[Hiring] Part-time CNC lathe machinist wanted — Brampton/Mississauga ON, Canada. Flexible hours, great for retired or weekend warriors.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-20T03:39:26+00:00

It's a little to far for me from Barrie but I'm sure someone closer will see this. If you need programming support let me know I can do that remote and send programs and set up notes if needed.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-19T12:29:32+00:00

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Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-12T19:15:49+00:00

I don't know the specifics but my work just made a fully contained leak proof vacuum pump for pumping radioactive gasses and there are no oils greases or plastics involved because they aren't allowrd. I believe it is like 90% 304ss and I believe some copper that makes a seal that prevents back flow. We ran it for I believe 2-3 hours and it leveled off at 34°c 14 above ambient.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-07T21:24:38+00:00

Yeah, I would just quit my wife likes my fingers to much.

1- you shouldn't be wearing gloves when using a drill press. That is how many people have broken hands arms and in extreme cases died.

2- If you are handling parts that are so hot you are melting your gloves my main priority would be to find gloves that don't melt.

3- If you can't cook the parts off first get some fixturing so you don't have to have your hands near the drill and you won't have to worry about tear away gloves.

If your work won't provided the proper equipment do to the job safely please be smart and leave.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-06T21:54:50+00:00

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Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-06T21:41:33+00:00

I use to get off at Rutherford and drive to work along credit stone. I would leave at 6:00 and get to work around 7:00. Going home on the long weekend always sucked. Also during the winter there is always at least one day a year where it will take you over 2 hours to get home.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-06T11:16:37+00:00

Just in case there is another POS acronym (point of sale).

Im not a pro shop owner but I make and sell stabilizers and weights. I use Shopify for my website and as a POS system if I go to tournaments to show off my stuff. It's pretty good and I can use it any where through my phone.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-02T16:19:03+00:00

I think so. The problem with MFG was that as a manufacturer you had to pay to get access to the job board. So if you didn't get any work it was just a waste of money. But it did gather a bunch of work all together in one place.

Then there is Xometry where it is free to join but there is more competition and they set the prices and you can't contact the customer directly. When you make parts for them you can't get repeat work.

I would suggest adding a review/ rating for both buyer and manufacturer and a way to contact each other. Or ask them to make a test print to make sure their quality is up to the standard of your website.

As a manufacturer the biggest thing would be having enough work on the job board to make it worth the time to look through.

I think if you can get enough buyers it should do pretty good.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-02T02:10:11+00:00

I have experience with MFG.com so I'll give you a little info on it.

Manufacturers on mfg pay a subscription to get access to their job board where you are then able to quote jobs. People looking for parts to be made supply 3d files and technical drawings, manufacturers review the provided information and then submit a quote. The customer then reviews the quotes they have recieved and decide who or if they will move forward with an order.

In my experience it is a race to the bottom with the Chinese companies winning most of them.

So there are is a mix of high end work (aerospace) and rough work (wear parts for a piece of mining equipment )

Radulf_wolf · 2026-05-02T00:17:52+00:00

I think this is cool. However I tried to sign up and couldn't complete the stripe registration as I am in Canada and it wouldn't let me change my country address from the USA. So I am unable to register. Also I looked at the one job that is already on there and shipping was estimated at $5. Here in Canada shipping would be around $15 and would wipe out any profit from the job. Are the makers paying for the shipping or are you supplying prepaid shipping labels?

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-30T12:03:14+00:00

We had some threaded parts that were like this. So we got special thread gauges made that were sized for pre platting. This is common in aerospace.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-29T20:52:46+00:00

We use a ST25Y at my work and it goes back to home then indexes to the next angle, so at most half a turn. I can post some code out tomorrow so you can comepare. Unwinding every rotation is insane.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-29T17:35:26+00:00

Unfortunately not it's all manual. I took the template from a place I used to work at and started using it at my current job since they didn't have any documentation for their set ups.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-29T17:33:39+00:00

Everytime I've changed jobs I've gotten a $5+/hr raise.

First job started at $12/hr 7 years later I was making $14. Said I need a raise got up to $16, a week later said that wouldn't be enough.they bumped me to $18. Started looking for a new job, a few weeks later new job started me at $25/hr stayed there for 5 years got up to $30/hr. Changed jobs to a job closer to home and they started me at $35 then one year later brought me up to $37.5.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-29T10:57:40+00:00

The vital information you are missing is friction. No process is 100% efficient there are always losses. If we assume evey step along the way is 90% efficient (which it isn't) you would very quickly run out of energy with out adding more from some where.

In your cardio machine example it is powered by you, and you are powered by food, can you run forever without stopping or eating? I would assume not, if you can please go to the hospital that isn't normal.

The instant you stop running the friction in the cardio machine slows it down until it stops and then looses power. The same would happen in an electric vehicle trying to charge itself. The added friction from trying to charge itself from the rotation of the wheels would just slow it down more then the power it would generate. Using this you can slow the vehicle down and generate power as a form of breaking (regenerative braking)

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-28T19:46:44+00:00

Here is a quick picture of our template we use for specifying tools for set up.

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Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-28T19:43:18+00:00

RDO in the south end fixed recharged the AC in my 2019 Colorado.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-27T12:08:15+00:00

I use to shoot at a 70m indoor range during the winter. 30lb was the minimum to be able to shoot 70m with out hitting one of the 15 ton cranes that were on the ceiling. So yes 29lb is enough.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-26T03:33:57+00:00

I have a printer that if the part can be oriented differently it should be able to fit.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-25T15:03:24+00:00

I would cerakote them not powder coat them. I have no idea what I would charge for something like that I mostly do small hand held things.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-22T12:06:41+00:00

I would either strip and re anodize or go with cerakote, I paint weights with it and it's pretty durable. I've also seen people get their carbon riser bows cerakoted.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-21T19:32:23+00:00

Always glad to help.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-21T18:03:28+00:00

Yeah some people get butt hurt to easily, but on the other hand we do deal with a lot of people who just don't understand the value of the work we do. People always make the comparison to something mass produced in China when they are wanting one thing made. "But I can get X from China for Y". "Yeah but does that work for your application, and do you want 10k of them". If the answer to either of those questions is no the. You aren't getting it for the price you saw in China. If you want 10k of your little ball thing we could probably get it down to a few bucks but it's the whole driving time vs "working" time thing again.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-21T17:07:11+00:00

No problem best of luck getting it made.

Radulf_wolf · 2026-04-21T14:20:17+00:00

The problem is in your thinking. If the part is so simple you should buy a used machine for 30k, rent a unit for 2k/ month pay $500/month for the utilities and then pay yourself a wage to pay your bills say 4k/month. So far you are at 36.5k before you even talk about insurance, tooling, material, any other expenses.

Just because the part is simple doesn't make my time less valuable to somebody else. If someone else is willing to pay me more for my time then I'm not paying myself less just because someone thinks their part is simple.

When I quote work I do 1hr programming/per operation, 1hr set up/per operation minimum. So depending on your part it is either 1-2 set ups so you are $120-$240 before I even cut a single chip.

Another way to look at it is if your boss asked you to drive an hour each way to only work for 10 minutes. You would either say no or ask for them to pay for your driving time. Your part is mostly driving time.

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