Any machinist that do custom work in the SF Bay?

[JamesY]

I have some steel parts that need to be finished or maybe even duplicated. If you know of a good machinist that can custom make me a few parts and finish off a part, please let me know.

[freonr22]

im guessing a machinist is $85-$140/hour.... but times are tough maybe they are less

[Seesm]

Yeah about know $100 most of my buddies shops and our own... But 1of or 3 off in your case is pricey... Set up is what beats you up!! Uggh

[freonr22]

I had this customer, give me a drawing. I took it over to Koffler Electrical. (www.koffler.com) they have a lathe with a 50 foot long bed and a 10 foot swing!! http://koffler.com/machining.html among other things. so anyways, they make this widget. it was $400, it turns out it was a brake for a mosin the customer built to give to me i have never picked up yet!! oooff!

[JamesY]

I had this customer, give me a drawing. I took it over to Koffler Electrical. (www.koffler.com) they have a lathe with a 50 foot long bed and a 10 foot swing!! http://koffler.com/machining.html among other things. so anyways, they make this widget. it was $400, it turns out it was a brake for a mosin the customer built to give to me i have never picked up yet!! oooff!

Thanks for the info! I sent them an email to see what they can do.

[freonr22]

they are very nice, mike is in the service dept 510.567.0630. they do al kinds of things, they have 2000hp (yes two thousand) electric motors in stock, Rebuild/rewind any electrical thing. and machining WHATEVER. sometimes they are expensive... its all relative. how important is it to you... their rate is $140/hr

[Gowking]

With machining it's all about the quantity if you want to get the price down. Onesies and twosies will kill you but a production run, now that's another thing. Where did you get the unfinished FSB/GB?

-G

[JamesY]

I might get several done and sell to friends.

[MrNiceGuy]

I don't know you but can I be your friend? :P
On the real though.....PM incoming.....

[couch]

I'm not really in your area, but do custom work. One off projects are my favorite. I'm a bit limited on time right now and am pretty busy with other things but I may be able to help you out if this hasn't been handled yet, depending on your time frame.

[nat]

Depending on what it is and your timeline, I might be able to help you out.

[JamesY]

Thanks, guys. I found someone already. Nat, check your PM.

[SJgunguy24]

Have you thought about making it yourself? I've been looking at vocational schools, you can take machining and get in the hours that way.