Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Once you have cut a master laquer, you have metal stampers created and have records pressed from them. Discuss manufacturing here. (Record Matrix Electroforming- Plating, Vinyl Record Pressing.)

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Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 32740Unread post EmAtChapterV
Thu Dec 18, 2014 2:52 pm

I saw this posted to Reddit this morning - who knows anything about these guys?

http://www.canadaboyvinyl.com/

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

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Thu Dec 18, 2014 3:08 pm

Well then... all those people out there interested in working internships... there you go .

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

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Thu Dec 18, 2014 4:59 pm

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 32749Unread post Aussie0zborn
Fri Dec 19, 2014 1:21 am

Wow that's ambitious. They are looking for a supervisor with 10-15 years experience on the factory floor with "perfect hearing". I don't think you can work in such a factory for all those years and have perfect hearing.

Clearly, they haven't done this before but whoever wrote the job specs has asked the right questions and they seem to be on the right track. Good luck to them.

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

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Sat Dec 20, 2014 12:55 am

That supervisor position listing is bananas. They want a guy to fix the presses, cut the records, plum up the hydraulics and pneumatics, train the new guys, set the production schedule, like, know dudes in the industry or something, plus still be able to hear real well and they wanna pay him between $40,000 and $50,000? They guys they are describing exist, but they are basically saying, "We have the stuff, start our factory for us, you will get about $20/hr. You know, around half as much as you would get driving a semi." I don't mean to sit back and snipe, I'm glad to hear someone is starting a factory, and I wish them luck, but comon, pay these people with the one in a million skillset a wage proportional to their knowledge.

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 32782Unread post Aussie0zborn
Sat Dec 20, 2014 4:10 am

The other new plant in Memphis is offering $11-$13 an hour for press operators. Work that one out!

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

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Sat Dec 20, 2014 1:05 pm

Aussie0zborn wrote:The other new plant in Memphis is offering $11-$13 an hour for press operators. Work that one out!
That's not totally absurd. The cost of living is low in Memphis and being a press operator is a pretty standard manual labor job. I've worked at UPS and been a press operator, the pay scale was comparable and the work was comparable. I think any skilled manual laborer should start in at $15/hr, so that's about where a press operator with a few years experience should be. Sadly, plenty of plants don't pay their press operators a cent above minimum wage.

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 32973Unread post canadaboyvinyl
Wed Dec 31, 2014 11:28 am

Hi Everyone , it's Canada Boy . While we are all standing around the water cooler my mind wanders to a quote by the ever inspiring Mr Jimi Hendrix " now as you all know ,you can't believe everything you see and hear can you ? "

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 32977Unread post leo gonzalez
Wed Dec 31, 2014 2:45 pm

what do you mean by water cooler?
cooling tower, chiller?
or a drinking water cooler?




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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 32991Unread post canadaboyvinyl
Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:21 pm

I was making a joke about standing around the water cooler and gossiping. If any of you have any Questions about Canada Boy send me a private message and I would be happy to answer them personally . Everything else you are reading on these posts is all speculation and opinions , which doesn't mean much . Just Gossip

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

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Fri Jan 02, 2015 12:27 pm

Why not introduce yourself? Please feel free.

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 33019Unread post canadaboyvinyl
Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:09 pm

We are building a plant here in Calgary AB. My friends and I have been playing it pretty close to the chest , then someone had leaked an article out about us online. We had no intention on going public as we are still under construction and have many months to go until we are ready . All I can say is we are a complete cutting , plating and pressing facility and hope to be up and running by March 2015 . We have many challenges ahead , one of then being the stiff immigration laws in Canada,and lack of resources here in the Great White North. It's cold and lonely in the Canadian world of record pressing !! :D

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 33020Unread post EmAtChapterV
Sun Jan 04, 2015 2:42 pm

canadaboyvinyl wrote: It's cold and lonely in the Canadian world of record pressing !!
Tell me about it. :roll: You guys will be the first ones closer than Los Angeles.

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Sun Jan 04, 2015 8:16 pm

Good luck with your venture. Let us know when you are up and running.

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Re: Canada Boy Vinyl, Calgary AB

Post: # 35771Unread post Bonati
Mon Jun 29, 2015 4:47 pm

Just reviewed my first set of test pressings from this plant. Single LP that I cut. I thought they sounded good. Very promising. No complaints about having another plant around.

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