Waht am I doing today? Writing CNC mill code for a new job I'm bidding on. We were down to just a couple days worth of work, and both of us were looking forward to a little less shop time. My main customer is leaving today for OshKosh to the fly-in, we busted our butts for two weeks getting all his parts ready. A couple little jobs and we would have been out of work until they get back with (hopefully) lots of work replenishing their inventory.
But (and I'm not really complaining) one of our recent customers has put us at the top of their sub list for doing CNC mill and lathe work. We have tried real hard to produce quality and keep in constant communication while we run their parts. We give them 100% perfect parts and hit all their deadlines. So yesterday they called, today I got a blueprint, one finished part, and a sample of the raw material, and by Monday I will have a finished program, tested and timed. This will let me quote a price and delivery date. A rough guess, it looks like about a weeks worth of work, by the time this is done our main guys will be back from Wisconsin.
Got structural and architectural docs for new building OKed by State, but need to get mechanical (plumbing, electrical, HVAC) docs submitted. Finally found PE (Professional Engineer) with local firm that can produce docs and stamp drawings for reasonable price. Once state OKs those I will have to go before city/county to get building permits, etc. Slow, but plans coming along. Still hope to be operating out of new building by end of year. It may be our Christmas gift to ourselves.
Just needed to type words instead of numbers for a few minutes.