Labor day weekend

Well I took a half day of work on Friday and worked in the shop for a while. I cut 112 hydrometer cups, and buffed matching bases. Came down with the nastiest cold which is still lingering. So Saturday, and Sunday produced nothing. Monday I cut up all the edge protectors I estimated I will need for the season and did some organizational duties. My friend Mark is going to Israel in a month and is shooting a documentary there with the Steve Pettit and Stevie's Trek. So he wanted some custom camera equipment made out of aluminum. We did some experimental work seeing what I was capable of welding. That was fun. I'm looking forward to helping in this venture.

Today,Mark and I picked up the material that I had laser cut. I'm hoping that by the end of the week I will have the pieces formed and ready to weld. I feel much more prepared this year than last even though I am working full time, instead of being laid off every other week. I am getting an earlier start which feels good.

Laser time

Well as you can see, or probably pick up. Things have  been slow around Wegner Metal Works. Well it has been. After I returned from our missions trip to Romania, I really wanted to spend more time with my wife and two boys. So I took on minimal work and have had a great summer together with them.  Earlier in the year I planned on expanding the business and bringing on new products, but have since decided to maintain for now. Fall is around the corner, and things will be busy soon. So its time to synch the belt tight, and start getting some serious work done.

I have a few new things going on. I made a business contact with a laser shop, and will be getting all stock pans and pieces cnc laser cut to, most importantly, save time on my end, and ensure better quality products. This will allow me to possibly do some more intricate work in the future. Im hoping by this saving time, I will have more time to make custom pans once the season starts. All custom pieces will be mechanicaly sheared and hand formed as last year's were.

Gearing up

This week I started wrapping up a 2 x 6 divided pan and am almost done with that. Other than that, I'm working on stocking up inventory for the upcoming season.

made it to Romania

Our greeting on the plane tv screens that we all had.

We pulled into Munich, Germany as scheduled and had a great 2hr layover there. We tried some of the food,and was good. A little more expensive than I would have liked, but considering that the Euro is worth more than the dollar, and I was in an airport it was par for the course.

One of the cafe's in Munich

an old, looks like WWII era plane on Munichs airstrip

The day's special. 3 weibrats, pretzel and .5L of cocacola for $10 euro.

Ray had this awesome apples streuzel, and I thought I'd try another dessert they had on the menu. The Sachertorte. It was very good!!

The hotel we are staying in.

My Room, we each got our own room

Bathroom

Shower

Weird flushing toilet

 

They have a really nice garden behind the hotel, that has a ton of rose bushes.

romania trip

we arrived @ the airport @ 1 p.m. And landed in chicago @ 3:40. And are taxiing as we speak, or as I'm writing. We now have a six hr. Layover til our flight to munich. I will posts as I can. I hope we have internet access in munich or romania. Stay tuned....

catch up

I've still been working the shop but with reduced hours. We have been working overtime at my fulltime job. With things warming up, i've been spending some much needed time with the family.
My brake delivery has been delayed due to vendor issues, so I'm bummed about that. I've been informed that I should expect it late june or july.... we'll see.  In the mean time I've been making hydrometer cups and filling orders as  I can.

I'm leaving for Romania next Friday and will hopefully be able to post updates/pictures on here from there. I'm really looking forward to it but am a little anxious still. I'll post more when I get time.

work work work

I've been working on some orders that have been trickling in. I have a new batch of metal coming in on Friday, and the new brake should be here sometime next week i'm hoping. I have a helper cutting all my hydrometer cups and am about halfway done with those.  Bob dropped his raised flue pan off the other day and we're scheming on how we're going to tackle making one like it.

The trip to Romania is just around the corner. We leave Friday, June 4th and will be gone until the 11th. Passport in hand, trip paid for, and now just counting down days. Looking forward to what God will do on this trip.