I’m the manufacturing contact shops call when the problem is real: a machine that won’t run right, a first-article that has to match the print, or a used CNC deal where condition talk has to happen before money moves.
That comes from about 17 years in machining, including setup and programming on Swiss-type and multi-axis lathes such as Citizen, Star, Tsugami, and INDEX TRAUB.
Most of the work runs through these four sites:
Where the work lives
- usedcnctools.com — buy/sell used CNC machines, tooling, accessories
- machineshopscrap.com — shop scrap and solids
- cncquotesfast.com — need parts machined: RFQs and quote speed
- aiinspectiontools.com — contract inspection and FAI help
How I work
- Call or text with the real problem — machine, print, surplus lot, or inspection backlog. Photos help.
- I point you to the right place, or handle it myself when that’s faster.
- Taunton, MA. No street address published.
Talk to Tim
From the shop floor to precision
The work started at the machine: reading prints, setting up, running parts, and learning what a spindle, a fixture, and a tolerance band are really telling you. Setup and programming came next, then metrology, because a part is only as good as the measurement that proves it.
Years around machines and the shops that run them built the used-equipment side: knowing what to check before money moves, what a fair deal looks like, and when to walk. Today that know-how runs through a small set of focused businesses, each built to solve one shop problem well.
From the shop floor
Off the clock
Weekends I still build things, just without a customer drawing. Latest: a toolbox and a wall oven turned into a working electric stove.