View From My Shop Episode 4: Prototype Machining From a Garage Shop
Guy Driscoll’s shop, Metal Parts Machine, is a garage shop that found success with automation. This mom-and-pop shop uses lights-out machining to run parts with 5-axis capabilities, cobots, pallet changers and more.
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In addition to working as the lead motorcycle parts designer at Roland Sands Design, Guy Driscoll runs his shop, Metal Parts Machine, out of his garage, specializing in prototype machining. Metal Parts Machine is featured in the latest episode of The View From My Shop, Modern Machine Shop’s shop tour video series.
In August 2021, Executive Editor Brent Donaldson visited Metal Parts Machine and wrote about how Driscoll’s shop got its start.
The View From My Shop is a companion series to our long-running “The View From My Shop” column. The web series explores the world of modern machining, delivering an inside look at how shops large and small make parts. Viewers learn from shop owners, machinists and engineers about the technologies, people and processes that keep today’s shops successful.
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