[Chipload]

How much time do you devote to your career? Perfer those that have chosen CNC Machinst as thier career/lifestyle to respone.

[ImanCarrot]

40 Hours unless the customer's screaming for parts in which case I'll work overtime, but I don;t get paid for this.

[shay z]

it is a little bit difficult for me to answer because CNC is only a small part of my job,

i spend between 50 to 70 hours a week at work

[orizaba]

The real job get 40 hours and the CNC bit gets the other 128...sleep? whats that?

[royculvert]

24-6-353 must leave the last day for him.

[rusty5228301]

How does 90-100 hours a week sound? Aircrafts must keep flying,guys

[thetrillionaire]

I was doing about 70 hrs a week for the last 6 months, but they scaled me back to 50-55 now

[mls]

I work 45 hrs to 60 hrs but I am now opening my own shop may 5th I should be getting my haas vf-3 then 40 hrs will probably be my limit

[joejared]

I was doing about 70 hrs a week for the last 6 months, but they scaled me back to 50-55 now

My latest invention has been keeping my machines running almost constantly, 12 hours/day, including weekends. In about a month, I'll be hiring a local to keep the machine fed so I can get back to playing. :rainfro:

[enno_onne]

I'm doing CNC punch press. 40 hours / week. no more , no excuse :P LOL

[mazman]

i have question about program drilling in mazak machine
i know G98 & G99 are start positioning canned cycle in fanuc program then i use mazak machine G98 & G99 are different funtion
except in TPC or parameter,what code the start positioning canned cycle in mazak machine...?
can any body help me?

[Brakeman Bob]

I work in motorsport, so my workload is seasonal. Now the season has started things have slacked off a bit so I doing about 40 hours. However, from November to Easter is the busy time and motorsport people have difficulty with the concept of "next week", so the hours ramp up. Then I try to keep it below 70 hrs. Golden rule: never work Sunday.

[reidmach]

self employed slave 80 hrs min.
I love being the "owner" !!

[cncmachiningzon]

i used to work about 55 hours a week. but now i opended up my own shop and i'm back to 40 hours a week.. and maybe a saturday .. anybody wants to source out any jobs ?

[rando]

We stick to 50!!!! sometimes get called out on a weekend for customer EMERGENCIES
Other than that if it ain't done on Friday, Itll still be there Monday!!!!

[Geof]

38 hours spread over four days; not for me, for my employees.

[emerson_2bod]

hey guys can i work with you,im operating cnc for 4 years

[rdarlington]

I refuse to be abused. 40 hours and that's it. If that's not enough, there aren't enough employees or there is too much work, or both. Don't be a sucker, guys!

[TimTheToolMan]

My wife and I own our own business. Ahhhh...the life! I get to pick my own hours...I can either work the first 12 hours of the day or the second!

But...I've never been happier at work than the last 16 years!

[ImanCarrot]

rdarlington, I could not agree more.

We used to work from 6am to 11:30 pm seven days a week. Eventually the guys' brains were that fried that it was counter productive. They were making EXPENSIVE mistakes out of pure tiredness and exhaustion. One digit error in a six decimal calculation caused 15K of damage to a Germanium dome (for a submarine).

Diminishing returns I beleive it's called. I'd rather have 3 sharp employees that 6 knackered ones.