rokstarr999
Aluminum
- Joined
- Feb 7, 2014
- Location
- Sonoma County, USA
Hope this is the right place for this thread. I'll try not drag it out.
I work for a manufacturing facility that decided to outsource all their machine shop work so I just got laid off after 12 years.
The twist is that because the machines are old and run down and because the company is moving to AZ in a couple years, they have no plans to get rid of them. They will just be sitting there.
So...after we were laid off, my coworkers and I were presented with the option to possibly lease the space and buy the equipment on a payment plan. We would bid jobs like every other vendor, but I think we could get the work because they are always running behind and we would be in the same building.
I can run parts start to finish...Manual work, cnc lathe, mill, programming and I've taken a couple crash courses on how to start a business, but I'm terrified at the idea of taking this on and am not really sure if its a good idea. I'm assuming it's a huge leg up though because the equipment is there ready to go.
Downside is the Haas VF6 needs an $8K gearbox and the turret on the HL-4 is rusty inside and needs to be rebuilt and we would be responsible for all that. They run at the moment, but who knows for how much longer.
Any advice on how to get this off the ground would be appreciated.
I work for a manufacturing facility that decided to outsource all their machine shop work so I just got laid off after 12 years.
The twist is that because the machines are old and run down and because the company is moving to AZ in a couple years, they have no plans to get rid of them. They will just be sitting there.
So...after we were laid off, my coworkers and I were presented with the option to possibly lease the space and buy the equipment on a payment plan. We would bid jobs like every other vendor, but I think we could get the work because they are always running behind and we would be in the same building.
I can run parts start to finish...Manual work, cnc lathe, mill, programming and I've taken a couple crash courses on how to start a business, but I'm terrified at the idea of taking this on and am not really sure if its a good idea. I'm assuming it's a huge leg up though because the equipment is there ready to go.
Downside is the Haas VF6 needs an $8K gearbox and the turret on the HL-4 is rusty inside and needs to be rebuilt and we would be responsible for all that. They run at the moment, but who knows for how much longer.
Any advice on how to get this off the ground would be appreciated.