I obviously don't own a machine shop but you guys keeping them busy really warm my heart!!! Thanks to each of you for helping small businesses!
Check in on your local machine shops guys
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I and a lot of folks I know have made an effort lately to support local small business first. I hope it lasts after restrictions are lifted.
Cley
Cley
I just called the shop here as I need bearing pressed out and new one in for wife's Hyundai. 1 man show in Lindsay and hes busy. The retail part is slow. Formerly Mckerlie millen, now car quest. I'll ask him if new rod bolts are needed in my 340 build. I bought short block from him.
j par
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Well I hate to throw ice cubes in your heart warming drink but like you I don't own a machine shop. If I owned those tools I would do my own valve job which I learned how to do back in high school in auto shop...(when they still had such things)...
Today marks 10 weeks that they've been there and when I dropped them off I was told he'd be able to look at them next week. I'm called a couple times since then every 3 weeks or so I'm get the we'll get to them next week routine. Friday a friend of mine who has an engine there for a couple of months at least or more and I went there as he's getting the old next week routine as well... His block is finished and his parts are ready it just needs assembly. And was told next week. My head's been laying there in the Box for 10 weeks now and he said Tuesday meaning tomorrow.. personally if I don't get a call by the end of the week Monday I'm just picking them up..
they do excellent work there's no question about it with the latest and greatest equipment but if he would have said 15 weeks or I don't know at least it would have been an honest answer I could rely on. I don't really even need the heads, but at this point it's just a matter of principle...
Not that I like to admit it but on the run I eat at local fast food restaurants way to often. I haven't eaten at one once since probably early February as I would rather call in a local family operated bar or pizza joint and help support them. Wendy's, McDonalds, Taco Bell, and all the other big name joints will survive without my help. The local family run businesses may not.
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Duane
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I have been on layoff since the middle of March. Have made major progress on my project. The time off was great.
Duane
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Where you located. I think near me.
I wish I could say the same. Lately if I do make it to the shop I sit in my chair, listen to music, and look at cars needing worked on. This Coronavirus and the uncertainty of when and is racing gonna happen this year really has me screwed up.
I'm near Peterborough. I usually deal with Al. Where u at Duane?
This **** rattled the world, so the machine shop got rattled too. Now you know who not to use anymore.
Leanna's sentiment was meant for small business, which she has always promoted/supported, not just machine shops.
Leanna's sentiment was meant for small business, which she has always promoted/supported, not just machine shops.
My car went into the paint shop on march 25th.
I was told they were really slow and would only need 2-3 weeks.
Was given a really low written quote of $2500.
I supplied my own 1.25 gallons of Nason's Full-Cryl II single stage paint and hardener.
(which matches the engine bay I painted myself 2 years ago)
I had all the trim, bumpers, lights, handles, door panels, etc taken off.
There were about 7 quarter sized dings I had marked with grease pencil.
Of course, the very next day two high dollar projects showed up at the shop, one being a wrecked porsche.
However, I did see that my car had been moved two weeks ago.
I stopped by the next day and it had been painted. They were still working on the hood and trunk lid.
I'm planning to stop by tomorrow, as I noticed it's out of the building and the trunk lid is on.
Excited.
1.5 months may be a record for what has been called "paint shop jail".
I was told they were really slow and would only need 2-3 weeks.
Was given a really low written quote of $2500.
I supplied my own 1.25 gallons of Nason's Full-Cryl II single stage paint and hardener.
(which matches the engine bay I painted myself 2 years ago)
I had all the trim, bumpers, lights, handles, door panels, etc taken off.
There were about 7 quarter sized dings I had marked with grease pencil.
Of course, the very next day two high dollar projects showed up at the shop, one being a wrecked porsche.
However, I did see that my car had been moved two weeks ago.
I stopped by the next day and it had been painted. They were still working on the hood and trunk lid.
I'm planning to stop by tomorrow, as I noticed it's out of the building and the trunk lid is on.
Excited.
1.5 months may be a record for what has been called "paint shop jail".
My machinist has had my stroker 340 stuff over 5 years and no progress yet......
Maybe I should mention that I am said machinist, and making a living, and the wife's satellite, and my 3 son's projects keep pushing mine to the back burner.....
And now, you know the rest of the story.
Maybe I should mention that I am said machinist, and making a living, and the wife's satellite, and my 3 son's projects keep pushing mine to the back burner.....
And now, you know the rest of the story.
Ohhhh I hear you but on the serious side of this back in the 1970's my engine builder took 13 months (340) and I thanked him when I picked it up. I shook his hand (a friend) and told him that day I would NEVER wait to have another engine built again. And from that day forward I did my own engine building. He did me a favor in the long run.
Marcohotrod
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I am guessing custom automotive ?
The machine shop? My normal place is Eastwoods in Somers, but they said 8 weeks. The place I'm trying now is R.A.D in Ludlow, they were about the same price and said two weeks.
Duane
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I am in St.Catharines. What got my attention was you mentioned
Makerly Millen which we used to have one here that also closed a machine shop and turned into a car quest.
Yep same scenario here. The Mopar machinist Al stayed on over the transition. Hes retiring soon unfortunately.
Mckerlie Millen was always quality from what I remember. Plus that's someone's "name". Car quest??? No offense to them, but not a name.
Mckerlie Millen was always quality from what I remember. Plus that's someone's "name". Car quest??? No offense to them, but not a name.
Probably a month ago I stopped in to Performance Auto owned by a friend of mine. They seemed busy with a lot of hot rod engines. hey do a lot of stock car work although Tom was never a roundy racer. Curt had a rat motor out of a farm truck on the dyno. (rich farmers playing) A 496 I think.
moper
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My "perfection" shop is not balls out, but not slow. My secondary place is a one man shop and he's always backed up. I just finished my last customer build, the next one cancelled mid-stream due to getting laid off from this crap.
Well I lucked out on one. I dropped my 440-1 Indy heads and two 360 cranks of at my local shop yesterday. The one crank was out of my sons 360 that ran 6.50’s and broke a Comp lifter bar trashing the engine. Well I knew it had be cut before and balanced to his assembly so I hoped to save a few bucks and get one more build out of it. Well he called today and said it will clean up at .030 on the mains so we both started a bearing search as .030 is about the last cut. Here I found out Clevite bearing company has been sold. Summit had none, Jegs had none, so I googled it and found one set on eBay buy it now for 49.95 so I grabbed those and will have them Tuesday. Hugh’s doesn’t even list them. Heck on the rod bearings you can go at least .060 and my one 360 crank is cut down to Chevy size. The other crank is going to be magnifluxed and needs cut too so i told them to go ahead. Work for them at a slow time and then it will only need balanced next build.
I picked up a set of alum Speedmasters and pistons and rods from the engine shop. Crank wasn’t balanced yet. Kim
Kim, What shop do you use?
Cley
Cley
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