Mr.Green
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Apr 20, 2011
- Location
- NE Indiana
Back ground- I own an operate a millwork shop making parts for old houses, run a couple moulders, buy, sell and rebuild equipment for myself and a steady flow of customers.
My biggest bottle neck is now my local machine shop (or any other ones for that matter) everyone is several months out.
That's not good when I need to get a customers equipment back on line for them fast.
I am considering starting to offer in house machining. I have a few potential guys that I could hire on a PT basis to start out.
What do I really need to cover the basics?
I had a SB 13" precision lathe with 7 foot bed, it seemed lackluster to me so I sold it.
I assume core machines would be a decent sized lathe, a mill and a smallish surface grinder?
Any particular models that would be good to look for? I guess most mills are some variant of a Bport clone.
Feel free to flame away if needed.
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My biggest bottle neck is now my local machine shop (or any other ones for that matter) everyone is several months out.
That's not good when I need to get a customers equipment back on line for them fast.
I am considering starting to offer in house machining. I have a few potential guys that I could hire on a PT basis to start out.
What do I really need to cover the basics?
I had a SB 13" precision lathe with 7 foot bed, it seemed lackluster to me so I sold it.
I assume core machines would be a decent sized lathe, a mill and a smallish surface grinder?
Any particular models that would be good to look for? I guess most mills are some variant of a Bport clone.
Feel free to flame away if needed.
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