09-06-2013, 12:09 AM
If you own and run a successful machine shop in today's marketplace, your machines will be running full-time. If you don't do it successfully, someone else will be owning and running them full-time after you opt out or are displaced.
Machine time is one of the highest demand markets in the world, and the US has been at the forefront of machine-making, machining, and innovation with regard to new technology. We are also the world's largest exporter and importer. With the retiring machinists and foremen in the industry, there is high-demand for trained machinists and computer drafters. You will find job openings all over the Nation if you have even the beginner-level skills in that profession.
The firearms industry has seen unprecedented growth over the last decade, and it has shifted from old technology and hand-fitting, to CNC machining, pre-tested parts articulation in 3D animation and virtual stressing, as well as more and more automation, higher standards of QC/QA with ISO-9000 series compliance, and more opportunities for customer knowledge about the product. This thread is an example of that.
When would you ever have thought about being involved in the development of a critical part for your rifle, which you can easily assemble at home because of its modular design? Conversely, be aware that there are well over a decade of lessons learned with the Grendel bolt and extractor, and many here are expecting those lessons to materialize without issue in this group buy.
Machine time is one of the highest demand markets in the world, and the US has been at the forefront of machine-making, machining, and innovation with regard to new technology. We are also the world's largest exporter and importer. With the retiring machinists and foremen in the industry, there is high-demand for trained machinists and computer drafters. You will find job openings all over the Nation if you have even the beginner-level skills in that profession.
The firearms industry has seen unprecedented growth over the last decade, and it has shifted from old technology and hand-fitting, to CNC machining, pre-tested parts articulation in 3D animation and virtual stressing, as well as more and more automation, higher standards of QC/QA with ISO-9000 series compliance, and more opportunities for customer knowledge about the product. This thread is an example of that.
When would you ever have thought about being involved in the development of a critical part for your rifle, which you can easily assemble at home because of its modular design? Conversely, be aware that there are well over a decade of lessons learned with the Grendel bolt and extractor, and many here are expecting those lessons to materialize without issue in this group buy.