Metal fab shop for rent
"Howard Beal" wrote in message ... http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/2789271170.html I wonder if he has liability insurance. Sounds like a law suit wating to happen. Best Regards Tom. I like that old shop sign: Shop rate: $35 an hour If you watch: $50 an hour If you help: $75 an hour I would not turn any metalworking piece of equipment I own over to someone I do not know well for a rental fee. Grinders, saws, and everything that makes sparks or flames can hurt people. Smart people either do it themselves or have it done. Stupid people look for a way to get around paying and get it done on the cheap. Or do it themselves, do a half ass job, and end up paying more to have it done again or fixed. Steve |
Metal fab shop for rent
On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:26:39 -0800, the renowned "Steve B"
wrote: "Howard Beal" wrote in message ... http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/2789271170.html I wonder if he has liability insurance. Sounds like a law suit wating to happen. Best Regards Tom. I like that old shop sign: Shop rate: $35 an hour If you watch: $50 an hour If you help: $75 an hour I would not turn any metalworking piece of equipment I own over to someone I do not know well for a rental fee. Grinders, saws, and everything that makes sparks or flames can hurt people. Smart people either do it themselves or have it done. Stupid people look for a way to get around paying and get it done on the cheap. Or do it themselves, do a half ass job, and end up paying more to have it done again or fixed. Steve There are a ton of shared workspace places springing up worldwide, but usually the tools appear to be purchased specifically for shared use. Here's one: http://www.i3detroit.com/about Too bad it's so far from here. $89 a month is pretty reasonable. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com |
Metal fab shop for rent
"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:26:39 -0800, the renowned "Steve B" wrote: "Howard Beal" wrote in message ... http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/2789271170.html I wonder if he has liability insurance. Sounds like a law suit wating to happen. Best Regards Tom. I like that old shop sign: Shop rate: $35 an hour If you watch: $50 an hour If you help: $75 an hour I would not turn any metalworking piece of equipment I own over to someone I do not know well for a rental fee. Grinders, saws, and everything that makes sparks or flames can hurt people. Smart people either do it themselves or have it done. Stupid people look for a way to get around paying and get it done on the cheap. Or do it themselves, do a half ass job, and end up paying more to have it done again or fixed. Steve There are a ton of shared workspace places springing up worldwide, but usually the tools appear to be purchased specifically for shared use. Here's one: http://www.i3detroit.com/about Too bad it's so far from here. $89 a month is pretty reasonable. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany -- "it's the network..." "The Journey is the reward" Info for manufacturers: http://www.trexon.com Embedded software/hardware/analog Info for designers: http://www.speff.com There is a similiar shop near me I looked into. The catch was you had to take a class for each piece of equipment before you could use it. I understand why, but the classes were not cheap and I think that is how they made most of their profit. |
Metal fab shop for rent
"Steve B" wrote in message ... "Howard Beal" wrote in message ... I would not turn any metalworking piece of equipment I own over to someone I do not know well for a rental fee. Steve Trade school shops aren't much different, except that the instructor has more authority. Every small fragile part on my lathe had been knocked off and some idiot used the tailstock spindle as an anvil horn. The company model shops I ran were worse. I was the lab tech and all the engineers outranked me, so I could only try to persuade them to be careful, and clean up after them. Bandsaws do not saw through lawnmower blades, especially on the wood speed setting. They will kind of burn their way through after the teeth are gone but the sparks ignite the sawdust. jsw |
Metal fab shop for rent
"Spehro Pefhany" wrote in message ... On Sun, 8 Jan 2012 21:26:39 -0800, the renowned "Steve B" wrote: "Howard Beal" wrote in message ... http://lasvegas.craigslist.org/tls/2789271170.html I wonder if he has liability insurance. Sounds like a law suit wating to happen. Best Regards Tom. I like that old shop sign: Shop rate: $35 an hour If you watch: $50 an hour If you help: $75 an hour I would not turn any metalworking piece of equipment I own over to someone I do not know well for a rental fee. Grinders, saws, and everything that makes sparks or flames can hurt people. Smart people either do it themselves or have it done. Stupid people look for a way to get around paying and get it done on the cheap. Or do it themselves, do a half ass job, and end up paying more to have it done again or fixed. Steve There are a ton of shared workspace places springing up worldwide, but usually the tools appear to be purchased specifically for shared use. Here's one: http://www.i3detroit.com/about Too bad it's so far from here. $89 a month is pretty reasonable. Best regards, Spehro Pefhany I'm not saying that it isn't a good idea, or that it won't work, it's just that I wouldn't do it. Steve |
Metal fab shop for rent
Steve B wrote:
I'm not saying that it isn't a good idea, or that it won't work, it's just that I wouldn't do it. Steve I looked into opening up a rental garage type outfit many years ago. Like the old ones where you rented a bay and used your own tools to repair your vehicle, with specialty tools available for a fee. Garage space with a couple lifts and plenty of room/light/compressed air was not a problem. I own a LOT of special tools already and wouldn't have had a problem getting more. Then I talked to the insurance people.... WHOA.. By the time we got to the price of the policy needed to cover everything required by law it would have been cheaper to buy the folks new cars!!! IIRC the price for the liability alone was close to 35K a year. -- Steve W. |
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