tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post3328346933709875575..comments2024-01-05T12:03:52.460-05:00Comments on No Lawyers - Only Guns and Money: In News That I Missed, The Sky Is FallingJohn Richardsonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03151468462458613615noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-61610231040534723642017-04-21T14:43:47.302-04:002017-04-21T14:43:47.302-04:00As a hobby machinist, I geek out over the stuff in...As a hobby machinist, I geek out over the stuff in that factory tour video from Shooting Gallery. Their work holding and fixturing is something I struggle with regularly, including today. His offhand way of saying they routinely machine to "3tenths" is 3 ten-thousandths of an inch, .0003. That is mind-boggling cool. A little detail that isn't in there is springs. Do they make every spring or farm them out? <br /><br />As a Floridian, I'm sorry to see them go. They're an hour and a half away, so not easy to ask if I could get the tour. On the other hand KelTec is more like minutes away and I haven't managed to ask them either. <br /><br />SiGraybeardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00280583031339062059noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4146148016062694502.post-67450556337451842132017-04-20T11:49:34.200-04:002017-04-20T11:49:34.200-04:00Fascinating business plan and ability to stay the ...Fascinating business plan and ability to stay the course! When I went to the factory, instead of getting the executive tour, I was turned over to the Quality Control Manager and he was instructed to give me any information I wanted. We had a profoundly boring conversation on materials management and resource planning (not in the SHOOTING GALLERY episode, because I wanted people to watch it! LOL!), followed by a long stint in the tool room discussing the pros and cons of proprietary tools for the CNCs (also not in the show, but I LOVE that stuff). We went to great lengths on the ability to handle round stock versus hex or square stock, then on the challenges of building magazines in house. I takes a lot of confidence to let me "run free" in a factory, because I have a very good background in current manufacturing structure and technique, and I know what I'm looking at. Michael Banehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16630187848984050478noreply@blogger.com