[AT] 1935 JD B Testing progress.

[John Hall]

We limped along till fall (crew worked 4 days but boss paid for 5). All 
our auto customers shut down, some for 2 months. When this crap hit in 
early spring we closed for 2 weeks, seems every customer we had locked 
the door. Hand sanitizer and facemasks helped keep us going this summer. 
Fall was busy, but now slowing down again. It's like surfing, you wait 
for the next wave.

John Hall


On 12/2/2020 5:50 AM, Stephen Offiler wrote:
> We're very busy, John.  (I would fall under "manufacturing machine 
> shop")  We tanked, badly,  last April due to Covid, with orders about 
> 20% of normal.  We've had a spiky but continuous climb in orders 
> since, to the point that I'm working 55+ hours a week and we're 
> looking hard at acquiring another CNC lathe.  We're not going to stay 
> at this level forever, of course, but the current workload has exposed 
> a problem with our existing capacity when we hit peaks like the one 
> we're in.
>
> We're not sure what's going on with our markets (www.centraltools.com 
> <http://www.centraltools.com> if you're curious) but part of it is 
> probably a backlash after everyone hunkered down several months ago.
>
> SO
>
>
>
> On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:48 PM John Hall <jtchall at nc.rr.com 
> <mailto:jtchall at nc.rr.com>> wrote:
>
>     I am hearing on Facebook that engine machine shops are running months
>     behind. Can't really understand the logic. Don't know of any mechanic
>     shops that have slowed down. Manufacturing machine shops are no
>     busier
>     than normal, just depends on the industry.
>
>     John Hall
>
>     On 12/1/2020 11:52 AM, Dean VP wrote:
>     > Spencer,
>     >
>     >
>     >
>     > PS:  I did finally get a call back from one of the Machine Shops
>     that I called yesterday that had been recommended to me by a local
>     JD Collector.  Yes, we can do it but..... we are out 3 to 4 months
>     right now.   If that is my only source that would essentially
>     cause me to lose another year since I would miss all the shows
>     here this snowbird season.
>     >
>     > Dean VP
>     > Apache Junction, AZ
>     >
>     >
>
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