Reekie Machining

Christmas Jumper – Oh yes we did!

On Thursday 7th December, Reekie Machining held it’s Christmas Jumper Day in aid of Paisley Christmas Food Bank.  We raised £110.47 and there were lots of bags of goodies donated too.

Pictured is David Reekie, Managing Director, handing over the donations to Nicki and Emma from Paisley Christmas Food Bank.  They are aiming to have 500 parcels available for collection, and we hope that the donations form the staff at Reekie Machining will help them achieve this.

It was great to see our Insitu Project Engineers, joining in with the Christmas spirit, along with the full front office team and our very own Santa Claus, Peter, the Machine Shop Supervisor.

HO, HO, HO! Merry Christmas everyone!

Contact for Paisley Christmas food bank is through their facebook page, search ‘Paisleys Christmas food Bank’

A fine Christmas Jumper selection!

Certified – Cyber Essentials Plus

Reekie Machine (Sales) are delighted to announce that they have achieved ‘Cyber Essentials Plus’.

David Reekie, Managing Director said,  “It has been an interesting process to work through and I feel very confident in the robust systems we have in place that will protect our system and information and that of our customers.  My sincere thanks go to our Senior Design Engineer and IT Manager, Alan, who has worked exceptionally hard to get this in place.”

The criteria for the award, has served as a baseline for Reekie Machining and as part of this process we have rolled out training to staff to increase their knowledge and develop their awareness. Ensuring that we are striving to continually maintain our customers and our internal safety.

Recruiting – CNC Machinist

We at Reekie Machining are recruiting for an experienced CNC Machinist – Turner or Miller, with experience of Fanuc control system, to program, set and operate.   Candidates with experience of any of the following Fanuc/Heidenhain/Fagor control system, will also be considered.

The successful person will be skilled in programming and setting.

Interested?  Please visit our website for further information.   CNC Machinist 

Current Vacancy – CNC Machinist

We are recruiting for ICNC Machinists

Interested?  Please visit our website for further information.  CNC Machinist

Job Opportunities – Experienced CNC Machinist

We at Reekie Machining are recruiting for an experienced CNC Machinist – Turner or Miller, with experience of Fanuc control system, to program, set and operate.   Candidates with experience of any of the following Fanuc/Heidenhain/Fagor control system, will also be considered.

The successful person will be skilled in programming and setting.

Interested?  Please visit our website for further information.  Experienced CNC Machinist 

Knowledge Shared

Whilst looking across Reekie Machining’s machine shop, it is a rewarding sight to see a time served turner with over 50 years of experience, sharing and passing on his knowledge to a 4th year apprentice at the start of his career working in Mechanical Engineering.

Standing side by side at the Broadbent vertical borer, turning an impellor, they were keeping a watchful eye on the job, whilst Willie was explaining to Darren the process points for the machine.

Technology continues to move forward and at Reekies we are continually developing what we can do and offer, including a portable CNC machining.  This is all possible through continuing to train and develop our staff, ensuring strong foundations skills from the start of the journey.  An integral part of this is the passing on of knowledge and experience from one generation to the next.  A vital part of the apprentices learning and rewarding for those passing on their knowledge.

Landmark Moment

Our newly developed CNC Thread Milling Machine has just reached a landmark moment, 1000 off M98x200 deep holes, machined on a project Reekie Machining are working on in The Netherlands.

The thread milling machine, is the vision and design of the Insitu Engineering Team, utilising the expertise of Alan Blakey, the Senior Design Engineer.  This portable CNC machine is machining every hole to specification, first time, every time.  Providing the customer with an efficient, quick, and accurate process.

See for yourself what this machine can do. Click Here

Would the CNC Thread Milling Machine solve your problem?  Could it reduce time in your production? Do you need a bespoke machine for a job?

Email: insitu@reekiemachining.co.uk

Christmas Jumper Day (and more!)

Look what got left under our Christmas tree, on Thursday 9th December as the staff at Reekie Machining, donned their Christmas jumpers, along with Christmas t-shirts, Santa hats, head boppers, face masks and even underfrillies.  We even had our very own Santa look alike, aka Peter our Machine Shop Supervisor.

Whilst being good fun and bringing a smile to everyone face and a mince pie at morning tea break too, it was done in aid of Renfrewshire Foodbank.  The staff were very generous in bringing in goodies and making donations.

Picture, in their “dashing” Christmas attire are some of the staff from Project Engineers to millers and turners and the office staff.    We are still waiting for the photographic evidence that out insitu squad were cosy on site in their Christmas jumpers too!

Bags of Goodies

My Name’5 Doddie – Raffle

Reekie Machining are delighted that through a raffle held last week and drawn at the Tool Box Talk on Wednesday,  the staff at Reekie Machining have raised an £236 for My Name’5 Doddie Foundation, that raises funds to invest in research to meaningful treatments and works towards finding a cure for motor neuron disease (MND).

Pictured above is the winner of the first prize, David Guthrie, a member of staff in our Machine Shop who is a specialist Miller and works two CNC machines.

For more information on My Name’5  Doddie Foundation please follow the link, https://www.myname5doddie.co.uk/

Let the Celebrations begin!

There may be limited opportunities this year to don the festive jumpers, so to make sure they got an outing and to bring a little Christmas cheer, on Friday the of 4th December the staff at Reekie’s were encouraged to pull on their best/favourite Christmas jumper or hat, or wear any festive item and make a donation to Erskine, double if they didn’t join the festive fun!

Staff working from home also participated; Graeme can be seen here with his Christmas New York skyline jumper on.  And our Machine Shop Supervisor, Peter, not only had one Christmas jumper on, but underneath the one pictured, is another!!!

We are really please that the staff raised a total of £218.70. and Reekie’s Managing Director, David Reekie has offered to match fund this,  so the grand total of £437.40 will be on it’s way to Erskine to help support the really valuable work that they do.

For further information please visit,  www.erskine.org.uk