Re: Brake drums
Even in the early-mid 70's when I was into Volkswagens it started to get a little difficult to get the rear drums done.Those machines saw a lot of use back then,but the days of the old Ford,Rambler,Studebaker were starting to fade into the past.Walk in customer service at a machine shop is a thing of the past now too.Everything they are doing is subcontract work for manufacturers.One small one near me will still do something like a drum,but it is $75.per hour,minimum one hour,if you can catch him between jobs.If he has to knock down a setup and set it up again just to do my job I have to pay for that time.I have no idea where I would go to get a trumpet turned now,the last guy I knew with a big old machine for those kind of jobs has passed away.
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