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Invoice questions
I’m wondering if anyone/ everyone gives a net 30 price and a % off for COD
View ArticleNew Business Advice
I’m a machinist and manufacturing engineer who was recently laid off and is looking for the best manufacturing business to start. I started and sold an industrial 3D printing shop in the past, so this...
View ArticleBlanket Orders
We currently have customers whom we will accept blanket orders for, for up to six months. They usually call and beg to extend toward the end of the order and we sometimes allow it. I would like to know...
View ArticleAdvise in dealing with non-paying customer/vendor
I'm normally not one for naming-names and doxing people or companies, but I'd like the PM communities input on this one. I've have a side LLC set-up for little machine tool repair and scraping jobs for...
View Articleinsulated steel panels for shop roof and walls
Not sure where to put this, but just curious if these style foam core panels are popular over there and how suitable they are for a shop environment? any problems? Kingspan Australia - Kingspan...
View ArticleManufacturing Job Descriptions and Estimated Salary Ranges
There have been a bunch of discussions about employees jumping ship, what is appropriate to be paid, what is an employee worth, what are they being asked to do, etc, etc. It goes back to the dawn of...
View ArticleAny value in used 630mm tombstones and Kurt 10" vises?
More or less seeing if these are common enough sizes in your area? Around here, I think HMC guys are either running 400/500 or on up to 800/1000. We have a pair of used but nice 2 side stones. Also...
View ArticleScams, the latest one to watch out for
One of the latest scams going around is a business imposter fraud. It happens like this. A company gets an email from a vendor stating that the payment method has changed and starting with the next...
View ArticleManlift for shop use? Crazy to build? or possible to buy?
Has anyone successfully built a manlift for shop use that would eliminate a lot of up and down on a ladder? What I need is a simple two arm lift with 1st arm about 8' and second section about 6' with a...
View ArticleDrawing/Model discrepancies disrupting our schedule
My shop keeps running into minor discrepancies between customer drawings/models, or drawings that are just missing little bits of information. Some random examples we've ran into recently- Drawing...
View ArticleAerospace shops, where do you get your mil spec fasteners and hardware from?
Send the BOM to a logistics company and have them figure it out? Approved distributors that usually have everything you need? Custom make when an engineer unknowingly concocts a theoretical combination...
View ArticleClient-owned machine in your shop?
I have a client that is considering buying a machine to put in my facility (I'd be moving from my garage to a small rented space a few blocks away.) Obviously I can't charge the same rate as if I owned...
View ArticleFlorida tangible personal property
Florida owners: I am moving to Florida. How have your machines been appraised for the Tangible Personal Property tax? Mine are over 5 years old. Purchased new. Just want to know how my tax bill will...
View ArticleInventor wants to help us on his jobs in shop+sign NDA
A PHD inventor wants to participate as we do his job (prototype.) I don’t have much problem but he insists on a non-disc. Agreement. I don’t have issue there either but his version is many pages of...
View ArticleA humble request for mentor. Potential new shop.
Well gentlemen, A lot of "new shop" threads. That is not what I'm trying to do here. I am reaching out in the hopes that someone who may have received assistance starting up their business is looking...
View Articlegear hobbing machine pfauter rs03
we search for pfauter rs03 manual or any document for setup helical or spur gear same change gear list or formula. also for spur gear we need to lock differitial . but we can not find any part for this
View ArticleHiring from abroad
We are a very small shop in the hiring process and got a very applicable resume from someone overseas. I don't know how practical it will be for us to pursue this, but it does have me thinking now. Has...
View ArticlePhase Perfect for multiple machines
I'm trying to plan out power for a shop I want to have built. It'll have a single-phase 200A main panel and I'll be using 4 three-phase machines: 15 HP Haas Super Mini Mill, 7.5HP air compressor, 5 HP...
View ArticleCustomer changing delivery date on existing PO
I have an order of 1 each of 2 assemblies. Small order, $900 total bill. Typically, this job has run qtys of 5 or 6 of each assembly at a time, so I get the idea this is the last run of parts for this...
View ArticleCollecting deposit for work not done
We contacted a company to update our website and optimize SEO. They come over and met with us, showed us several ideas and sent several mock ups, several teams meetings and were close to completion,...
