First Place
Material Support
by Frank Glick,
Local Lodge 1833, Bloomington, Minnesota.
Lead Stock Clerk, Russ Foley, maneuevers a side loader forklift to transport raw stock to the sheet metal shop for fabrication at a Northwest Airlines maintenance facility
Second Place
Inspecting a Wiring Harness
by Arthur S. Buchter
Local Lodge 830, Louisville, Kentucky.
Garry Rogers (left) and Kenny Bradly inspect the wiring harness of a rolling airframe missile launcher — another product of Raytheon Missile Systems.
Third Place
Balancing the Exhauster Propeller
by Mark Patach
Local Lodge 31, Omaha, Nebraska.
Apprentice Machinist, Billy Stafford, welds a balance weight on the exhauster propeller on Coal Mill 4D at the Omaha Public Power District, North Omaha Station.
Honorable Mention
Cutting it Up
by John Jeffries, Sr.
Local Lodge 830, Louisville, Kentucky.
Byron Kays, a machinist for United Defense, controls an N.C. mill with an automatic indexing table as it machines frames.
Honorable Mention
Tubing, the Old-Fashioned Way
by Troy Rice
Local Lodge 435, Jackson, Michigan.
“Butch” Barger tubes DAP caulk one at a time, straight from the mixer.
Honorable Mention
Inspecting a Wiring Harness
by Ronald Basham
Local Lodge 830, Louisville, Kentucky.
Michele Nelson, employee of United Defense, wires an electric panel for the MK-45 Gun Fire Control System.
Honorable Mention
Field & Shop Mechanic Work Together
by Ronald J. Price
Local Lodge 698, Southgate, Michigan.
Shop mechanic, Bill White, (left) and field mechanic Larry Peer prepare to install an excavator swing gear box for
ABC Paving
Honorable Mention
Long Way to Go
by Lester Hall
Local Lodge 830, Louisville, Kentucky.
Richard Thompson (left) and Robert Spillman, machinists for United Defense, make final adjustments prior to deep boring through a 5-inch, 62-caliber gun barrel for the U.S. Navy.
Honorable Mention
Torquing the N7500 Reactor Coolant Pump Seal
by Tracey Roberts
Local Lodge 31, Omaha, Nebraska.
Larry Byers (left) and Mark Patach, working in a restricted high-rad, high-contamination area torque a reactor coolant seal at the Omaha Public Power District’s Ft. Calhoun Nuclear Power station.
Honorable Mention
Setting Recessing Unit
by Shirley Voyles
Local Lodge 681, Louisville. Kentucky.
Tony Howard sets rapid and feed on a recessing unit for an inline transfer machine at MKM Tool, Inc.
Honorable Mention
Locomotive Truck Overhaul
by Keith A. Cline
Local Lodge 104, Huntington, West Virginia.
Preparing the jaws of a locomotive truck for tramming to check for squareness at CSX.
Honorable Mention
Derek at the Claim belt
by Jeffery Kulij
Local Lodge 2765, San Diego, California.
United Airlines Ramp Serviceman, Derek Bohon, places bags from Chicago flight 815 on the luggage claim belt at San Diego International Airport.