From the shop floor
New machines, audits, apprentices and the occasional note on designing parts that are cheaper to make.
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6
Updated
Sep 2026
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Shop news
Two new 5-axis machines are on the floor
We added two 5-axis machining centers this summer. Here is what they change for lead times.
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Engineering
How we quote in 48 hours
What happens between the moment your drawing lands and the moment a quote comes back.
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Quality
We passed our AS9100D surveillance audit
Zero major findings and one minor on calibration records, closed the same week.
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Careers
Our apprenticeship class of 2026
Four new apprentices started this June. Two of them had never stood in front of a machine.
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Engineering
Designing parts that are cheaper to machine
Six small drawing changes that cut cost without touching how the part works.
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Shop news
Why we still run a second shift
Lights-out machining gets the headlines. People on second shift still ship our hardest parts.
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