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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.

Name: Steve Unger

Steve Unger

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

Name: Randy Jacobs

Randy Jacobs

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

Name: Kelly Sumrall

Kelly Sumrall

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

Name: Dick Kostelnicek

Dick Kostelnicek

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.

Name: C. A. Riser

C. A. Riser

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.

Name: Norm Berls

Norm Berls

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.

Name: Brian Alley

Brian Alley

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.

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