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Re: OT: need advice from machinists
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Posted by Davis In SC on September 10, 2005 at 17:25:38 from (205.188.117.6):
In Reply to: OT: need advice from machinists posted by Midwest redneck on September 10, 2005 at 15:50:54:
If I were setting up a shop to do general machine work...This is what I would do...
Used machines are going for a song now, So I would find good used ones.
I would stick to a Bridgeport, get the long table, Power feed on X axis, & DRO.. Good used 15 or 17 inch Colchester lathe, a good-sized Kalamazoo, Marvel, DoAll, or Wells horizontal saw...a Harig 6-18 or 6-12 surface grinder, & a vertical band saw, DoAll or Grob...A 20 inch drill press, probably Clausing... Add a Stick & TIG welding outfit, & you can do most Jobs...
We charge 50.00/hr at our shop, but usually cut decent customers a break on the hours involved in a job. The ones that are Slow-paying, or Difficult to deal with, I quote prices up front, take it or leave it. Actually , I would prefer not to even deal with some of them, but they are also customers of my Business partner's other business, so I get stuck having to deal with them... It often takes a year or more to get paid by some of them..
The biggest problem you will face in a shop, is getting paid on a timely basis... I spend a considerable portion of my time chasing money, often from some large well-known companies...
Email me if you have any questions. davismark6 at aol dot com Just replace the at & dot
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