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Since March Ed has focused his efforts on laying as low as possible. They have enough projects in house to keep them busy for a while. “We are working on a series of parts for an autonomous vehicle project” details Ed. “The job is eight parts numbers that range in quantity of 25- 75 each. It will keep us busy for a while so I can see how things are going to play out in the coming months. We like the shorter runs. Get the job in, run it, and out the door to the customer so we can invoice them. Our sweet spot is 100-200 parts, but we will run a 1000 if fits with our equipment. I began this year thinking about investing
Okuma Genos holds bearing tolerances of +/-.0002.
in a 5 axis Mazak milling center, but there was just a weird vibe in the air and I thankfully didn’t pull the trigger on it. Once we all have a firm grasp of how the industry is affected, I will circle back to getting a 5 axis. I’ve gone this long without one, I can wait a little longer. I’m optimistic that when this lets up it is going to go off, there will be a lot of opportunities out there for all of us. Right now, I’m just glad to make parts every day and really excited that you would feature MSI in CNC West Magazine.”
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