updated shop pics and some industrial projects
well, i've been doing ok for the first couple months on my own. this month has been quite busy actually so i can't complain.
these are pics of a project i did for a place i worked part time at before i opened my own shop. it is the frame for a leak test stand for a specific exhaust system. i did some of the tooling as well but i didn't bother with many pics of that stuff. i'll post up pics of the fully assembled stand. i dropped it off at my customer's shop so they could wire everything up and install all the tooling onto it. the down side to this project was that i didn't have my mig until after i completed it... the up side though was that i was paid hourly for it so it didn't matter so much. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07480.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07479.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07483.jpg more shop stuff: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07485.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07488.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07484.jpg i got most of my equipment at auctions... there are some pretty good deals to be had at them for sure. i have been doing a lot of this kinda stuff as well... industrial valve actuation. customer provides the valve and the actuator and i mount them together with a coupler joining them. pretty basic stuff but it is decent money when they give you an order for 30 at once. http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../DSC07444s.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../DSC07448s.jpg just some welds on one of the tooling pieces for the leak test frame: http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../DSC07437s.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1.../DSC07433s.jpg http://i47.photobucket.com/albums/f1...h/DSC07476.jpg for anyone considering starting your own business, no matter what it is, there are a lot of things you don't consider in the beginning. i'm more of a hands on person so i'm not into doing the paperwork stuff, but i've found i spend almost as much time at the desk as i do in the shop... it is suprising at how little you actually get done in a day when you are the one who has to run out and pick up material, drop stuff off... thankfully one of my biggest customers is in the unit next to mine! |
Nice pics, hope everything works out for you in the future.
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yea man, hope everything goes well for you in the future.
awesome welds to man! welding is hard as hell haha. |
Nice work bro! those welds are some of the best i've seen. i know Minitruckers that would love to have quality work like that done for their air ride. some of those guys got ---- work done at underworld customs
can you make tow hooks? |
Good stuff Aaron! Is that blue thing what those big black metal beams turned out into?
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Nice looking shop and I totally agree with the quality work..
those are some really nice welds, extremley more nicer then the ones I see on TV... so does your business possibly cater to anything automotive? |
nice welding, looks like fun :D
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Originally Posted by Buff4Prez Yo
(Post 165226)
can you make tow hooks?
Originally Posted by Big Hairy Gino
(Post 165247)
Is that blue thing what those big black metal beams turned out into?
Originally Posted by Vtec_Concept
(Post 165274)
so does your business possibly cater to anything automotive?
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So you have the CNC machine yet?
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Originally Posted by SMOOTHE
(Post 165318)
So you have the CNC machine yet?
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Originally Posted by weiRtech
(Post 165339)
i wish. i could sure use it this weekend! i have to drill and tap more than 1200 holes by monday morning. hopefully by the end of the first year i'll have one. that is my goal.
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Originally Posted by weiRtech
(Post 165339)
i wish. i could sure use it this weekend! i have to drill and tap more than 1200 holes by monday morning. hopefully by the end of the first year i'll have one. that is my goal.
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r u gen. machinist or tool & die?
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Originally Posted by Simo
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r u gen. machinist or tool & die?
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i used to work in plastic injection molding....well, i did extrusion really but the raw material i made was for plastic injection.
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nice! tool n die for life!, i also worked in plastic and metal injection for pulp molds
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