Starting a Machining Business: E.M. Machining Works’ Journey

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Practical Machinist

Practical Machinist

Күн бұрын

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@RocanMotor
@RocanMotor Жыл бұрын
As someone whos in the early stages of building their own shop, it's a huge relief to see a shop like your own making money. It gives me hope for my own shop. Wishing you a lifetime of success!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
It hasn’t been easy. But it’s very possible. Best of luck and message me if you have any questions.
@RocanMotor
@RocanMotor Жыл бұрын
@@e.m.machineworks thank you!! I subscribed, hope to see you growing and succeeding. Good luck!
@1977drz
@1977drz Жыл бұрын
​​@@e.m.machineworks Hi im also working in small garage. I have one machine weiler dz 32 Turn Mill centre.. with bar feeder Best regards from Europe good luck my friend. I feel you are good person.
@TheNobleone-d9f
@TheNobleone-d9f 8 ай бұрын
God Bless you buddy, Ill Say a prayer for your efforts. Its all in His hands!
@rhemaislife
@rhemaislife 3 ай бұрын
Thank you so much for a prayer, rarely appreciated​@@TheNobleone-d9f
@mikefunk1423
@mikefunk1423 10 ай бұрын
Great video!!! I am getting ready to purchase my 2nd mill and hopefully I will be able to quit my day job once it’s up and running. I have been doing 16-18 hours days for the last 3yrs and I’m ready to put all that energy and time into building my company. Nice work
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
Best of luck to you. Whatever you think you can achieve in your head, you can probably do way more. Trust yourself, take risk, and have fun along the way.
@HuskyMachining
@HuskyMachining Жыл бұрын
Hey buddy! I'm only 6 minutes in so far but we are close shops with similar experiences. I too just love turning stock to finished parts and did it as a side gig for a few years and was always shocked at what people were willing to pay for work I loved doing
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
I’ve watched your tour. Nice shop! I’ve just started but it’s been quite the journey so far. Im excited for the future for sure.
@HuskyMachining
@HuskyMachining Жыл бұрын
I understand that feeling! I love meeting locals with the same love of machining. I'm at 16 mins now and I think we are so sister shops. I made a home rig anodizing set up too during covid but abandoned it when the local finishing shop could take work again
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
@@HuskyMachining If you ever want to come down and visit let me know. My shop needs A LOT of improvements but one day I’ll be able to look back at this and see all the changes.
@HuskyMachining
@HuskyMachining Жыл бұрын
@@e.m.machineworks I would love to come visit your shop the next time I'm in the city. and feel free to stop by my shop if you are ever up in Ogden. I started out in a 2 car garage with a tormach 770 and went the organic grow route. I too hope to look back and be proud of the improvements I hope to make to my shop one day. Anyways, awesome shop man!
@yosmith1
@yosmith1 Жыл бұрын
Great tour! very impressed with your journey and wish you all the best of luck.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@RickGreen-z8o
@RickGreen-z8o Жыл бұрын
Hey buddy. Like your tour. Keep up the great work I am myself. I have only been in business for a year and I’ve got some ups and downs but I keep working at it. I am just like you I have a shop at my house I only have a few machines, but I keep working at it very impressed with your story. And I’m glad practical Machinist came along and did this video with you. It gives a lot of people the inspiration they need.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! Best of luck to you, if you have any questions or just want to talk let me know. There are some dark days ahead, but there is also going to be reward like you have never felt before, it's amazing. You have links to my socials in the video. Reach out if you want.
@dirtboy896
@dirtboy896 Жыл бұрын
I have the same air compressor but I use the harbor freight air dryer as well. Works great
@gerardobelink2568
@gerardobelink2568 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for sharing. Nice Workshop, pretty well organized and what you need for the jobs you have it. I think you will be succesful and companys will contact for quality jobs. I wish all the luck in your business and keep posting new videos.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
I will be updating my progress on KZbin. I don't aspire to be a youtuber, but I just think there are many others like me out there and if this inspires someone else to chase their dream it's worth it.
