!!!!!!!

[@ClearViewES]

Your vids really help me out thanks so much I'm in trade school to become an electrician and this vids are so helpful thanks so much

[@CorySands]

How long does it take to complete

[@brayan9274]

omg yup 10 months for me

[@mahdavimail]

The problem is that, companies pushyou sooo much with work that you don’t have time for craftsmanship you just want to finish your duties without problem or danger. In reality people don’t do their job correctly to demand them craftsmanship on top. I hate going to clean up someone else’s shit who makes as much money as me for his craftshitship!

[@apersig]

Well said!

[@juansaldana84]

Thanks so much amigo your videos helped me out a lot keep them coming

[@ElectricianU]

Thanks for sticking with me all this time homie!

[@juansaldana84]

Electrician U it’s an honor brotha! For me in my career! Thanks so much PS I need that shirt 👕 😂

[@javiervera8648]

Hey at 14:11 minutes you are showing kind of app of codes.. it's somenthing do I have to purches or is it free? Thanks for all of your videos very helpfull

[@adkoutdoors]

Awesome!! Best vid yet!

[@crazyboyp3815]

What’s the name of the app you used for the reference Nec book.

[@spudatbattleaxe]

I really appreciate this video. I always try to do the best work I can and it drives me nuts when my coworkers don’t pay attention to the small details. Its the small things that build the reputation of your business. My grandpa was a bricklayer. He was building cabins for the forest service when he got stuck with an inspector that wanted him to tear everything down and redo it cause he didnt like the tolerances in the spacing of the bricks. Overall, he had the right spacing, but because of windows and corners and such from brick to brick, it wasn’t always exactly there, which is normal for brickwork. Well to have to tear all the cabins down and redo them would have bankrupt my grandfather. So he went to the higher up of the inspector- who just so happened to know my grandfathers father and had worked with him before. As soon as he found out who my grandfather was, he personally went down to take a look at the cabins and saw that they were good and passed him off on it. I’m proud of the work ethic of my great-grandfather, who passed it on to my grandfather, who passed it onto my father, who passed it on to me. Have pride in the work you do, and others will too. Thanks again

[@f3wbs]

I went to my electrician interview 5 years late. Hoping I get the job...

[@jarrydee2799]

How did it go?

[@f3wbs]

Didn’t get it. Oh well.

[@anthonyglynn803]

Your video inspires me to become better everyday tks

[@ElectricianU]

That's great to hear my friend

[@dougfaunt5565]

If you want to read a book with that attitude as a major part of the story, try "Round the Bend" by Nevil Shute

[@FaroesePictures]

Such a good video. Kind of motivational. Thanks man

[@ElectricianU]

Thanks dude!

[@sgtbaker81]

The little things matter.

[@thedavesofourlives1]

I'd like to see a "worst of" wall of shame

[@dannystump5777]

Dustin. I like these motivational videos! Maybe you should do one every quarter 😉

[@brandonlivingston4339]

High quality work helps you sleep at night

[@megadude963]

I just started as apprentice im just wondering is there any digital version of code book specifically for Canadian market ? could not find nothing with google tho.

[@jezen582]

Good stuff

[@KevinCoop1]

Dustin, Right On! One time I got called to go to a building that I had designed that I was being blamed the elevator was shutting down. Elevator installers said it was a grounding problem. When I found EMT with loose connectors, the electrician said "That is why we put green wires in the conduit". I said "That is sloppy crap, fix all of them!" Of course the problem was not grounding, but that is what was told to the owner. The problem was a circuit board in the controller. Since it was only happening in one of the two, when they swapped the board and the other one stopped working, the elevator tech had egg on his face! Your videos are VERY GOOD!!! Kevin

[@dallas5374]

I can’t tell you how many times I’ve commented on bad craftsmanship at peoples houses and they tell me they did it or their husband did it lol. Hire a professional.

[@grimthegreat8832]

Great video brother

[@ElectricianU]

Thanks my dude!

