Machining

[k7king]

I just started a machine shop in my shop at home and was curious to how many other people on this board were in the manufacturing etc. profession?
www.kingind.com (http://www.kingind.com)

[astroracer]

I have a machine shop in my shop too! I used to make a ton of model car parts... Back before i started driving 140 miles a day. Now I just make stuff for the van.
What kind of work are you capable of?
Mark

[eric1967]

I run a Mazak vertical mill. It comes in pretty handy when making car parts.
Eric

[k7king]

CNC Wire EDM , CNC Milling website has equipment list and pics.
www.kingind.com

[LS1-IROC]

I'm a former machinist by trade. Still work in manufacturing, just a cushier job now..lol..but I do miss it at times.

[seekins]

We make all kinds of go fast guns and parts. All our own products and made in house. Matsuura palletized horizontals and some other fun high speed cnc's run here www.seekinsprecision.com

[GRNOVA]

Welcome fellow Hoosier... Where are you located?

[k7king]

Thanks
Seymour Indiana......

[Irnmike]

I have a small manual machine shop in Norcal. I do maintenance machining and prototype stuff for the music industry primarily. Time to work on cars is pretty hard to come by these days.

[Ravenworks]

We have a large machine shop with several CNC machines, scanners, a dyno room and a chassis dyno, superflo flow bench, metal-working area, and most anything you can imagine. We build engines for Bonneville racers, machine heads for a Pro Stock team, and we manufacture several parts that we sell under the Ravenworks banner plus the Porter Mufflers.
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[Ravenworks]

I have a machine shop in my shop too! I used to make a ton of model car parts...Mark
Mark, what kind of model car parts did you make?

[astroracer]

Mark, what kind of model car parts did you make?
My company name was Machined Aluminum Specialties. I did 1/24th- 1/25th scale static stuff. Wheels, air cleaners, pulley sets, just about anything that could be turned on the lathe. I did a lot of 1/16th scale and some 1/12 and 1/8th custom stuff. I also got heavy into the photo-etched parts and had quite an extensive line of that stuff.
Mark

[Ravenworks]

My company name was Machined Aluminum Specialties. I did 1/24th- 1/25th scale static stuff. Wheels, air cleaners, pulley sets, just about anything that could be turned on the lathe. I did a lot of 1/16th scale and some 1/12 and 1/8th custom stuff. I also got heavy into the photo-etched parts and had quite an extensive line of that stuff.
Mark

I have a ton of your old products! Did you sell the company?

[chevelletiger]

Full time machinist by trade.conventional lathe(leblonde makino)brideport mill.the co. I work for makes products for the package and bottling industry and a diaper co. Most of us have used for our kids.also if you pull a lable off of any water bottle and see the glue strips on it we probably made that glue roll and glue scraper for a number of bottlers.it pays me pretty good and the owner lets me make anything for myself as long as its not on his time.works out good.phil.

[astroracer]

I have a ton of your old products! Did you sell the company?

Cool! A friend of mine took it over. I taught him to run the lathe and he made a go of it for a while but sales have really dropped off. The guys just aren't buying anything anymore...

[71RS/SS396]

I worked for Mazak for 20 years, doing turnkey machining packages, field service, and programming training.

[jakespeeds]

I have 35 years in the family business. Full sheet metal and machine shop. I take care of all the engineering here as well with Solidworks.

http://www.sheetmetaleng.com/

Jake

[Ravenworks]

Cool! A friend of mine took it over. I taught him to run the lathe and he made a go of it for a while but sales have really dropped off. The guys just aren't buying anything anymore...

That's too bad, but I haven't really built much in the past couple of years myself. Life has gotten busy with the new kids and full-scale car projects here and there! Here is the last model I completed in 2007, it has a few MAS parts!
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[MrQuick]

nice ,what scale is that camaro? maybe you can machine a nice set of working hood hinges. beautiful shop too

[astroracer]

nice ,what scale is that camaro? maybe you can machine a nice set of working hood hinges. beautiful shop too

You mention working hood hinges. I had a couple of sets done in photo-etch. A street rod style and a Nascar style. :)

[Ravenworks]

nice ,what scale is that camaro? maybe you can machine a nice set of working hood hinges. beautiful shop too
Thanks! It's 1/25 scale, here is a pic of the engine during construction...

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Hood hinges would be Astroracers gig, he made some cool ones and a set for a tilt-forward hood if memory serves me right!