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@CalebChamberla6 Gotta get the volume. We have 9 BLM’s. Run 24/7 and cant keep up.

Finance: Tube cutting takes half our shop space, machines cost $2 million each, and the service is only 10% of revenue. Me:

@DustinWalper @KennethCassel Could run that on a tube laser easy

We called around Texas to find someone who can laser cut bulb flat. The response: "What the hell is bulb flat??!" Turns out Texans don't take kindly to snooty European plate stiffeners. 😂 Shout-out to the great & powerful @KennethCassel for finding a shop that can do it.

@CalebChamberla6 @oldguyMFG @nicolasrenold @Solenoidfan Could make a killing in the hand rail market. Feel like all the one off bends and setups makes it tough to approach though.

@DDrosness @oldguyMFG @nicolasrenold @Solenoidfan We do small orders all the time. No minimums.

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@CalebChamberla6 @oldguyMFG @nicolasrenold @Solenoidfan How do you manage the one off small orders? Biggest barrier to entry I feel like with tube bending is the cost of all the various tooling for each size, wall thickness, bend radius, etc… especially when its for low quantity work.

@oldguyMFG @nicolasrenold @Solenoidfan I mean, we are doing millions there now, but it's just ten percent of the business at the moment. Smaller market than sheet metal, but growing as more people discover how awesome it is (and accessible, now).

@OSHCutInc Wish it was me. Look up Scotts Hotrods and Customs in Knoxville, TN. We supply the material so we feel like we play a small part in it.

@DDrosness That is sick! Love the work you're doing!

We will take every chance we can to brag about the incredible staff that work at OSH Cut. Check out this incredible offroad build that our people are putting together! youtube.com/watch?v=z3YFxx…

@TomHoefling Lmao I drive a 2500 with a 36 gallon tank. It costs me $124 to fill it up. In no world do you have a van that costs $150+ to fill it. Just blatantly lying on the internet. What a surprise.

Today I put $85 worth of fuel in the van, and it barely moved over the half tank mark. Then I spent $450 on two carts worth of groceries. Now, tonight, I hear elected Republicans telling me the price of gas and groceries is dropping. Are folks really dumb enough to believe this?

@OSHCutInc Will be a 70’ Suburban on 40’s with a supercharged LT4 powering it.

@OSHCutInc Check this out!

@CalebChamberla6 Not Atlanta. I would have recognized it!

Narrowing it down... Where is OSH Cut East?

@boomomo413 @chip22850 @EricLDaugh What the GOP did cancels out what liberals did years ago in the Northeast. There are states that vote 30% plus GOP that have 0 house representatives as it is. Can you name one red state where that is also the case? No? Didn’t think so.

@chip22850 @EricLDaugh But you’re fine when GOP states disenfranchise their blue voters, right?

🚨 BREAKING: Virginia voters have PASSED the egregiously Congressional gerrymandering map, expected to give 10 SEATS to Democrats — only 1 seat to Republicans, per DDHQ That means over 90% of Virginia becomes represented by DEMOCRATS, disenfranchising a HUGE swath of the entire state The courts MUST strike this down! FLORIDA must jump in! Their special session is coming up. This is why the GOP must ALWAYS play hardball on redistricting. DON'T BACK DOWN FROM THIS!

@CSURamT Calling BS. Exact same situation minus HSA/FSA, claim 0 w/ 2 dependents and I got $9,500 back.

Did my taxes this weekend. Nothing like being middle class w/ 2 dependents, own a home, max out 401K, HSA & FSA contributions, and don't claim any deductions in my paycheck, but still owe $6K... The new Trump tax plan seems to cost me more every year.

@3YearLetterman More like drag yourself across rocks for 3 hours. They say to Helen back for a reason

I just purchased an unlimited summer tubing pass that will allow me to go river tubing in Helen over 50 times between Memorial Day and Labor Day this year My haters are in shambles

@CalebChamberla6 Agree that the start of the year has felt different.

I've always "known" that manufacturing is about to launch like a rocket, but only recently have I felt it bone-deep. Things are about to get crazy.

@Amelia558rs Marla

Vintage old lady name for this DOG please

@CalebChamberla6 Let me know where! I oversee sales for all of Tennessee with 4 reps up there. If I was a betting man, Im thinking Knoxville.

@CalebChamberla6 Tennessee?🧐🧐

Wheels turning on OSH Cut East. Serving you faster.

@CalebChamberla6 Yes without a doubt. Love the model you guys have come up with. Most everyday people would happily buy from Xometry and think thats the going rate for metal parts. We have to become more competitive in the US.

@DDrosness Perhaps 1 in 1000 can skip triage and get good service by leveraging preexisting relationships. Everyone else is SOL. That is precisely the problem.

The price range for metal parts in the USA spans an order of magnitude. I don't understand what companies are doing. Two parts like this one. 1/4" steel, HR P&O. 12" x 8" x 5". OSH Cut: $178, ships in 3 days (made in USA) Fictiv: $901, 3 days (made in USA or Mexico) Xometry: $1318, 5 days (made in USA) Protolabs: No response to RFQ, will comment if they respond

@CalebChamberla6 True for people who dont know where to look or have local contacts. Including shipping thats not bad. If you know a local shop, they probably cut that out of a drop and have you pick up in a few days. Also, thanks for being a Ryerson customer!

@DDrosness Might be true in limited cases, but it's a lottery. Most likely outcome is 3 to 5 days to quote, 3 week lead time (not 3 days), and prices all across the map, depending on where you live and how busy your local shops are.

@BoCamaro Amen 🙌

I've told this story before, but I will tell it again. See that brown ring on my dragster in the photo below? The sticker that looks like a coffee ring? When I was younger, my father had this habit of sitting coffee cups on my race cars. It would leave these rings and we would damn near come to blows about it. Over and over again. Coffee rings. He would always say "It's just an old racecar, Bo." And I would get even more pissed. It wasn't "just" a race car. It was MY racecar. But I missed his point. Dad passed in 2015 after spending 7 years on a childlike level from a massive stroke in 2008. I remember all those times, leaving the races early, pissed because I lost. Leaving dad there to watch. Not going to dinner afterwards. Having 3 days together to race and going home on night one because the car wasn't "good enough" On father's day few years ago, my wife, knowing my struggles with losing my dad, handed me this sticker and it rocked my soul. She knew the story. She knew my regret. She knew how to honor him. And that's how my new dragster ended up with a "coffee ring" on it, to remind me that is is "just an old race car", and the memories made are far more important. It's almost race season. I will inevitably lose more than I win. I'm not a very good driver. But I will be there to grill steaks for my friends and make memories with my kids. It took losing so much, to gain understanding. "It's just an old racecar, Bo." Yes sir. It is. I understand. This Spring and Summer, make time to make memories. Slow to condemn, quick to forgive. Time is running short. You don't have many chances left.