Biographies
If you're looking for someone to design or fabricate something unique in metal, and you been shunned or quoted an exorbitant price by commercial machine shops, well, listed here are metalworking individuals with shops, knowledge, and the machines that may meet your needs.
This Biographies page lists a synopsis of member's metal working capabilities along with their contact information. Some of our members may charge a fee for their services but they may do work gratis for other Club members and selected clients. Fees for service and materials, if applicable, are negotiated between those listed and any one requesting services.
Disclaimer: The Club has no financial interest in or control of any service or material(s) provided or implied by its members. The Club does not profess the accuracy of information on this website or any links presented. No guaranty or warranty for the availability, quality, price, or timeliness of services is expressed or implied by The Club. Make your own contact and deal with those listed below.
Club members: Click here to fill out the Biographical Form and have your contact information and capabilities posted on this web page.
Location: Friendswood, TX
Email: svu39@sbcglobal.net
Phone_primary: 281-482-9484
Best_Time_to_Call: anytime
Fee: Fee charged for services
Free: Free service and help to HMSC members
Advice: Free advice to anyone
Capabilities: turning, milling, surface grinding, TIG welding, design, prototypes, threading, repairs, fabrication and tinkering
Location: Friendswood
Email: randall@theviaplan.com
Phone_primary: 832 569 4161
Phone_alternate: 832 470 0998
Best_Time_to_Call: Anytime
Fee: Fee charged for services
Free: Free service and help to HMSC members
Advice: Free advice to anyone
Capabilities: Turning, Milling, Surface grinding, TIG welding, Plasma cutting,Design,Prototypes, Repairs, Machine rebuilding, Fabrication and Tinkering, Heat Treating
Location: Houston West Side
Email: kelly@sumrall.us
Phone_primary: 281-467-5097
Best_Time_to_Call: Weekdays 5:00 - 9:00 pm, Saturday 9 am - 9 pm, Sunday 10 am - 7 pm
Fee: Fee charged for services
Free: Free service and help to HMSC members
Advice: Free advice to anyone
Capabilities: Turning, milling, light mig and stick welding
Location: Dickinson, TX - south of Space Center just off I45
Email: dick@dickinsonian.com
Phone_primary: 281-337-2126
Best_Time_to_Call: Weekdays 12:30 - 5:00 pm, Saturday 7 am - 3 pm, Sunday no calls
Fee: Fee charged for services
Free: Free service and help to HMSC members
Advice: Free advice to anyone
Capabilities: Turning, milling, grinding, stick welding, press work, model construction, mechanical and electrical design.
Location: Baytown
Email: riserca@hal-pc.org
Phone_primary: 281-451-9082
Best_Time_to_Call: Jusy about any time.
Capabilities: I am a retired physician with lots of tools and interests. I fix things. Sometimes I just end up with lots of parts. I can hold the dumb end of a tape, or board, or piece of steel. If you are doing something interesting, I would probably enjoy looking over your shoulder. I have been to many of the HMSC meetings and learn a lot each time.
Location: Katy, TX 77449
Email: normberls@gmail.com
Phone_primary: 281-460-9151
Best_Time_to_Call: Most any time.
Capabilities: Novice at most everything. Pretty good at brazing with an acetylene rig. Modest skill with milling on a small mill. Have small lathe, grinder, belt sander, wire and stick welder.
Location: La Porte Texas
Email: dieselguy65@gmail.com
Phone_primary: 281-686-0791
Best_Time_to_Call: Any daylight hours.
Capabilities: Small lathe, 20 inch length capacity even smaller watchmakers lathe, mill, CNC desktop 4 axis mill/router welding, cutting, bending, iron and sheet metal work Aluminum anodizing.