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

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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.

very nice hope things work out for you.

Ok just checking .

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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.

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