IndyGunworks
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2010
- Location
- Indianapolis, IN
Ok, this is a bit of a difficult question to ask for several reasons, first I think i am a big ignorant about a machine shop, which is why I am asking. Second, i feel like I will catch some flack because I am a member here but not in a machine shop, although i have a shop with machines in it, so I dont really know the day to day operations of a machine shop. Lastly, I am sure it varies, but here is what my question is based off of.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...dd-new-machine-equals-work-less-right-241987/
I have ready many threads like it where people are putting in loooong hours, and making lots of "runs"
Problem is nobody says what they are making, and what parts take a 72 hour run on a CNC, and what they are turning out with a 70 hour workweek on several cnc mills/lathes.
Whats a typical day to day operations look like for the smalltime machineshop, and what is the basic list of equipment that a moderatly equipped small machine shop has to offer.
Over the course of time, as i build my business and experience i have daydreamed about doing side jobs besides gunsmithing utilizing the tools and machinery i will have. Mill, lathe, surface grinder, hot blueing, parkerizing, welding ect. but i dont actually know what being a "machine shop" actually entails.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/v...dd-new-machine-equals-work-less-right-241987/
I have ready many threads like it where people are putting in loooong hours, and making lots of "runs"
Problem is nobody says what they are making, and what parts take a 72 hour run on a CNC, and what they are turning out with a 70 hour workweek on several cnc mills/lathes.
Whats a typical day to day operations look like for the smalltime machineshop, and what is the basic list of equipment that a moderatly equipped small machine shop has to offer.
Over the course of time, as i build my business and experience i have daydreamed about doing side jobs besides gunsmithing utilizing the tools and machinery i will have. Mill, lathe, surface grinder, hot blueing, parkerizing, welding ect. but i dont actually know what being a "machine shop" actually entails.