So what kind of equipment do you shops out there have?

-garrett

All I have is a manual mill (bridgeport of course) so all I could quote is manual work.

A partial list of machines in the shop
We do normal jobshop items but specialize in industrial ceramics
ferrite silicon nitride and sapphire .

Wizard CNC mill 20" x 40" x 16" ( running Mach III & Geckos )
2 Emco 5" CNC lathes ( CNCpro & Geckos )
6 x 18 hydraulic surface grinder ( CNCpro & Geckos )
Cylindrical grinder .100" to 1.5"
Sonic Mill , 20khz ultrasonic drill ( Mach III & Geckos )
12 x 36 Manual lathe
Bridgeport Manual or CNC ( Mach III & Geckos )
K.O. Lee tool and cutter grinder
1 ton punch press
12 ton manual press
12" sheet metal shear (Modified to shear down to .0005" material )
Nikon 5 to 100X toolmakers microscope W/digital stage
Servo (sensitive) high speed drill 20K
Small lab kiln 4 x 4 x 4 2,200 deg.
Large kiln 18 x 18 x 24 2,000 deg.
Ultrasonic cleaning tank 5gal.
Mig welder
Sand blast cabnet
1,000 volt impulse Magnetizer

Ron Kline
American Precision Ceramics
859-887-9873

Hyde-mech 12x18 automatic horizontal bandsaw
Trumpf trumatic 500r turrent punch (up to 5'x10'x.25 in steel)
3 mazak sqt200 20hp lathes w/y axis 1 with sub spindle
1 mazak sqt250 25hp lathe w/y axis and subspindle
1 mazak vcn510c vmc w21"x52"table and 10" 4th axis
sunnen manual honing machine
60 ton horn style O.B.I. press
M.I.G. welding station
MOTOMAN twin table robotic M.I.G. welding station
Tig welding station stainless .020"-.75" alum. .030"-1" .030"-.75" mild steel
full assembly dept.

I'm just starting out with my shop, started getting equipment in June, 2005.

!996 Cincinnati Milacron arrow 500 (20x20x20) VMC
6x12 Horizontal/ vert bandsaw
Bridgeport Boss cnc knee mill
nice new pentium pc with OneCNC XR Mill Pro

If things work out ok I will get a turning center and larger vmc at the end of the year.

PS My shop has a stainless steel water fountain!

I have a bench top lathe with 21 inches between centers.
I have a bench top 3 axis CNC that will run manual or CNC.
I have metal cutting band saw that can run as a vertical or horizontal.
I have a 3 foot by 4 foot surface plate with adequate amount of inspection equipment.
I have an electronics lab. I can design and fabricate a large variety of electronic circuits and equipment.
A little about myself. I have a B.S. in physics with over ten years combined experience as a machinist, and scientific instrumentation design and construction. I have government security clearance and have no trouble working with proprietary information, or on classified projects.

I'm just starting out with my shop, started getting equipment in June, 2005.

!996 Cincinnati Milacron arrow 500 (20x20x20) VMC
6x12 Horizontal/ vert bandsaw
Bridgeport Boss cnc knee mill
nice new pentium pc with OneCNC XR Mill Pro

If things work out ok I will get a turning center and larger vmc at the end of the year.

PS My shop has a stainless steel water fountain!


very nice hope things work out for you.

We would be pleased to quote your next project
We specialize in difficult to machine complex parts. We routinely use Alum, stainless, hastaloy, inconel, nitronic, Titanium and high performance engineered plastics such as Ultem, Hydlar, Vespel, Torlon Rulon, Peek stc
In addition to our manufacturing equipment, we also have a fully equipped Quality Assurance dept that is capable of fully documenting your parts to your specs

We have a
Haas Mini Mill
Okuma LB 15
Matsuura MV 510
A 7x10 manual lathe
A 12x36 manual lathe
a 9x42 manual Bridgeport
a 3 ton banch press
a 1 ton bench press
a 50 ton hydraulic press
a #2 DiAccro bender
Numerous drill presses, band saws (horizontal and vertical)
tool grinders
We use Solidworks 2005 and Mastercam 9.1
We can receive most any cad data you can think of
We have been in the high precision medical and prototyping business for over 25 years

Jim Whipple
Phinney Bay Machine Works
Bremerton, Wa
360-792-8630
http://www.pbmwgroup.com (http://www.pbmwgroup.com)

My building is actually 5400 square feet, about 750 SF give or take delegated to my humble machine shop which equipment is listed below.
2004 Haas TM-1 30x12x16, 10 tool ATC
A faithful manual BP style knee mill.
14x40 imported but precision rated lathe.
Large glass blasting cabinet.
Press
A soon to be (hopefully) built 8 x 28 CNC Lathe.


Equipment not necessarily related to machining.

