On Wed, 21 Aug 2013 09:01:12 -0400, Joe AutoDrill
wrote:

On 8/21/2013 8:52 AM, Ed Huntress wrote:
Hmm. It sounds like an interesting workpiece. Do you know what it's
for?

In this case, I'm quoting the company that casts the part and then does
quick prep work for the end user.

I can guess at the end user by data on the drawing, but I don't have
definite info on what - or really who might be ultimately using it at
the end of the story. I can tell it gets epoxy coated and that the name
of the next user looks to be water-oriented... But that's about it.

I don't know if you caught this, but I'm now chief editor of Fab Shop
Magazine Direct. Any fabrication jobs you encounter could be
interesting to me -- and with possible promotion value for you. g

I didn't catch that. Now I have to be nice to you! G

Nah. Just get me a good story that will interest our readers, and you
can swear at me all you want. d8-)


I hope you are enjoying it.

Very much. I've been freelancing for a few years and I didn't realize
how much I missed being in charge of the editorial. I closed my first
issue yesterday; it will appear Sept. 6th or 7th. Here are some old
ones:

http://www.fsmdirect.com/

The search box is at the bottom of the page. I'd like to move that to
the top. The issues are pretty much independent entitities but the
search engine spans all of them.


I would always need to clear any really detailed release of data with
the customer, but we are working with a few folks that might be
interesting to you and your readers. ...Especially a certain electric
car company that really turns heads. I'll reach out and see if they
might want to share stuff (we signed an NDA) for some possible publicity.

Ok. You can see what we cover from the link above. It's laser, plasma,
waterjet and punch-press cutting; welding and other assembly; sawing,
fabrication-related drilling; bending; shearing; stamping; related
software; and so on. Anything you'd find in a fab shop. I imagine some
of your customers are drilling parts for fabrication-shop assembly.

Also, I wrote a roundup for them last year on multi-function
chip-making machines, and we're finding that fab shops are interested
in those machines for a variety of value-added jobs.


Of course you can shoot me a message here or privately if something pops
up that looks like it might fit a desire / need you have.

You can bet on it.


...This could be fun.

It is. It beats the heck out of work. d8-)

--
Ed Huntress