About Us

K & S Machining, LLC was founded by its owners Cole Kregel and Sam Schmitt in January of 2018.  We started by purchasing 2 CNC machines, one lathe and one mill, and installing them in our garages.  By the middle of 2019 we acquired more manual machines and sawing equipment. In April of 2020, K & S Machining, started renting at the current location just west of Monona, IA and acquired 2 additional CNC machines, a bar feed lathe, and much larger vertical mill.

We continued working part time for another year as the pandemic put a slow down on business. In April of 2021 we both took the ultimate risk and jumped into the business full time, working hard to source work and keep growing our customer base. 2021 was a great year of growth that included another lathe purchase, as well as other support equipment additions and upgrades.

-2022: included the purchase of new Smart NL2000M lathe with live tooling.  A big addition to the business to add more capability and make for efficient setups.

-2023: K & S machining added additional space in our north building.  Racking was added for storage of inventory and raw materials.  Additionally, sawing and manual equipment were moved from the main shop.  At the end of 2023 the decision was made to purchase a new Doosan 5700 vertical machining center with a 4th axis.