harjonmfg
Aluminum
- Joined
- May 26, 2015
I think this is a "Shop Management and Owner Issues" subject.
I would just like to hear people's thoughts on how to decide whether or not to put money into repairing old Brown and Sharpe screw machines or just old machines in general.
Here's my situation and opinion: all I have for production is 26 old Brown and Sharpes. They are all "G" machines (the ones they stopped making in the 50's). When I took over here in 2012, The machines were in a serious state of disrepair which made setup on the machines take much longer. It also made the machines less repeatable and much more prone to smashing up. Back then, most people told me that I should start switching over to CNC, or at the very least, start getting newer cam-drive machines. The way I saw it, most of the work I had could be produced on a Brownie with little or no secondary and I could probably repair all 26 machines for the cost of 1 new CNC machine and learn a lot about my machines in the process. That's that what I did and to make a long story short, I still wonder if I went in the right direction.
Are there any other Brown and Sharpe guys out there with an opinion?
I would just like to hear people's thoughts on how to decide whether or not to put money into repairing old Brown and Sharpe screw machines or just old machines in general.
Here's my situation and opinion: all I have for production is 26 old Brown and Sharpes. They are all "G" machines (the ones they stopped making in the 50's). When I took over here in 2012, The machines were in a serious state of disrepair which made setup on the machines take much longer. It also made the machines less repeatable and much more prone to smashing up. Back then, most people told me that I should start switching over to CNC, or at the very least, start getting newer cam-drive machines. The way I saw it, most of the work I had could be produced on a Brownie with little or no secondary and I could probably repair all 26 machines for the cost of 1 new CNC machine and learn a lot about my machines in the process. That's that what I did and to make a long story short, I still wonder if I went in the right direction.
Are there any other Brown and Sharpe guys out there with an opinion?