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Started by Monsterlover, January 31, 2011, 03:39:33 PM

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koko64

#1830
February 21, 2021, 10:01:01 AM
2015 Scrambler 800

Monsterlover

#1831
February 21, 2021, 10:29:09 AM
"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**

triangleforge

#1832
February 21, 2021, 10:51:04 AM
My life would be poorer without your shop making chips & you sharing about it here and at that other Book place. I'm glad you made it through 2020, and here's to a much finer 2021.
By hammer and hand all arts do stand.
2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon

Monsterlover

#1833
February 21, 2021, 10:53:13 AM
Quote from: triangleforge on February 21, 2021, 10:51:04 AM
My life would be poorer without your shop making chips & you sharing about it here and at that other Book place. I'm glad you made it through 2020, and here's to a much finer 2021.

Kind words. Thanks friend!
"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**

Monsterlover

#1834
March 09, 2021, 03:28:18 PM
ML's machine shop thread is stickied?

I'm honored.
"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**

Monsterlover

#1835
May 05, 2021, 04:58:04 AM
Well, things have perked up quite a bit here. A month ago we were almost to the point of standing around with nothing to do.

Now, I have orders out into July. Normally if I'm at 4-5 weeks out that's steady, 6 weeks out = busy, beyond 6 weeks = wtf is happening.

The year started slow but Q1 ended great and Q2 is off to the races. If this pace holds for the second half of the year I might actually have profit to pay taxes on :o
"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**

kopfjäger

#1836
May 05, 2021, 09:38:59 AM
That’s awesome!
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Randimus Maximus

#1837
May 05, 2021, 10:03:41 AM
Excellent news!

Too bad the chips you make aren't reusable for other industries.

triangleforge

#1838
May 05, 2021, 11:13:43 AM
Congrats! It's nice when WTF is a good thing.
By hammer and hand all arts do stand.
2000 Cagiva Gran Canyon

Monsterlover

#1839
May 05, 2021, 12:01:46 PM
Quote from: Randimus Maximus on May 05, 2021, 10:03:41 AM
Excellent news!

Too bad the chips you make aren't reusable for other industries.

Technically they are. Something like 80 to 90% of the material used in the world is composed of recycled scrap. We sell all our chips back to the local recycler.

Out back we have a giant luger that we dump all our generic steel chips into. I've had it weigh as much as 18,000 pounds.

Stuff that is actually valuable like stainless or brass bronze aluminum etc get saved in barrels. Once we have about 20 barrels we call for the truck and send that in.

I've had at least one job where the dollar amount we got for the parts was equal to the dollar amount that we got for the chips. Meaning if I had a part that I sold for $10 I got $10 worth of chips from that same part as well.  That's rare but it happens and I like it when it does!
"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**

Randimus Maximus

#1840
May 05, 2021, 01:14:08 PM
I meant as microchips.   ;D

I know the recycle stream of commodities like that (same occurs in plastic injection mold, for example).

And right now we are actually making money by recycling NiMh batteries as the scrap nickel is highly sought after (I think to make stainless steel).

Howie

#1841
May 05, 2021, 09:07:42 PM
Great news Kevin [beer]

stopintime

#1842
May 06, 2021, 03:47:30 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on May 05, 2021, 04:58:04 AM
......... I might actually have profit to pay taxes on :o

Not if you sponsor your own race team   8)
252,000 km/seventeen years - loving it

Monsterlover

#1843
May 06, 2021, 03:57:56 PM
"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**

Monsterlover

#1844
August 25, 2021, 11:45:49 AM
So much for profit.  The instant I hit post here I'm writing a PO for a new horizontal machining center.

https://www.okuma.com/products/mb-4000h

Our old one is at the end of it's service life.  The new mill isn't available until the end of October and I'm not sure my mill will make it that far.  We've run the doors off it.

My Okuma distributor went looking for someone that had this machine on order but hadn't taken delivery yet and had a willingness to swap with me.

Luckily Daniel Defense was just such a customer!  They had a mill coming in mid September and are willing to switch places with me.

More to come...
"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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