LFEngineering
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Feb 11, 2010
- Location
- Ma.
First off let me say: "I'm not complaining". Too much work is like too much money; problems I'd like to have. That being said I'm starting to get stressed out. I've spent the past 3 years building my one-man machine & fabrication outfit and now the work is pouring in. I work full time as a tool designer & process engineering at a local wire drawing company from 5a-1:30p, then run my shop form 1:45-6ish M-F (or at least that was the plan). Since before Thanksgiving I've had a steady increase in work & I'm now working 1:45-9p M-F & 7-5 Sat / Sun.
I've always been a manual shop, but recently retrofitted my Bridgeport with steppers & Linux CNC to help ease the work load. It took about a week to get the CNC conversion running, but it's been cranking out parts since. I've tried streamlining every thing I do and it helped a little, but I'm still getting further behind every week. Unfortunately I don't really have enough work to support employees, yet I'm one bad week away from turning down work.
The answer is and always will be hard work, but I'm open to any ideas at this point.
I've always been a manual shop, but recently retrofitted my Bridgeport with steppers & Linux CNC to help ease the work load. It took about a week to get the CNC conversion running, but it's been cranking out parts since. I've tried streamlining every thing I do and it helped a little, but I'm still getting further behind every week. Unfortunately I don't really have enough work to support employees, yet I'm one bad week away from turning down work.
The answer is and always will be hard work, but I'm open to any ideas at this point.