SUB CONTRACT MACHINING
McNair Engineering’s extensive traditional subcontract machining capacity, with highly skilled engineers, enables us to undertake a wide range of components on a “one off” or short run basis.
Whether manufactured to an existing design, remanufactured, reverse engineered or prototyping at McNair Engineering our expertise in metalworking provides solutions to industry.
McNair Engineering’s particular strengths lie in long shaft turning, long shaft grinding, internal grinding and honing. Skilled competencies include Surface grinding, horizontal boring, milling and slotting capacity ensuring complete components can be machined in-house to exacting specifications.




In House capacity
- Shaft Turning up to 1,100mm dia. by 7,600mm between centres
- Cylindrical grinding up to 800mm dia. by 5,000mm between centres
- Internal grinding up to 760mm dia by 610mm stroke
- Surface grinding up to 500mm wide by 3,000mm stroke with 400mm under the stone
- Honing up to 760mm dia by 4,500mm stroke
- Milling up to 410mm under tool 1,700mm by 450mm table
- Horizontal boring up to 1,000mm square table 990mm tool height
- Drilling up to 80mm capacity 1,800mm radial arm
- Slotting up to 150mm stroke 600mm throat
- Sawing up to 380mm dia
- Full range of manual and semi automatic welding and burning
- Selective electroplating
Site capacity
- Milling 2,000 mm bed 40int taper
- Drilling Mag based 3Mt
- Line boring up to 200mm bores
- Honing up to 200mm
- Welding and burning