J. A. Engineering Works

Our shop is located at No: 56-1 on Bramin Street. If you know the Ambattur Industrial Estate area, we are right in the Patravakkam section. It’s a noisy part of town because everyone is making something or fixing something. We fit right in with the rest of the engineering shops around here. The building isn't much to look at from the outside, just a standard industrial unit with a heavy metal door. Inside, we have our lathes and tools set up the way we like them. It’s been this way for a long time. We do a lot of turning and grinding work. Most of the time, the floor is covered in metal shavings that we have to sweep up at the end of the shift. The tea guy comes by twice a day and that's usually when we take a break. We don't have a website or anything like that, just the sign out front. People usually hear about us from other shops nearby when they need a specific part fixed. It’s honest work and it keeps us busy from morning until evening. Sometimes the power goes out in the estate and we all just sit outside and talk until it comes back on. That’s just life in Ambattur. We know the machines inside out and we don't need fancy manuals to tell us how to handle the steel. It's just us doing what we know how to do.