[@jaimito327]

Thanks for teaching me what you know about this job, 👍🏻👍🏻. can you make a video how to read a electric ⚡️ diagram please 👏🏼

[@jorgeruiz3802]

Hi. It's possible for you to do videos about fire alarm systems? What's sink, NAC, SLC, returns, etc... I just started helping in fire alarm and I want to know some theory about it, and not just do it. I will appreciate your help.

[@electricianslife1984]

I needed to hear this😔

[@ahmatazarl5895]

Can you do a video on purpose of an isolated ground in a panel?

[@shanebibby6006]

Keep doing good. Frik others. Your admire is mine. Bravo. Bravo

[@Gordonlanguam]

I looked through your channel and was trying to find a video on how to get into the union or starting out and apprenticeship. Would you be able to make a video on that?

[@jorgeruiz3802]

There are a lot of companies that are union but still accept non union workers. It is my situation. I have finish a 4 years APPRENTICESHIP with my money on 2018, and applied on November 2019 for a company that I didn't know is union until the first day when I have received my tools

[@nicholasbackwell1869]

Do you have a podcast?

[@snowboardbrigade3348]

Fuckin lovin' the vids man, keep up the good work!!!

[@connerwoodham188]

Great video!

[@ethanmurphy8393]

I’d Love to work for you. love the videos man.

[@IYG-x7c]

No one pays for quality, most just want it done and get it done cheap

[@eddiew2325]

Cheap is good cheap is life

[@soldermecold7456]

Really great videos and topics. Thanks for giving a shit.

[@Californiansurfer]

Thanks, yes its habits. I do my best which, i hear my Dads voice, “it only takes a minute.” Thanks Dad..

[@Brakken99]

All well put my friend. All of these same principals apply to any trade. Too many dicks just want a paycheck without any of this - it's sad as hell not to mention dangerous.

[@elvizhernandez4305]

2nd yr apprentice union, starting to see the way this works im talking about lay offs. It kinda sucks how you grow as a crew , u even build strong relationships with journeymen and foremen. Then outa nowhere bang layoff. I feel like this cn give ppl a reason why to not give it there all specially if you get put in a new company with crappy ass ppl.

[@elvizhernandez4305]

@Kyle Gut ive seen good workers get laid off, im talking about the nature of the work. "Reduction of work" .To apprentices it can seem very negative.

[@jamaalaziz9910]

Hey what was the name of the forum???

[@kmbrees]

What’s that channel on Discord? I can’t find it…

[@ElectricianU]

discord.com/invite/7ykYfbh

[@Malici0u5Intent]

There is no link below to Rogers.

[@jovetj]

It's there.

[@manwells7019]

WORD.

[@williamjackson7646]

God damn it, now you got me giving a shit and shit.

[@Kev7ing]

Perfectionism is costly though. I knew an electrician who was an ultra craftsman and it cost him his marriage, his house, his business, and ultimately his mind. Just be prepared should you go down that road to loose it all in the process.

[@ElectricianU]

well shit there's people on all side of the spectrum my dude. I'm a craftsman with a great marriage, great relationship with my son, a house, a successful business....and my mind has been batshit crazy from birth...so I don't think we should count that lol. I know far more sucessful craftsmen living great lives than any that look like what you described. But I also know a lot more hacky people that sound closer to your example - and I know some that it's not true for. Be careful with those brush strokes you're painting homie. Everyone is different, and nobody's doing it right or wrong.

[@veganlvl5202]

@@ElectricianU I'm having difficulty balancing work/life load. It seems where I live it's common to pay helper and expect mechanic. This leaves me planning constantly on how I'm actually going to do better. When I'm already doing fine. I dont get callbacks, dont make mistakes that I shouldn't, I am organized the whole yata yata. I drive trucks can operate sissor lifts and I can do all the work that my previous journeyman have shown me. Am I just to nice to companies? Should I do fucked up shit?

[@glennmanchester1568]

That guy must have been a total nut case he's just saying just take some pride in your work

[@wilburrrrr742]

I keep a scrapbook of the hacked, bullshit work that I've run into over the years. It would make you cringe. It's a good teachable moment tool, though.

