Hey guys, lately I've been mulling over the idea of buying a used CMM and doing contract inspection on the side. I'm still a little green under the gills (only been programming about two years) so its a fairly tentative plan with no time frame yet, but just as an idea I figured I'd look into it a bit more. Anyone on here have any sort of experience doing this sort of thing? Obviously I'd get whatever certifications I'd need as well (ISO, etc.) but I'm trying to think of any unforeseen issues that might arise or how well I could find customers. Any thoughts? Thanks!
I work from home now programming for several different companies but working for one.
The cost of travel to all the different places to setup the CMM's and gain their confidence gets ridiculous, furtunately the company I work for covers all that.
However once you are setup the job is gravy, less owning your own company.
You may want to work towards this type of future rather than providing the actual inspection which I know will include purchasing all the manual tools needed to complete the inspection, no one will want CMM inspection only.
