From: "Greg Nuspel" 
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Reply-To: "Greg Nuspel" 


If you can find a machinist that does repair work on small machines you
will most likely be happier with them than a production machinist. I would
love to say that all machinist can do the job, but I have worked with many
Ph.D. machinist (Push here Dummy). Check to see if there is a model
engineering club in the area. They usually are full of retired machinist
that love to work with metal and they also have a wealth of knowledge.

Always take a look at your drawings and make sure each feature is properly
dimensioned. Ask yourself if you were going to make this could you with the
information provided. When you take in the drawings explain what it is and
how the parts fit together. A good machinist will be able to figure out
what are the required tolerances and which features are critical for
alignment and which aren't. You may even get suggestions on how to make it
better or cheaper.

For the record I am a prototype machinist working in a research facility.
Unfortunately I am located in Canada too far from you to be of real
assistance.

--Greg Nuspel

The challenge is to create a complete theory for every element of the
physical reality. - Albert Einstein

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