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1985, |
January
- Murphy's Motor Service opened for business full time.
My
main type of work was general machining and automotive machine
work on everything from Kohler to Caterpillar. |
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1991, |
Made
my first high ratio roller rockers, JD UnStyled A, by hand on a
Bridgeport mill.
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1997, |
Bought
my first CNC machine, a Boss 6 Bridgeport in 1997. Was a major
learning curve, learning CAD CAM and CNC G code.
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soon needed faster and more accurate production. |
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1999, |
December
23, took delivery of my first HAAS machine, a new VF2. Started
focusing a little more on parts manufacturing.
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2000, |
May,
Made my 1st rocker arm on the new VF2, an M Farmall. I was working
by myself and buried in automotive machine work.
Had
a few days of slow time and started writing a rocker program for
the VF2. I had been working on it for a day and a half. My body
went home
that evening, drank a couple beers and cooked something on the
grill, but my mind was still at the shop. I told my wife I
was going back to
work. About 4 the next morning I hit the start button on the VF2
and ran a complete program cycle. When it came to the end I was
literally shaking in my boots! I had done something!
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quit every day driver work and concentrated on performance work. |
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2003, |
Purchased
a used 2001 HAAS SL20 lathe.
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2006, |
Early,
Was getting burnt out on performance work and wanted to get
heavier into manufacturing.
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2006, |
Late
fall, God intervened and dropped Jerry’s Welding & Machine
(2 cylinder JD parts) in my lap, and we were into manufacturing full time.
We spent the next six months reverse engineering and generating
head, block, and manifold prints.
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2007, |
Did
our last engine build in the summer of 2007. Made 1st JD G blocks,
heads and manifolds.
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2008, |
February
6, took delivery of a new HAAS VF4. That day just happened to be
my 50th birthday.
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2012, |
December,
Purchased the 40X60 steel building next door to our original
building to expand our CNC department.
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2013, |
Totally
rehabbed the new building by late fall.
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2014, |
February
18, We moved all our CNC equipment to the new building. That same
day we took delivery of a new HAAS VF2SS.
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2015, |
December
1, On December 1 of 2015 we took delivery of a new HAAS EC1600,
and with this machine the new building is now full.
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2017, |
1st
JD G 8" bore blocks and billet main bearing housings. |
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MURPHY'S MOTOR
SERVICE
311 B East Hwy 00
Hallsville, MO
65255
Call: 573-696-3655
E-mail: jeff@murphysmotorservice.com
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