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    Looking for another set of hands in my machine shop.  I've got 5 CNC's right now, and may be buying number 6 at some point this year.  At this point, I can't really justify a full time employee as I can pretty well keep them running on my own, but I could use some part time help so that I can free up a few hours to get caught up on my office/paper work and process improvement projects.

    I'd like to throw this out there to anyone that has a college student in the area studying engineering, science major or something manufacturing related.  A high school kid is fine too as long as they have reliable transportation, and intend to study one of the fore mentioned topics when they finish high school.

    I expect I can keep them busy 15-25 hours per week.  Start at $15/hr.  Schedule can be flexible around class times, I'm usually there between 5-6am and stay until at least 6pm, usually 6 or 7 days per week, so we can certainly work something out.

    What they will learn from me:

    -  Set up & operation of CNC lathes & Mills

    -  Blue print reading

    -  Inspection & QC

    -  Process improvement activities

    -  Calibration

    -  Hand finishing

    -  Depending on how long they stay with me, may get into CNC programming & manufacturing engineering

    What I expect from them:

    -  Reliability.  I don't tolerate people I can't count on.

    -  Honesty.  I've been doing this a long time and can get past just about any honest mistake.  I can't tolerate someone that tries to hide their mistakes or is otherwise deceitful

    -  Willingness to learn and take on any necessary task.  Every shop has some dirty grunt work that has to be done.  I'm the owner and I'm not too good to sweep floors or clean a toilet, so my employees won't be too good for it either.

    Anyone interested can contact me at: matt@zerotolmfg.com. 

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    I only got to hunt one day this season, but got into a herd about an hour into the morning and then my buddy glasses up a lone javi an hour or so before dusk.   That was northern end of 37b.  Not bad for a one day hunt.

    good luck, hope you find some.

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    On 11/23/2018 at 5:06 PM, vegasmike said:
    Hello all,
     
    Very new to both the forum and hunting in general.  This is actually my first season, I was lucky enough to have had the opportunity to successfully hunt a friends farm in Oklahoma & just recently in NY as well.  I'm hoping to apply what I've learned during my first two archery hunts and see what I can make of an OTC AZ archery coues deer rut hunt.  Two very different worlds I know.
     
    I currently reside in Las Vegas, so hunting one of the central units would allow me to make a pre hunt scouting trip.  From researching GOhunt, OnX, AZGFD, google earth, & podcasts I'm thinking Unit 6a will be best for me.
     
    Seems most people spend countless hours glassing and playing the spot and stalk game.  I'm super excited to spend a day or two attempting some stalks but I'm thinking building a natural blind and sitting water is going to give me the best opportunity for success considering my "greenness".  Bear in mind success for me would be simply filling my tag, and I'd probably be fairly happy with just some encounters I can learn from.  I'm planning to build a blind on three or four different water holes during my scouting trip I can sit during my hunt.
     
    My biggest handcuff will be my lack of 4x4 vehicle.  I'm stuck hunting from a car lol.  My current plan is to AirBnB a place in Camp Verde and hunt the water tanks off RT260/General Crook Trail. My largest concern is the majority of the water holes I have access to seem pretty close to the main road (all less than a mile) and have ATV tails leading to them.  
     
    While I consider myself pretty physically fit I know how steep and deep those canyons can get so I'm not going to even pretend like I have the sack to attempt a long backpack hunt or a 4 mile 1,000ft ele change hike....this year at least.  
     
    Some have said its not a bad idea being im not looking for a trophy class buck and others said its a waste of time and funds.  Any thoughts and or advice would be greatly appreciated.  

    Welcome to the site & good luck on your hunt. 

    I've killed a couple spot & stalk hunting, but most of mine (muleys & coues) have been sitting ambushes.  The same tactics you used in Oklahoma & NY can make you successful in Az.  The main difference is that the deer population & concentration is waaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaay less here than either of those states.  It's not uncommon to sit for a day or two and see nothing but birds & squirrels here, but then other days it seems like every deer in the county is around your stand.  Deer here have much larger ranges than their eastern cousins, so a "good spot" will often not have deer everyday.  If deer pass through it consistently every 3-5 days, it's still a good spot.  Just my experience, but most of my trail cams will show daily use for several days in a row, then almost nothing for 2-7 days, then they're back again.  It's a waiting game and long hours are the rule of thumb.  I've had opportunities at small bucks within minutes of getting in a tree before, but usually I sit for 2-4 days before I kill something.  My buddy that I hunt with just killed a 90" coues deer this August on his third morning.  A few years before that I killed a 113" one from the same stand on the 3rd or 4th morning, can't really remember now.  Last year he killed opening morning and I got mine on the fourth evening.  Just gotta commit and sit it out all day.  Never know when one will show up.  

    As you're probably going to have very limited scouting opportunities, it's not a bad idea to set up an ambush in a high saddle or on a ridge top overlooking a trail in a spot where you can also glass for the first couple days.  Scout & hunt at the same time.  If your glassing reveals deer hanging out in a certain area you can either stalk them or switch over and set-up an ambush over there the next day.  There's no rule saying you have to hunt one way or the other, you can mix it up.  I used to glass during the mornings & into the afternoon & then sit in saddles the last 1-2 hours of the evening if I hadn't found anything to spot & spook yet.  

     

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    Trying to hire people is a nightmare.  I don’t miss those days a bit.  Good luck with your search.  

    Over the years I spent in management, we always had better luck hiring young guys to sweep the floors and then training them to do other stuff after they proved they could show up to work reliably and understand simple directions.  

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    How long is the part in that picture?  Depending on how hard that part is you can probably just bore it out.   You’d likely also have to face down the key that engages.  As it would be too tall to fit in that end.  That’s a lot more doable than screwing around with the crankshaft.

    i could probably modify that for you (depending on the hardness of the shaft), but can’t take responsibility for the engineering/integrity of it.  It’d be work done per customer instructions.  My shoot from the hip is that the shaft your holding is probably very soft compared to the crank journal it mounts to.  It’s more desireable for that part to wear and be replaced than it is for the crank, plus a drive shaft that is too hard becomes brittle and will likely crack under torsion.  Those types of parts are usually pretty soft to maintain toughness.

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