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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.<br>
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John Hall<br>
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<div>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.</div>
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<div>We're not sure what's going on with our markets (<a
href="http://www.centraltools.com" moz-do-not-send="true">www.centraltools.com</a>
if you're curious) but part of it is probably a backlash
after everyone hunkered down several months ago.</div>
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<div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Tue, Dec 1, 2020 at 6:48
PM John Hall <<a href="mailto:jtchall@nc.rr.com"
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rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">I am hearing on Facebook
that engine machine shops are running months <br>
behind. Can't really understand the logic. Don't know of any
mechanic <br>
shops that have slowed down. Manufacturing machine shops are
no busier <br>
than normal, just depends on the industry.<br>
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John Hall<br>
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On 12/1/2020 11:52 AM, Dean VP wrote:<br>
> Spencer,<br>
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> 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.<br>
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> Dean VP<br>
> Apache Junction, AZ<br>
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