Thinking about my own CNC machine shop
I’ve been a machinist for around 13 years, the shop I work at I am the lead in the Swiss/Mill-turn department. I get a print and provide the operations manager with cycle time and the tooling I need and anything I might need for the job. I program it order tools and setup and run the parts. I have been very heavily thinking about getting a mill and a lathe of my own starting with maybe something smaller and used to start out with. I’m just wondering what others have experienced with the same dream I know it’s going to be hard and I’m definitely not going to quit my job but I just can’t stop thinking about shops I know of off the top of my head that struggle with on time deliveries or just being too swamped. What’s a good way to build connections without even having the machines? Is there a good way to go about obtaining work. I just have so many questions.