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It's tricky to answer without knowing your operation / markets / customers and the capabilities of your machines / tooling.

Although there is a "general" drive within the industry to reduce cycle...

What size moulds are you looking to do? What tolerances (deviation from given size) are you allowing? What accuracy are you expecting?

Beware, aluminium can be a PITA to get a decent finish on,...

ABZMachinist:

Don't know your position / experience but: are you working now (in or out of engineering / machining)?

Sending CV's I find isn't that effective, if I'm looking for a job I usually...

squares:

A quick way to check whether a square is "square" is take a piece of material with a straight side, put the square against it, and draw a line, then turn the square over and draw on top...