"Rumford" > wrote:
>"Brooklyn1" wrote:
>
>> Shit for brains Rummy proves my point... no machine shop is going to
>> agree to fabricate ONE grinding plate on any machine in ONE hour...
>
>Small shops will do just about anything you want and like I said a small
>item like a grinding plate will only take several minutes on a water
>abrasion cutter. Or a plasma cutter. Or even a CNC mill. Cutting steel plate
>is much simpler nowadays than in your time.

Several minutes to cut but several hours to set up. The smaller the
shop they less they can absorb an unprofitable job. You haven't a
clue about manufacturing processes, set up time hasn't changed, least
not for the better, now with new fangled equipment set up takes three
times as long, No one uses computer driven machines for producing
even short runs let alone one piece. Only a Rummy imbecile would
think to fabricate an entire grinder plate when all that's called for
is a very minor modification of the holes in an existing plate...
you'd throw away a new tire instead of repairing a puncture...
enlarging a few holes is a ten minute home shop job. I'd fire your
dumb wiseass first hour on the job.