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On Monday, September 30, 2019 at 5:07:03 PM UTC-4, Jon Elson wrote:
On Mon, 30 Sep 2019 05:19:00 -0700, wrote:



Any nearby factories that don't make everything themselves? He could
contact them and leave a card for when they need some special one-off
made, need some parts modified, etc. Leave your card at a few shops,
eventually one will need something and call. Once you've helped them out
once, you may get a call every once in a while.

Jon


He has done some of that. He contacted Philly gear and had to buy a set of jo blocks to meet their Quality standards and so far has not gotten any work. And has done some turning shafts for A & A gear in PA. Stuff they would have done themselves , but are too busy cutting gears.