yunggun51
Plastic
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- Nov 5, 2022
I’m 26 y/o, graduated from trade school at 19, been working in a toolroom since 20. I have extensive experience with CNC mill and lathe, manual mill and lathe, surface grinders, Mastercam, solidworks, tools, dies, molds, cavities, shimming, etc etc etc you get the gist of it. This past May I purchased 12 acres of land with plans to build my new home and garage(machine shop) next year. And since then all I’ve really been able to think about is the possibilities of opening my own machine shop. I just can’t get away from the thought that I really don’t want to spend my entire life working in a factory. Although, I do have a great job. I’ve spent countless hours researching machines, watching YouTube videos, drawing blueprints of my garage to see what would fit where. I feel I have the experience and knowledge on the machining side of things. But on the business side I feel like I could end up easily over my head. Surely there has to be some shop owners in here who could give me advice, pointers or anything. Get a new machine or old machine? How to find my first customers? Where to look for work? Business tips and tricks? Taxes????
Obviously, this is all just a dream right now. But the more I think on it the more it seems it could be a possibility and a real opportunity. I don’t know, someone help me out here.
Obviously, this is all just a dream right now. But the more I think on it the more it seems it could be a possibility and a real opportunity. I don’t know, someone help me out here.