Sri Ragavendra Engineering Work

You can find us at No. 4 on Vellalar Street, right near the Ambattur Telephone Exchange. Being in the Ambattur Industrial Estate means it’s always loud around here with all the other workshops. Sri Ragavendra Engineering Work has been in this spot for a bit. We deal with a lot of metal, cutting and welding mostly. The machines take up a lot of room and they need regular oiling to keep going. We wear our work clothes and they usually get stained with grease pretty fast. It’s just the nature of the job. Most days are spent on lathes or milling machines, making parts that go into bigger machines elsewhere. It gets quite hot in the shed, especially during the summer months. We keep a few fans going, but they mostly just move the warm air around. We don't have a front desk or anything like that. People just walk in through the main door and talk to us while we're working. We take measurements, check the blueprints, and try to get the dimensions right. It’s precise work even if the surroundings look a bit rough. There's always iron scrap in the corner waiting to be cleared out. The floor is always a bit slippery with oil, so we have to watch our step. We have a small corner where we keep our lunch boxes and a water pot. It’s a bit of a trek to the main road, so we stay in for the day.