[gregaba]

I have to make an 7 to 8 hour round trip to get my part"s to a machine shop where I trust their work.
The local shop's that were any good have went out of business and the other one's can't do half way decent work.
I took my block to a well known race shop in Norman Oklahoma and they told me I needed a new block because the guy could not get the block plug's out.
I got it home and had all the plug's out in 20 minute's.
The mechine shop I use now is a one man operation but he does excellent work if you don't mind getting in line because he is snowed under all the time.
The bad thing is he can't find any younger guy's who want to work [and learn] so when he retire's I don't know what I will do for good work.
Greg

 

[gregaba]

Its not just the cost of the equipment. What I have found is a lack of knowledge and ability to do the proper work.
If the newer guys can't use a computer to program the work on a 1000,000 dollar cnc machine then they are lost.
Greg