View ArticleHiring programmers for Fusion 360
I'm trying to hire a programmer. I use Fusion 360 primarily as my CAM software and HSMworks+Solidworks for offline parts (10% of all parts) at my shop. Every resume I've seen so far has Mastercam. I...
View ArticleOwner issues.....anybody else get 'stuck' ? (Not A/R issues)
Probably a 1 man shop problem. Projects and machine fix-ups and improvements delegated to 'spare time' or after hours. Things pile up, not sure what to do next. End up 'stuck' with non clear thoughts...
View ArticleCollege Apartment Job Shop?
Hey everyone! New member, long-time reader here. I'm getting ready to start classes part-time for the semester while I work 2nd shift at a major local company as a machinist (CNC operator really,...
View Articleavaice looking for a machine shop sales rep for a 45 year established machine...
I am looking for advice looking for sales reps. where should I be looking to find someone? what are the best channels to find work?
View ArticleMedical or Aerospace Certification worth it?
Quick question since I haven't worked at a shop in this field. With the increasing number of small garage shops set out to increasingly ruin standard job shop demographics. I am looking to where I want...
View ArticlePlaces to list used industrial/commercial equipment?
I have several things on Egay and realizing the clicks on that stuff is next to nothing compared to how it was 10yrs ago. It leads me to believe that is not "the place" anymore. A couple listings...
View ArticleAnother Drawing Discrepancy thread....
Part consists of laser cut rings, months ago when I got the drawing to quote the OD was 6". Shortly after (like 2 hours) I got it, my intermediate guy sends an email...'Well they already changed the OD...
View ArticleERP systems
Looking at purchasing an ERP system to make work orders, track orders, costs, inventory and purchasing. I have been using JobBoss for the last decade and jobshop the decade before that. I am looking...
View ArticleOT anyone looking to get out of the city and move shop to the country?
My wife and I have bought our retirement property in another state, and need to think about selling our property in Western Kansas. Main property includes 17 acres 2 nice houses, 2 shops one 4,800...
View ArticleNot willing to change
Hey, I'd like some input. Recently started working at a new job as a programmer. The shop I started at has been around for a long time as we have guys on the floor that have been here for 30+ years....
View ArticleMandatory retirement plans must be offered by small business
I just got wind of this. Some states have already implemented this. Since politicians see it as suicide to mention increasing social security deductions (which would fix the problem), they are...
View ArticleReceiving the same RFQ from 2 customers
Hi, We are a jobshop and we were contacted a few months ago by a space company to machine some prototypes for a new rover, that they are currently developing. 2 of these parts were very complicated and...
View ArticleBuying a Precision Machine Shop
Opportunity to buy a machine shop with consistent $4.0 M in revenue, over $600k in annual owners income / cash flow. Over 15 relatively long-time employees. Has been in business for over 50 years. Has...
View ArticleDoes myasthenia gravis mean the victim should be terminated?
This malady disrupts signals from nerves to muscles. It is treatable but not curable. How did or would you handle such a case? We have one now. I need to know if the victim is more likely to injure...
View ArticleGifts to send to long time customers and vendors. What have you done?
At the end of the year we usually send something small to our longtime customers and vendors, pens or calendars and things like that. One time a salesman from a metal supplier showed me a clock that a...
View Articlewhy are machine shop owners so bitter
Why are the machine shop owners so bitter? I don't know to much about other trades beside one talk with a granite coutertop guy that sounded just like most of the machine shop owners on here. "($10,000...
View Article"How much to buy/own such and such machine" Seems this guy knows what he's...
(Have no idea how accurate the linked vid is regarding costs of the brand being purchased.) A vid that is theopposite of "The Haas" video where purchaser(s) appeared to have not done their homework....
View Articleslowest summer in our 20 years.
I saw a thread a while back about some guys being very slow at work. How is everyone doing? We are dying to find some work.
View ArticleItemized Cost of A Garage Lathe Shop
Hey all! I bought a lathe from work and threw it in my garage. The short details for those looking for numbers: $450 machine cost $41.40 cleaning tools (harbor freight) $65 breakfast for friends (help...
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US Steel For Sale?
U.S. Steel sale is a monumental moment for the steel industry The future owners of U.S. Steel are not known as of now, but the end game for such a deal might not be a mystery. www.thefabricator.com...
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