Quote Originally Posted by Frank S View Post
Tony I've never claimed to be one of those ultraprecision machinist but in doing a lot of hydraulic piston pump and valve repairs there were a few tricks I had to try and teach myself. Be they the correct accepted norm or just a hack if I could take a multi thousand dollar assembly and bring it back to 100% serviceability while saving at a minimum of half the cost of replacement was what grew my customer base and brought repeat business
Toolmaking is not restricted to "high precision" endeavors, nor jigs and fixtures. Often we replicate a single piece, originally a production item. It's more utilizing means at hand, producing objects satisfying required accuracy, durability and/ or quantity.

Visualize adding however many zeroes to right of decimal point, add cost to left side. And such costs do not guarantee profit.
Excess work = excess cost = less customers.