Hello from Teesside

[SteveBoroUK]

Hi, I currently run my own engineering business, CNC wise I have two turning centres and two vertical machining centers, all use Siemens controllers, alongside conventional lathes, millers etc. I am looking towards retirement in the near future, and have started to collect some machines for my home workshop, I have just taken delivery of a Maverick 5x3 CNC Router from Legacy CNC in the states, and in the future will look for a smal engineerngl CNC lathe and milling machine.

[Chaz]

Welcome.

Why retire and do a home workshop when it sounds like you are already living the dream?

[SteveBoroUK]

Welcome.

Why retire and do a home workshop when it sounds like you are already living the dream?

I would not need to look after customers or staff, I'd only need to answer to the wife.



Hang on...., I'll just have a re-think

[Chaz]

I would not need to look after customers or staff, I'd only need to answer to the wife.



Hang on...., I'll just have a re-think

Indeed. But yes, understood.

My view (and im not yet at retirement age), is to try and find something I love doing and be paid for it (being realistic). Today, this is not my own situation and I work in IT to pay for the hobbies. Ideally in the longer term, I have the ability to make and create with tooling I have bought or made, that keeps me happy :-)

[SteveBoroUK]

That is the main thing Chaz. I have been one of the fortunate people in life regarding a career, doing what I love and getting paid for it. When I was 15, in the school metalwork shop, I made my first part in the lathe. "Thats what I want to do for the rest of my life", I thought. And, 50 years later, thats what I have been doing all my life, and hopefully continue for many years to come. A lot of experience I hope I can pass on to the good people in this forum, but, reading some of the posts, there are some cracking engineers and hobbyists around, I don't think my learning will end yet.

[Chaz]

That is the main thing Chaz. I have been one of the fortunate people in life regarding a career, doing what I love and getting paid for it. When I was 15, in the school metalwork shop, I made my first part in the lathe. "Thats what I want to do for the rest of my life", I thought. And, 50 years later, thats what I have been doing all my life, and hopefully continue for many years to come. A lot of experience I hope I can pass on to the good people in this forum, but, reading some of the posts, there are some cracking engineers and hobbyists around, I don't think my learning will end yet.

We dont ever stop learning. The world is far too wide and complex for that.