05/21/2026
Do you do RUSH work? Yes. But, it is not cheap.
Monday afternoon we had a local customer come by in need of some work done within hours, if possible. The large bronze bushing (approximately 8" OD on the major diameter) need to be reduced by remove .010" from the minor OD.
We were in the midst of a production run to restock our large flex joint races. To achieve this we had to:
- Switch machine from using the spindle to the chuck.
- Machine a set of jaws to hold it for precision. This requires not only the jaws, but a program and machining the jaws.
- Set up and machine the part. This requires a program, tooling to be set, and running the program. (And don't make a mistake, because there is not another part.)
- Switch the machine back to the job we were running before.
All of this took about 5 hours. I won't divulge the final total the customer paid, but I will tell you there was a comma in it. Some may baulk at the cost, especially since it was all labor (other than the jaws.) For another is it cheaper than production stopping.
Machining doesn't happen by magic. Time, material and tooling are all part of the equation. The faster a job is needed, the more it will cost.
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