Horrible between her saying ya we used sand till shut down.. i’m sure her workers love the silica in their lungs, the lack of protection for the workers at this shop and all the environmental issues there causing.. just horrible you guys should be shut down!!! Love how u just rinse that b17 off and drains to the ground.. you guys must be making a killing not caring about your people your the land….
I’m not saying this to insult you in any way but I really hope you’ll consider changing your safety habits. That nice guy you have working for you is being exposed to a ton of hazards and doing this work long term with no PPE is going to put him at risk of serious illness.
Seems you know exactly what you are doing fella, Unfortunatly am a bit deaf so I could only watch what you were doing, I am going to try it on a small scale eg powder coating. I watched Eastwoods video and another video but yours seems to be the way I want to do it. Thanx for the video it was well done and all the bugs seamed to be Ironed out regarding the tight spots on the rims. ta ta.
I always started on the back of rims, because of the wrap powder does...and for faraday cage areas I turned KV's down to get in those areas..and wear gloves when you're touching clean parts...I would like to see paint thickness on those wheels...looks thick...
So much wrong information. You don’t need any of that high dollar equipment or a 100k loan to get started. I started with 5k and the back of my pick up. Generators you can get for under 1k that will run your equipment. Even 220v 10kw gens even down to 8 or 9kw will do fine for most 220v grinders. You can purchase new grinders for well under 10k brand new. When you ramp up. That’s when you can start spending the money he’s talking about. It’s very unrealistic what this video shows you. Also polys are not more durable than epoxy. Commercial and industrial applications all spec epoxy. Why? Because it’s stronger. 100% solid epoxies have higher compressive strength and tensile strength. And, there is no company out there doing 4 garages a day. I do 1 every two days. Even 1 day systems do 1 a day at most and maybe start a 2nd one. It all depends on the size of the job and if it has issues with the floor in repairs and such. The only truth I heard was you can make 35% and higher which is what I do. I’m normally at almost 50% sometimes more on certain jobs.
I have a friend in Fl who started 3.5 yrs ago with a 22” used grinder for $2300. He just added a 2nd crew and is staying consistently busy. He used FB groups and cold called realtors with a brochure. This is infomercial material. Great production, not so great info.
Understandably there are and always will be negative or constructive criticism but other than some of those that I agree with this was a great video, I like the positive get to the point personality! Great work to you and your team.
At the end, I sub’d and liked because of the end. Made me laugh. Video is dope because it shows the process start to finish. But being so matter of fact about how easy this is, comes off pretentious because you have a giant shop with everything and then some that could do more than powder coat. Allot of cross pollination here with having a fabrication shop to create what you need at will. While a person could scale it down, you’re not going to optimize it enough into a garage at home. You need a dedicated shop, time on the job to make quality work(and learn from quality mistakes), and you need all the equipment. Unless you know what you’re doing to begin with, that’s a gamble on 125k only to have the dude with a shop down the road take all the business because he’s been doing quality work for decades. Marketing yourself will take you places, your work is what brings them back and other. Get a blast cabinet, get a powder coat oven, get the powder coat gun, and start practicing on everything and anything.
Nice work! I really like the 'deep dive' into the business side of the business. As a retired metal fabricator who used to work with commercial fishermen, I think a "How To Work With A Metal Fab Shop" video would be helpful. In your case, you wouldn't have to go far to find expertise. Chapters could be Why You Need A Drawing, Why we Don't Have A Blanchard Grinder But We Know A Guy Who Does, Why We're Happy To Make Your Prototypes But No Way Are We Going Into Full Scale Production On This Item - you know, like that. Happy New Year!
as to optimization. Could having a smaller oven for smaller batches save significant money on the heating cost? If having multiple ovens and carts of differing sizes adds too much complexity, can you come up with products that could be put into the oven along with small custom batchs, so as to maximize time and heating energy cost? If wheels are a common item being processed would having roll of stickers for the inside instead of custom cutting tape save more money in labor than the stickers cost, saving money and speeding up production? Also, it woukd seem, documenting OSHA violations on social media could be a potentially expensive buisness practice. Very expensive, even years later.
Great video.. Lots of good info and details.. I do wheels one at a time in a converted kitchen oven but I am not running a business at this time.. I'll SUB and watch more but I do not instatwitafaceogram..