Up to 2 1/2" tubing bender
Drum and rotor lathe
MIG welder
Gas welding equipment
A $40K auto diagnostic center that is worth $0 today, I just keep it to remind myself to think out purchases better.
Electronic tire balancer
Air operated swing arm style tire changer
Two post lift
As you might have guessed from this equipment, I was in the auto repair for many years.

We have no water fountain :)

Ok just checking .

Way too much too list...but a partial list..

haas vf3
haas sl20 bigbore
cnc saw that can do 16x16
cnc cold saw
wellsaw 12x16 <manual
200 ton pressbreak with cnc back gauge
1/4 x 12' shear
electric eye plasma torch
bridgeport mill <manual>
1937 cincinatti horizontal mill..<made parts for world war 2>
Romi manual lathe 13x72
48x72 swing lathe <manual>
15000 square foot shop
ect ect...

Pretty well set up on machines

Only been daubling in online stuff...I have about 65% load with repeat customers.

I have a 14x40 manual lathe and 9x49 manual mill. Looking for small quantities of small parts.

30x40 all metal shop
Smithy 1340 3-in-1 Granite Series Drill mill Lathe Combo
Xylotex 4 axis cnc retrofit
Mach 3 CNC driver software
Visual Mill Pro Cam
Alibre Design Cad
Various other shop equipment
Safety Glasses
Ear Plugs
Respirator
Common Sense
And old fashion know how

Milltronics C.N.C. Milling Machine
Travel – X axis 32”, Y axis 19”, Z axis 22.5”
Accessories: Renishaw digitizer, Programmable 4th Axis

Bridgeport Series 1 Mill
Travel – X axis 36”, Y axis 12”, Z axis 18.5”
Accessories: Digital Read Out

Bridgeport Series 2 Mill
Travel – X axis 30”, Y axis 15”, Z axis 20”
Accessories: Digital Read Out

Bridgeport Romi CNC Lathe
Turning Swing – 16.6” Diameter, Length - 40”
Accessories: Manual Tail Stock, Steady Rest

Harig Model 618 Surface Grinder
Magnetic Chuck – 6” X 18” Fine Pole

K.O. Lee, Model C14, Automatic Cylindrical Grinder
Turning Capacity - 8” Diameter, Length – 17”

Gallmeyer & Livingston I.D. / O.D. Grinder
# 62 Grand Rapids w/ Work Head
Turning Capacity -12” Diameter, Length 32”

Superior Hone – Model J2WR
Accessories: Mandrels and Stone to 3” Diameter.

Kalamazoo Cold Cut-Off Production Saw
Cuts Up To 4" Square Steel


INSPECTION EQUIPMENT:

Mitutoyo Model PH350 Optical Comparator
20X Magnification

Additional Accessories: Granite Surface Plate, Inspection gages, Indicators, Mig Welder, Numerous tooling and accessories for all equipment.

Jonell Walker
Sales/Management Representative
Email: wmtssales@williams-net.com
Phone: 419-579-0286
Fax: 866-380-0242

Hello All,
Who has room for work? What is everyones shop load and lead time looking like?

Ed

1. CNC vertical milling (VMC)
i. Makino BMC-60
ii. Miyano MSV-41
2. CNC horizontal milling (HMC)
i. Mazak H10
ii. Hitachi Seiki HC500
iii. Niigata EN50B
iv. Makino MC40
3. CNC turning (CNC Lathe)
i. Mazak QT10
ii. (2) Mazak QT10N
iii. Hitachi Seiki HT10
iv. Okuma LB15
v. Okuma LB15II
vi. Index GU1400
4. CNC Swiss Type Screw Machine
i. (2) Citizen CincomF25
ii. Citizen CincomG32
5. CNC cylindrical grinding
i. Okamoto OGM – 3100UNL
6. Centerless grinding
7. Surface grinding x5
8. Thread grinding x 3
9. Gear hobbing x 4

Located just south of St louis, Mo


Hurco VMX 30, 3020 vmc with 12" 4th axis 2005
Cincinnatti 36" x 144" Hydrashift lathe
Monarch 24" x 48" lathe
Mori Seiki 17" x 40" lathe
Lagun FTV2 10 x 50 vertical mill
Bridgeport 9 x 42 mill
Van Norman Universal mill
B&O turret lathe
Allen Die Drill press
Gorton 10 x 50 vertical mill
Galleyer & Livingston 6 x 18 surface grinder, compound magnetic chuck
Leland Gifford die drill press- for sale!!
hydraulic press
Lincoln 255 Power Mig with Prince XL spool gun
Miller Synchrowave 300 Tig/Stick welder
a BUNCH of other 'shtuff'
Mitutoyo F503 CMM

We could use some more work - we're not necessarily the cheapest- but nobody will give you more bang for your buck than we do!
EMERGENCY WORK AVAILABLE!!!