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by micro_cam
248 days ago
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People here also don't understand machine shops. My dad ran a job shop focused on small jobs and the economics are different. A lot of his work was keeping other local shops / industrial equipment up and running. So there is a lot of variety of work but very low throughput and kind of by deffintion you have the capabilities to fix your own machines. Programing a CNC machine makes it east to make a lot of the same part but if you only need one it may be quicker to just knock it out manually. A 50 year old mill or lathe is easy to keep up and running, can be upgraded with a Digital readout or even CNC controls if desired. A tool in a shop like this likely won't see the cycles one on a factory floor constant uses sees but may be worth keeping around since it offers a unique capability...he had a large ww ii surplus lathe for jobs that wouldn't fit on the smaller more modern machines for example. |
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