My new toy!

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Well, as with all things this too shall pass.......and it did. Cancelled the PO for this machine.


Long story short...........


Went to the Haas Demo Day in Connecticut on 10/2/13. Shut down the shop for the day and took everyone to the show.

Saw some incredible new machines and pretty much walked around with my tongue hanging out of my mouth all day. Talked about some different scenarios and options with my salesman and walked around some more seeing some chips being made in the new machines on display.

For those of you into the Nascar scene, they had one of Tony Stewarts cars there on display, especially since Haas is one of his sponsors.

Here's my two boys getting their photo op.



Andrew (on the right) has been working for me full time now for over three years.

Christian (on the left) is home on leave from the Army for a couple weeks and I brought him along for the adventure.....plus everyone received a complimentary $50.00 gift card from Bass Pro Shops, and a fully catered authentic German lunch, including some great tasting German beer so why not share some of those perks with him as well, right?




So during lunch my wife and I discussed the pro's and cons of a new machine and it was hands down a no brainer......we HAD to have one!

After a great tasting lunch, we went back into the demo area and tracked down my salesman, discussed a few options and made a verbal commitment.

Was also pleased to hear that because I was buying the machine during the demo day there was a discount of $2,200.00......I was indeed a happy dude!!

Here's a pic of the new machine we will be getting.......sadly......it's an eight week delivery!!!



2013 Haas VF-2SS

30" x 16" x 20" travels, 30hp, 12,000 RPM, Cat40, 1,400 IPM Rapids, 833 IPM Feeds, 24+1 High Speed Tool changer, 1.6 second tool change, 2.2 seconds chip to chip time.

Nothing to do now.......but wait..............