@jamesboeck3813
@jamesboeck3813 Жыл бұрын
Best luck my fellow machist. You will do well. America needs you.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you 👊
@Chris-nt9lk
@Chris-nt9lk Жыл бұрын
I am building up my shop at home currently as well. Its nice to see other people still in the stage of scraping by with what they have and making it work. You don't always need fancy to make parts. Watching all the fancy big money 5 axis machines people seem to be buying, makes me question my 20 year old 3 axis machines. But hey they are paid for and still make stuff.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Someone told me, used machines make brand new machines..
@RHCPFAN-yk6sw
@RHCPFAN-yk6sw 10 ай бұрын
@@e.m.machineworks I know this was a while ago, but how did you go about finding jobs/ contracts? Was it mostly just calling shops around your area?
@jasko346
@jasko346 10 ай бұрын
​@@RHCPFAN-yk6swthat has always been an up and down slope. A lot of my work came from someone I knew that had a shop and O went and asked for overflow work. I also got work from going to a job interview and then sharing about my shop, one company said we don't want to hire you but we want you to do out offload work. Also few people I knew from when I was employed recommended me to others. I am scaling back a little bit and moving away from offload work. It took about 3 years but now I have couple customers that are needing longer term work. There are companies and businesses out there that are waiting to meet you. My advice is don't do cold emailing. Find any opportunity to get a face to face meeting. If you call try to get a meeting instead of saying hey I have a shop. Maybe apply for jobs. You don't have to take them but go and see what the shop is what they make, somewhere in the conversation put that you do work from home. I have met many people that have full time jobs and work from home. However it's about just how much you want to put into working from home only. Some people have just enough work to keep them busy part time and they love it like that. Some are scared to leave their job. Either way you look at it there's plenty of work out there. The large machine shops are not all that either. I know some that are struggling and about 6 months behind on work. Good luck to you.
@johnpaulcarter6770
@johnpaulcarter6770 Жыл бұрын
F***! Loving this video. Was contemplating watching a Jack Reacher episode but thought I’d check out this channel instead. Glad to have made that choice - this is even better. My “shop” is barely even this, maybe 15% so far. Am still in a regular job for 80% of the time and very much learning the ropes. So it’s really valuable to see how someone else is solving machining problems.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching. Best of luck and let me know if you have any questions. Keep pushing yourself past the comfort zone you will be surprised. You can see in the video I am not the best speaker, this was scary even to make this video, but just keep pushing yourself the reward is pretty great.
@Carnold_YT
@Carnold_YT Жыл бұрын
Off to a good start, you have built yourself a nice shop there! All the best!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@brianwaayenberg3099
@brianwaayenberg3099 Жыл бұрын
Killing it bro! Congratulations for taking the leap and following through You don’t need all the polish and pizzaz of a fancy shop to get lots of quality work done. Keep the pipeline if jobs flowing and the shop organized and you’ll do well.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you for stopping by and for encouraging words. This is the scariest thing I've ever done but I have also never been happier at the same time. I am definitely looking forward to the future.
@brianwaayenberg3099
@brianwaayenberg3099 Жыл бұрын
@@e.m.machineworks i took the plunge a few years back (late 2018) not gonna lie, there was some lean years but the last few has helped me catch back up and are looking good. keep motivaated, focused and organized. seriously. those are by biggest pitfalls I need to overcome some days. Garage life is pretty sweet though, get to walk inside and see my babys whenever i want, take a sunny teuseday off and have a picknic, its great (gotta play catchup saterday tho!)
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
@@brianwaayenberg3099 I agree, nothing better then waking up, making cup of coffee, and walk 10 feet to your own company. Take a break whenever, if programs are too long watch a movie or go outside play with kids while machines are running... it's just too awesome. Sure there are nights when you sit there by yourself and cry, but I don't know anyone that made it without failing a ton at first. You could fail 100 times, but it just takes one good connection and it could change your life in this trade. Until then, slow and steady..
