CNC Dan

Does anyone need/know anyone that needs custom PCB frames? Some examples of what we make below:

@wingod Awesome! Feel free to DM here or on LinkedIn. I’ll share my email and phone number.

@SMB_Dan Cool! Will send a quote soon. We are are small batch at this time but have a big order coming in a few months.

Does anyone need/know anyone that needs custom PCB frames? Some examples of what we make below:

@thekarlstedman Sending you a DM now

@SMB_Dan Lots of suppliers are very slow - if you’re quick, can supply excellent quality - let’s chat.

The message in aerospace/defense seems to be “we can’t find enough suppliers” But I can’t find an aerospace/defense buyer who will return my calls, emails, or DMs. Seriously, what’s the secret

@wingod Just sent you an invite on LinkedIn as well 🤝

@SMB_Dan We are doing some new heat frames for some boards. Drop me a line.

@SMB_Dan This seems more like a situation where the aerospace contractors are actually happy to be limited by suppliers because it provides them a smokescreen for failing their targets.

@wingod Doesn’t look like your DM’s are open but yes, let’s chat.

@SteelGomez503 @CimaronH Lots of 3d work, so ~50 mins I think?

@SMB_Dan @CimaronH Time per part?

@NirnaethA Yea we’ve definitely been there on the CAD abominations 😂 And yes, ISO9001 certified. But AS9100 seems to be the new golden child

@SMB_Dan Are you ISO 9001 certified? A lot of high tech stuff want that to get on the internal 'approved' list. Also, being able to make weird parts in exotic materials and DFM deconflict some engineer's CAD abomination on fairly short lead and cost helps.

@CimaronH Sure- I’ll send you a DM

@SMB_Dan Sure. We send out quotes regularly for pass through on defense contracted jobs.

@CimaronH I know one shop that has two solid simultaneous 5 axis machines. I could put you in contact

@SMB_Dan That’s pretty thin! We do have a full 5, but on a legacy machine that is more trouble than help sometimes. Long story, but it’s going to be replaced eventually.

@CimaronH No full 5 axis yet. Just 3+2 for now. We do plenty of thin wall stuff on our 3 axis machines in aluminum. This part’s ceiling is 1mm thick

@SMB_Dan Do you have full 5th axis profiling capability on thin walled parts with complex geometry and inspection requirements, sometimes in exotic materials and low to medium qtys? Some RFQs cross my desk that we need to outsource due to our not yet acquiring said capabilities.

@DamirWallener That’s the narrative from Hegseth and co. I’m pessimistic on any actual progress though unless the incumbents get completely replaced

@SMB_Dan These are generally not companies that have needed to move fast. So they don’t know how. Maybe Hegsie fixes that…

@davidvenegas Love this gif lol

@RyobiEnthusiast @douggery Thanks. My LinkedIn tagline is “beancounter turned machinist” Marketing was never part of the career path. I definitely need help 😅

@SMB_Dan @douggery My 2 cents cuz I love American machine shops: Doug’s advice is great, I see this as a marketing problem since the competency of the shop is obvious. Sharpening the marketing sword will help in networking - you solve people’s problems: “We reduce your lead time” full stop. GL!

Invaluable advice, thanks. We took our setup times for these PCB frames from 3 hours down to 20 mins. I have been pitching us as a “low profile aluminum parts” shop for a while now, but no traction. Maybe I start to pitch “ability to drastically reduce lead times once we get familiar with your parts and build a custom process”

@SMB_Dan As in: 'we make PCB holders for rapid testing of custom PCBs' 'we make custom parts that hold mission-critical elements together' 'we machine in titanium and tungsten as well as steel and aluminum depending on what the job calls for'

@KM3D3 Sent 🤝

@SMB_Dan PM me the direct contact info and I’ll see where you can fit in a few RFQs.

@BallifJed …yet

@SMB_Dan It’s a big club, and we’re not in it.

@JasonPremoMFG Any of your customers need milled BeCu? These ones are gold plated

Uh oh I touched beryllium copper (BeCu) with my bare unprotected hand I can feel the life force draining from me already send prayers fam 🙏

@BuildBoost Yea the one eVTOL company I was able to get through to, I started talking to an engineer. He’s dope. But then the buyers sent me an RFQ for an injection molded part, and I’m a machine shop

@SMB_Dan The secret is buyers suck and you need to get connected to the PMs/engineers

@EricVallieres84 How much was that mitutoyo?

In case anyone was wondering like me