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How were the excel files?
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Quote from: mitt on February 25, 2012, 06:37:48 PM
How were the excel files?
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I haven't had a chance to play with them yet. As you're the excel overlord I'm taking it on faith they'll be fine
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A shop owner I know told me recently the guys that made it through 2008-2011 were the ones that did the highest quality work, and delivered on time. You are one of those guys I assume. Keep it up. It looks like our industry is starting to come back. 2 shops I know here locally just bought some new equipiment, one a BIG CNC lathe, the other a new mill.
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Quote from: Preisker on February 27, 2012, 08:32:44 PM
A shop owner I know told me recently the guys that made it through 2008-2011 were the ones that did the highest quality work, and delivered on time. You are one of those guys I assume. Keep it up. It looks like our industry is starting to come back. 2 shops I know here locally just bought some new equipiment, one a BIG CNC lathe, the other a new mill.
That's awesome!
Manufacturing has been on the rebound since late 09, early 10. My last actual "job" was outside sales selling cutting tools to shops and they've been rockin since then.
Actually, I dare say the industry
has
rebounded. Everyone I know is pull their hair out busy and we're joining the ranks as well.
I agree that the shops that did well when things were slow were the shops that had good quality. On time delivery is another realm entirely
One of my old customers quoted 10 weeks delivery on all their work, and they were really more like 16. They had good quality and, apparently, patient customers. That shop added (on average) 2 new machines per year and an addition to their building every 18 months. They continue that trend even today, a year after I stopped calling on them.
I hope we have the option of growth like that. I wouldn't let things go that fast, but the option would be nice
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Sounds like you're doing awesome.
When your ready to add sheet material CNC cutting, I know someone.
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Funny you mention that.
Id love a water jet.
They're just cool
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I thought this was your nap time...?
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It is. I'll be home and in bed in an hour.
Duty called, and kept calling.
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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist." -Louis Nizer**
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Quote from: Monsterlover on February 28, 2012, 10:13:00 AM
It is. I'll be home and in bed in an hour.
Duty called, and kept calling.
duty is better than doodie !!!
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Quote from: Monsterlover on February 28, 2012, 10:13:00 AM
It is. I'll be home and in bed in an hour.
Duty called, and kept calling.
Get home safe... Driving when exhausted is tougher than drunk driving while trying to text and drink a latte.
Hope you get enough zzz time in to be able to function tonight...
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Quote from: bobspapa on December 19, 2011, 03:11:09 PM
I only see jesus having a sauna with a teletubbie.
Quote from: El Matador on December 19, 2011, 03:19:02 PM
I find it disturbing that you're imagining me in a sauna, never mind the teletubbie aspect of it
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Ill manage.
No one to yell at me if I show up late
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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist." -Louis Nizer**
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Quote from: bobspapa on December 19, 2011, 03:11:09 PM
I only see jesus having a sauna with a teletubbie.
Quote from: El Matador on December 19, 2011, 03:19:02 PM
I find it disturbing that you're imagining me in a sauna, never mind the teletubbie aspect of it
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Break time on the graveyard shift.
I'm running out of steam and it's only 3:30 am
That being said, I just finished up a couple 316 stainless parts on the mill that I'm pretty proud of. They're nothing special, just a bolt hole circle and some tapped holes but it came out great. Locations were spot on, threads look beautiful and the thread depth is within like .002" of where I expected it.
Not bad for a tap and a 22 year old machine.
I love being able to say "I made that"
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"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer. A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman. A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist." -Louis Nizer**
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