@ShadOWL69
@ShadOWL69 11 ай бұрын
Amazin video! :) I have a couple of questions since I am rly looking forward to buy a cnc machine and start my own journey. Since I live in Bosnia, I have very little amount of options when it comes to cnc machines, the cheapest cnc machine I could find was Hurco VM1 2003. and it would cost me around 20k $ just to buy it. What should I do for beginning, try to buy Hurco, or go with Tormach, Tormach would cost me much more tho, and I dont know if it is worth shipping it to Bosnia?
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
I bought my machine from a company I worked at. I knew 16 years of history of the machine, I knew how much it was used, and I used it before I bought it so I knew how it ran and if it had issues and so on. Also for me it was really cheap for what I was getting. That being said, if you can make sure Hurco machine work properly and doesn't have any hidden issues to the best of your ability, Hurco is a way to go. I love Tormach, I will recommend it to anyone as a company and as a hobby machine that doesn't cost crazy money, but a working 2003 Hurco will run circles around any new Tormach. However anything on Tormach you can fix yourself, with Hurco if something serious breaks you might just end up with a potato. I hope that helps.
@ShadOWL69
@ShadOWL69 9 ай бұрын
@@e.m.machineworks Oh, ok thanks a lot :D
@naisbyw3276
@naisbyw3276 Жыл бұрын
Truly inspiring, keep up the great work. Look forward to seeing how you grow!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@MrPeteda
@MrPeteda Жыл бұрын
Hey buddy, your shop is very similar to mine, I have a Hurco VM1 and a series 3 Tormach they both has 4th axis though. I have the identical bandsaw too. I like your grey tool bins, where did you purchase them?
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Harbor Freight 😂
@tdg911
@tdg911 Жыл бұрын
nice shop! I have an 1100MX and does me just fine. Thanks for sharing
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
As long as you understand what you have it's a fine machine.
@randomrouting
@randomrouting Жыл бұрын
thanks for sharing! Always interesting to see.
@poetac15
@poetac15 Жыл бұрын
Thanks for posting this.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
👊
@gorangromilic4126
@gorangromilic4126 11 ай бұрын
Ma samo zbog zastave BIH odmah Like :)
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
😜Pozdrav 👊
@BedroomMachinist
@BedroomMachinist Жыл бұрын
Starting my own Journey as we speak! Love to see your successes! Hope to get to the point you are at one day, cureently working 8 or 9 hours Engineering and coming home and working 6 to 7 hours making small parts trying to fund the business. God Bless and keep up the amazing work!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
Thank you for watching! I wish you the best of luck in your journey.
@rhokdatroll
@rhokdatroll Жыл бұрын
great video, keep crushing it!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@akfarmboy49
@akfarmboy49 10 ай бұрын
Good job I’m impressed Yes I’m a machinist
@briantate8656
@briantate8656 Жыл бұрын
I like your shop, congrats and good luck !!!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@stevelush9994
@stevelush9994 Жыл бұрын
awesome video Jasko thanks for sharing with us
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you
@MrPaparoe
@MrPaparoe 8 ай бұрын
I just came across this video and am very impressed with your progress. I was struck by the continuing theme of not waiting for the perfect time or opportunity. Understanding what you can and should do and making it work is brilliant.
@WenzelMachineandTool
@WenzelMachineandTool Жыл бұрын
Thank you for sharing
@danielmoore949
@danielmoore949 Жыл бұрын
I can only say WOW. Awesome shop I’m encouraged
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you!
@babcockcopper
@babcockcopper 9 ай бұрын
Awesome and inspiring. Thank you for being humble, the world needs more people like you.
@nicholasmoninger271
@nicholasmoninger271 Жыл бұрын
Awesome video my man. I can't wait to get my own shop.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you, feel free to message me if you have any questions.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you!!
@ohsnapfit2096
@ohsnapfit2096 Жыл бұрын
Rooting for you!
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks 10 ай бұрын
Thank you!
@StevenPalisak
@StevenPalisak 8 ай бұрын
Bosna Moja ❤🎉❤
@joshuathorp5389
@joshuathorp5389 Жыл бұрын
Great job. Keep it going.
@e.m.machineworks
@e.m.machineworks Жыл бұрын
Thank you
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