May 072009
 

As metioned earlier in the updates pages –  a customer of mine lost their entire business. I have been assisting in getting quotes together for insurance company to pay out. They have finally settled. Here are a few pictures of the what was left of the business after the fie.

Press Line

Here is a picture of the production press area. The steel building had foam insolation that burst into flames. An employee had decided to cut open a 45 gallon drum ignoring previous instruction that is was dangerous to do so and therefore not allowed. The barrel exploded when the worker started cutting and the entire structure was ablaze in seconds. Fortunately no one was injured.

I made a lot of this companies punch die tooling and with the recent family issues that we have had – decided to no longer work with that family member and rather for someone else.

Milling Machine

 

 

Here is what is left of a milling machine and it digial readout.

 

 

 

Lathe

 

 

       A lathe after the fire.

As this company rebuilds I will be helping setup new equipment as well as setup presses and tooling to get them back into production of their grain drying floors.

As the next few weeks go by I hope to  get back into airguns. I miss building greatly. Thanks for reading.

 Posted by at 4:02 PM
May 072009
 

Hello airgun enthusiasts. I have taken the time to add a blog to my site. This will allow me to update the site more often and be less time consuming then previously.

Currently, this is where I am at. I have not done any airgun related building in last 3 weeks. May 5 I had my hernia surgery. Everything went well and I am recovering at home. I cannot walk well as the pain is to much at times so relaxing and working on the website. After much thought I will be starting a new job June 1st.  A company that I do work for wanted me fulltime so I am going to give it a try. This will hopefully allow more time for hobbies as I will only be working 8 hours a day. Now planning on how I can do all the machining I need to do. Maybe look at buying a small mill/lathe combo for at home or if I can use their shop after hours. Will see what develops.