Own prototype shop.
I was think of starting a thread too. So i will share my thoughts here...
Yeah man, i in the same spot, i have machines and knowledge but no contacts and jobs.
(Machines from tape reader era so they are not fast but they make the parts...)
As previously stated the trade has changed alot.
Many "new" guys buy older machines and doing prototype parts in fusion aint that complicated anymore.
I have been in the trade 15+ years.
I see these guys after some year get succesfull too and get nice jobs..atleast it looks so by instagram..haha.
I dont think i have much to offer that is better then what they do when it comes to nice billett parts with 2-3 ops but i do get sometimes tight tolerance work or my cnc lathe and some other wierd stuff but that is not enough to make a living.
Ofcourse i dream of smashing out billett parts day and night but so do 100 others so you and me need to find something else.
I do welding and maintainence work and some electronic so i think i will aim towards that . Atleast i can machine parts when a line is down due failure.
Everything would be easier with good contacts with people who hand out work but that i dont have.
It would be so much easier to make a living of ecu tuning cars and car repairs wich i have done off, but it really doesnt satisfy me as much as metal work .... haha
Sorry for bad english
I was think of starting a thread too. So i will share my thoughts here...
Yeah man, i in the same spot, i have machines and knowledge but no contacts and jobs.
(Machines from tape reader era so they are not fast but they make the parts...)
As previously stated the trade has changed alot.
Many "new" guys buy older machines and doing prototype parts in fusion aint that complicated anymore.
I have been in the trade 15+ years.
I see these guys after some year get succesfull too and get nice jobs..atleast it looks so by instagram..haha.
I dont think i have much to offer that is better then what they do when it comes to nice billett parts with 2-3 ops but i do get sometimes tight tolerance work or my cnc lathe and some other wierd stuff but that is not enough to make a living.
Ofcourse i dream of smashing out billett parts day and night but so do 100 others so you and me need to find something else.
I do welding and maintainence work and some electronic so i think i will aim towards that . Atleast i can machine parts when a line is down due failure.
Everything would be easier with good contacts with people who hand out work but that i dont have.
It would be so much easier to make a living of ecu tuning cars and car repairs wich i have done off, but it really doesnt satisfy me as much as metal work .... haha
Sorry for bad english
