converterking
Stainless
- Joined
- Apr 17, 2004
- Location
- Kolding Denmark
This is more of a spin off of the work hours thread. How much of a difference does the quality and type of machines you have affect your work load. I remember when Bob Wolcott compared his Hass to his Makino, http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb/redirect-to/?redirect=https://youtu.be/J1jvt1A4_Uk . If shop A had a 1997 Haas and started a job at 7:00 am and finished at 7:00 pm would shop B with a new Brother Speedio be finished with the job at noon and have the rest of his day to do something he enjoys? The fastest machine I have right now has a 6000 rpm spindle and 350 ipm axis speeds with slow accel and decel. I make my own products and often run lights out for operations that nothing bad would happen if a tool broke. People ask me if I am looking for any other machining work which I tell them no because my machines are too slow and I couldn't charge enough an hour to make it worth my time. But I come on this forum and listen to shop owners complain of all the hours they have to work and how little they are making and I wonder if they are taking the wrong type of jobs for the type of machinery they have.