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    Hiring and training versus hiring experienced

    Who here has had luck hiring a non-machinist off the street and getting them up to speed with machining concepts and equipment? I need to make a hire "NOW" and I'm debating between finding someone who shows some general aptitude with no experience that I can maybe get immediately versus...
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    The first and last Haas I'll ever buy

    I have a Haas ST15Y. I've had it for just under 3 years now, but it has less than 1000 hours. We've diagnosed that the processor board is sending bad signals on the X channel, causing some servo alarms and the machine to be inoperable. The HFO tech agrees with our assessment based on our...
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    Can you recommend a metal finishing machine?

    I am looking to invest in a metal finishing machine. We have a tumbler and multiple sanders, but I feel that we are spending more time than we need to. We have a fiber laser, waterjet, and mills. Lathe too, but I don't think a finishing machine will help us. Thicknesses range from 20 gauge to...
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    Cost for new construction engineering/site plans for metal building

    I played GC when I built mine. We just did a 15,000 sq ft facility on some farm land I own. I had to jump through hoops with the county and go to the commission about getting approval to build it, but it allowed me to skip a couple of the commercial requirement junk. I bought the building in...
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    That is a different Jared Mecham. That is the same Bob Welzel. They also go by TigerFox Enterprises, JDAPT, Montana Gun Company, they use Haywire in some other filings, and other names. I suppose its important to operate under different names when you are going to shake your customers down.
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    There is no talking to them. They don't care. The owner, Bob Welzel, is a sleezy guy. Check out Montana Gun Company and sone of the things said there to get an idea of the company he runs. He has some other companies that go by JDAPT, among others. Bob Welzel and Jared Mecham at Haywire...
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    Yes I did. Again, I did it to help a friend I've known for over 15 years get going in his new position. They just cut his pay substantially and he walked out on them. He suspects it's as a result of me "stirring the pot" and for him standing up and saying that what they were doing to me was...
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    I was going to withhold their shop's name, but since they are withholding my money I feel obligated to mention that Haywire Industries ( Machine Shop | Haywire Industries | United States )out of Kalispell, Montana cut those parts. After the boss there (Bob) ignored me for several days, my friend...
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    Here is an update after I had some discussion with my friend at the shop as well as the owner. One thing I didn't mention is that this is an order for about 3000 total parts. Not a small order, but by no means a huge laser order. They are running really late. I was told the job would be done...
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    Thanks for the replies. I've been pretty straightforward with the shop that this batch of parts is no acceptable at all. The owner asserted that he thought I was trying to save money on some parts and his understanding was that these parts would be acceptable. He has taken strides to improve the...
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    This is what the laser shop sent me...

    Sent some steel work out to a laser shop. Thought I'd get everyone's thoughts on what I got in from them. It's a smaller shop and I know one of the guys there really well. I didn't specify that they'd break the edge or finish the part. I just trusted my bud's shop to take care of me. They told...
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    Aluminum extrusion

    I've been to couple of plants. With many things industrial, you can have something state of the art with tremendous capacity or you can have something that suits your need. The aim of my question is to understand what range of capacity is available. As some have mentioned, the lines out of Asia...
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    Aluminum extrusion

    We sell plenty. Who said anybody assumed anything? It seems like you assumed that something was assumed.
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    Aluminum extrusion

    Does anyone have any insight on when it might make sense to own an extrusion press? We own several extrusion dies and use two different custom extrusion companies plus one "off the shelf" extrusion company. We are spending sickening amounts of money on extrusion. Has anyone looked at owning...
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    How to get into sheet metal work?

    We manufacture our own products. I have a chunk of sheet metal bending work that I outsource because we can't do it. As part of my year end review, I found that it might make sense to add metal bending, especially since we just put a deposit down on a fiber laser. Most of the sheet metal work...
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    Waterjet rebuild techs in the Southeast?

    I am looking for some competent technicians in the Southeast that can rebuild a waterjet intensifier pump. Specifically, I'd like to find someone good with the Flow hyper-pressure pump. I'd be willing to ship it. The local shops are incompetent.
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    What is your waterjet run cost?

    I'm analyzing just what it cost us to run our waterjet. It's an older Flow Mach 3. When it works right, it's the best tool in the shop. It's near netting stuff for the mills or running big parts we couldn't make otherwise. I'm starting to question the benefits of owning it though. I've had it...
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    In the market for used laser for 1/4" steel. Used machines?

    I have a 100w and a 130w laser.... I'm not sure what you mean by "if you fire it up one day a week". We have to screw with optics on them and replace tubes from time to time, but I'm not sure what daily costs you are referring to. Granted, the ones I'm looking at are much larger than these other...
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    In the market for used laser for 1/4" steel. Used machines?

    I'm in the market for a laser than can cut 1/4" steel cleanly and quickly. I have a waterjet that currently does steel profiling work for me, but it is slow relative to a laser and we are about beyond capacity on it. I've been looking at lasers like an Amada LC-1212 for a couple of years now...
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    Scrap steel price? a give a way?

    I told my guys to start throwing it all in the trash. WE took a big load up and got 1/3 of what I would have gotten 8 months ago. It's waste now.

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