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I understand your point.

looks like some American shops are willing to quote... as the point of my original message.. I would much rather keep the work here in the states... this is the problem...

when I am competing...

Looking for the following capabilities..

- CNC turning and CNC milling
- high quality
- FAST turnaround times
- Solidworks CAD software
- specializes in small lot, prototype stuff... I do NOT...

anybody know of any good Solidworks and CNC equipped machine shops in Mexico?

I know this is a spanish forum.. but I'm hoping somebody can recommend some good quality cnc equipped machine shops located in Mexico?

I agree with you on this... but try telling that to the big usa corporations who are my customers... they just care about cost, quality and lead time.. they don't seem to give a damn rats ass where...

illustrates exactly why so many usa machine shops are going bankrupt.. that's the attitude..

and for the record I used to run a USA machine shop.. found that putting the money into the engineering...

I know you guys are partial to asia, etc.. but it really is what I need to find to stay competitve...

about Mexico.. never thought of that one.. do you know some good Mexican cnc shops?
I love...

I agree with what all of you have been saying... but for me I have traditionaly made parts for large automated machinery coming out of Europe (france, germany, italy, etc.) so making the parts here...

Sorry to be in this position but this year has been very tough for making money on having cnc milled/turned parts made by usa based machine shops. I'm a mechanical engineering company and I send my...

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anybody have a small machine shop that is located in or around the northeast? I'm looking for some parts to be made..

where are you located?

just looking for some new machine shop's to use for my work... would need cnc turning and milling capability... Solidworks CAD ability is a huge plus.

Thank You!

We are located in northern NJ and are looking for a Solidworks 2010 designer that also knows how to use precision measuring tools to reverse engineer parts and make solid models.

If you are...

isn't there different version of step files? what is the best version to use for my solidworks model and assembly exports? many shops seem to use MasterCAM X so I want them to get the best import...

I'm afraid to even visit CA because I might want to move there!!! it's just too far from back home in jersey

I have my own mechanical engineering business... I develop all my products in Solidworks and I have machine shops make my parts to my print. I am looking for shops in Florida that specialize in...

thanks I will give them a call, it's tough to find WHITE VITON..

I am having a problem finding places that have quick delivery on WHITE VITON O'rings. The sizes range from anywhere from 10mm O.D. to 70mm O.D. and the cross section can be in the range of say 1mm...

Attached are pictures of what I'm trying to do.

The round diameter where the small holes are is 1.5" O.D.

The diameter of the small holes is: .030"

The holes are spaced .040" apart.

I...

step gages or plug gages will not work within my budget.. I need to be able to measure tube I.D.s from 1" I.D. up to 3" I.D. in .002" increments and accuracy. We would be talking 1000 different...

Okay I am looking for a tool like what I have drawn up in my attached photo. Does anybody make a tool like this already or know where I could have one made, etc.?

I need to measure the I.D. of...

Mike,
Did you ever find a user manual for the machine? I believe I have the same machine as you and I am desperately seeking the user manual.

Thanks for your help!

I'm looking for an owners manual for a QuadraCheck 2000 on an optical comparator. Can anybody help out?

sure thing coming your way... I have not yet listed this machine for sale with anybody so let me know if you are interested. I will probably be putting this on ebay in another week or so.

I have a 2007 Prototrak 1540 SLX with about 25 hours on it for sale... great machine just bought it before we closed our shop down due to financial reasons.

It's in very good condition, includes the factory cabinet (stand), has surface illumination, digital angle finder, 2 axis digital readout with edge detection, Gage Master GMX DRO

1.) what's it...

wouldn't you need to use Pie? how do you fiqure out the circumference?

Okay let me try to explain best I can.. I attached a picture to help in my explanation.

I have a tube of hand lotion, plastic tube. The tube is open ended, meaning it's NOT sealed yet.

I can...