so i'm trying to help a buddy out, he has left the machine shop he work at and is going on his own. his new shop has been slow and ive been trying to help him out with thinking of thing he could produce. like flanges, manifolds and stuff like that. but i thought i would post up if any body is looking for a solo guy to do business with there company or shop or yourself .


Modified by mkw1 at 9:34 PM 3/17/2008

 

Sk Custom Machine LLC. he can make jigs, fixtures,precision grinding, custom tube bending, mig and tig welding,capable of sending and receiving dxf. and dwg.files .newest added equipment is Prototrak k4sx . any and body need stuff? low hourly rate

 

tell him to start looking into getting work in the oil industry.

 

its a slow business he knows, only the best survive


Modified by mkw1 at 6:51 PM 3/17/2008

 

Have him make some 1jzgte stainless exhaust mani. flanges

 

he could if you got measurements for it.if you want some made IM me ill give u his number

 

Low hourly rates, as in how low?

 

Post the location as well. There's a ton of shops out there and a lot of people only want to deal with local shops for the added security/service/etc.

 

i could use some 4x100 wheel aluminum wheel spacers that are approximately 10mm thick.

 

Doh, tell him to join the club! I, too, have a cnc machining shop..

What are his hourly rates for machining? That would help some of these guys..

 

i believe its 35 a hour hes located in sheboygan wi email is skcustommachine@excel.net send him an email with what you need

 

35/hr huh.....that's pretty cheap

 

Will he do small orders? Like if I needed some flanges cut out and sent him a CAD file he could work off of?

I'll be needing a t4 turbo flange and two flanges to mate up to my manifolds(stock LS1 manifolds). Mild steel, probably like 3/8 for the manifold flanges, 1/2" for the turbo flange.

If he can come close to prices of guys already making the stuff, I'd give him my business.

 

does he have the equipment for laser engraving or anything like that?

 

$35/hour... i dont' think he'll be in business for long working at that rate.

 

xxbulaxx (Will he do small orders? Like if I needed some flanges cut out and sent him a CAD file he could work off of?
I'll be needing a t4 turbo flange and two flanges to mate up to my manifolds(stock LS1 manifolds). Mild steel, probably like 3/8 for the manifold flanges, 1/2" for the turbo flange.

If he can come close to prices of guys already making the stuff, I'd give him my business. )

answer yes he will do 1, 2, 25, 50 doesn't matter to him. i think you having a cad file to work from is the best bet, then he can just type it in and it will make it. other wise i think he would charge a fee to draw it up.but im not sure.

as for the laser engraving he told me once before that he can do engraving but i don't think its with a laser but then again im not sure.

as for the guy that said he be out of business. i don't think he going anywhere and his rate is the lowest he could find other company's doing it for so to hang with the competition you got to start there. you guys have to remember this is Wisconsin not California people work for cheaper rates around here

im going to get him to sign up on HT so people can talk to him. i don't know much about this machining stuff and he can make a list of all the service he could provide for ht members,cause i know he can check heads for straightness and machine them flat. so theres probably other stuff he can do.

 

i think if hes good at what he does and a good person, and he gets on a bunch of forums, he will do alright.

 

whats his contact info, i have some parts that need to be machined for the abrasive tube notcher that i am making. I have all the parts in a solidworks file, its simple stuff to, basicly alot of little stuff.

 

I have some work for him

 

Hi Im the freind that has the machine shop. My hourly rate is $35.00.

 

SK Custom Machine is located in Plymouth Wisconsin

 

sk any thing i have posted incorrect please correct me if im wrong.i think it would be a good idea to post up some pics of things you have done or idea's of things that you could provide service for people in the honda world .

 

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is this a joke?

how do you afford tooling?

 

welcome to H-T skcustommachine... i need to get a small amount of parts made so will definitely contact you soon, mkw1 that sounds like good idea.

 

No this is not a joke.

All my equipment is payed for except one lease. Im tying to keep my overhead as low as i can. I look for the lowest prices on the tooling i use. At my old shop that i worked for, they spent alot of money trying out alot of different brands of tooling. The end result was we found good tooling that lasts and it was a small shop so we had to use the correct speeds and feeds and make the tooling last. The $35 an hour is the number that to the best of my knowledge is the lowest i can do and still survive. I feel the more small shops out there the longer more jobs will stay in the US. Thanks to all of you responding to mkw1s posting please feel free to contact me with any coments or conserns or anything i can help with. Thanks again.