[@rigby-lan5124]

Dawn I would truly wish I ever get to meet you

[@possibility28able]

Do you run your own company?

[@roberttrinkle5188]

Hey Brother , haven’t seen your uploads in a while. Somehow my notifications got turned off🙈. You doin the videos for schools or did that go south?

[@roberttrinkle5188]

Never mind lol I wrote that before I finished through the video🤣. Congratulations Bud. Love the workbench btw👊🏻

[@ElectricianU]

Still bangin man, I've got a lot of sponsors right now so there's a lot going on. Since I'm doing it full time I have to keep up the sponsorship gig but I will say...schools are my next move. Just need to build the platform to sustain it. Thanks for chiming in my dude!

[@xchino0427]

3 months ago I joined an electrician company, I always wanted to be one but now that I joined it, I really dont like it even though i really want to... any suggestions? I dont want to quit because I dont k omw anything else I want to do

[@DrummerDude5645]

Bro, you're only 3 months in. Give it some time. Are you doing residential, commercial, or industrial? What don't you like about it so far?

[@xchino0427]

@@DrummerDude5645 I'm doing residential. My coworker says doing rough/pulling wire is like recess for him and I try to enjoy it as much as him, its not that I hate it at least not yet, but I get bored and with low energy to want to work so I look forward towards the end of the day, but yeah you right I'm only 3 months in

[@daleapal]

Try commercial work. I can see residential getting very redundant depending on the houses your doing. Heck even commercial gets redundant.

[@jonwilson4404]

I have to say, if you do what he suggested and focus on how you are doing what you are doing, you will never be bored. Truth is if you want to be in this trade, focus will make you a beast. In your free time, learn how the system works and you will see how what you are doing works in the system. Good luck bro.

[@erickdafoe2723]

Hey man I'm a new guy getting into the trade. Can you explain hats going on at 1:50

[@spudatbattleaxe]

Its just some meters and disconnects with the conduit ran to wherever, but he’s mainly just trying to show the quality work of whoever put it in. See how everything is equally spaced , square, and level from the base all the way up? Craftsmanship.

[@jovetj]

1:47 I suspect this is the electrical service for the building he's using as his studio. Power comes from below into the box on the left from the transformer. A Main disconnect is provided. It then heads to the right into the box under the meters, where multiple metered circuits split off. Each circuit goes up into the meter box, where it's measured, and then up into a main disconnect for that customer. Then the conduits carry it up and into the building where it needs to go for that customer.

[@arunkumar-xv7fm]

How can we find culprit when our water pipe line giving shock in home?

[@erickdafoe2723]

arun kumar Electeic stove should be the culprit if not check the attic or your panels

[@erickdafoe2723]

If the stove is gas and that pipe is energized it will travel throught the gas lines and eventually to your boiler

[@glennmanchester1568]

Add a ground to the water pipe and it will go there instead of when you touch it there's a lot of ways it can happen but the plumbing used to have to be grounded anyway even if it's not it should not shock you but I believe it's worth a shot to try to ground it and not get shocked from it that to me would be very disconcerting..

[@arunkumar-xv7fm]

@@glennmanchester1568 thanks

[@Paul-IE-Repairs]

7:37, i thought grounds go up?

[@AmericanWireman]

Its preference

[@ElectricianU]

There's no code that says that, though you may have prints from an engineer that calls out for them grounds up like at a hospital. But the majority of the trades go grounds down now. I think they like looking at a face staring back at them rather than looking at them upside down lol

[@Thatplumberguy1995]

I tell new kids do the work as if it was your own house. Then when I see some of there shit I make them look at it and make them see what they can do different , fix it the right way and move on.

[@Hot.dorito]

How can people not care when another person's life is dependent on it.

[@MrWhoadudewhoa]

Bro, I’m trying to buy one of your hoodies. No luck with TEESPRING. Little help please.?. Thanks BTW. I give a shit.

[@michaelriopel9433]

NEC 110.12