Always high quality work. Bitch and Janice always go above and beyond to make sure everything is spot on. Highly recommend for any fabrication. read more

Very helpful and nice to do business with. They have kept my log splitter working for two seasons now.

So where do you start? This is one of San Diego's oldest standing machine shops and has been able to turn out some of the best finished products that I have ever seen. Check their website if you do not believe me. They truly do things in an 'old school' fashion and only are concerned with making your project 100% to your expectation. Now yes, this is a fast paced shop that is always doing large aerospace level jobs so if you're in a hurry for your small project, it may take a couple weeks to get to it. But here is the thing, unlike most large machine shops with the right tools, they won't turn you away just because you have a small project! So you get a lifetime of knowledge and skill without any hassle. I see some bad reviews below that seem a little off to me because the two old men that have run this place have been doing the same thing for the past 60 years and it is still standing and running with no signs of stopping. Their machines are always turning out products. Now I will say, they're not 'with the times' and things like yelp and facebook are really ahead of them. So yelp reviews are hard to compare on the thousands of dedicated clients that they have and really being one of San Diego's longest running family businesses. I have been using Jiffy Machine for many years and they always turn out amazing work and if you call and ask for Butch he can easily help you with any project of any size or quantity. Crazy right? You have to call him or walk and have a conversation rather than some 1/2 rate chat application on a website or a 48 hour turn around on an email request. So I challenge you, go there, talk with Butch, pick his brain, you will be instantly convinced that they are the right place to be working on your project. read more

The owner of this place is a complete jerk!! I dropped my air strut off there Wednesday to have literally 2 nuts welded together. 15 minute job. I asked if he could do it today when I took it there, he said no that he was too busy. Then he said he would call me when it is ready and that it would be ready sometime tomorrow though which was Thursday. The next day. Thursday comes by. No phone call. So...I figured he just didn't get around to calling me back. I go down to his shop the following day, which is Friday to pick up my part. So this morning, I go back to his shop and he acts like he doesn't know who I am. I asked about my part. Then he gets extremely defensive about it and says to me rudely, did somebody call you? I said No. Then, he says yelling at me, yeah! Because it is not ready yet!!! Then says I got so much going on I will fit it in when I can. We will call you when it is done! I said I understand you are busy but you specifically told me it would be done yesterday. Explaining to him that my mechanic is waiting around on the part. He then screams at me and says, you can take it somewhere else then! So I did. I understand the owner of this place is busy and has stuff going on but he should not make any commitments with customers if he will not get their project done when he says he will. His attitude is totally unacceptable. Nobody should be talked to this way. I am surprised this place has been in business for as long as they have. I ended up taking the two nuts I needed welded to a muffler shop and they nicely did it for me right away without hesitation only charging me $10 bucks, not $40 which he quoted me. Save yourself the time and go somewhere else if you need machining or welding work done. read more

Bad News & BEWARE !. . . . . Brought in some simple to modify & weld pallet racking cross-beams (6 of them) on 02-08-13 to get resized. They took the beams & received my contact info and told me it would take awhile because they were busy. 94 days go by, I'm not in a hurry either, so I called on 05-13-13 & they said, Oh yeah, your the guy, Let me get your phone number again & I'll have them ready by the end of the week (I called on a Tuesday, so Friday the 17th of May, they were supposed to be ready. With my number, no calls, no nothing - whatsoever . . So, today the 1st of July 2013, I happened to be in the area & decided to stop by. Went to the office to inqure about the job status. The office girl went to find somebody who might know (I think it was Lonnie, as I have notes written on his business card, when I 1st dropped them off) "Lonnie" said let me see . . . . . . . and over, on an outside workbench next to a chain-link fence, was the cross-beams just where I unloaded them at 141 DAYS EARLIER, COMPLETELY UNTOUCHED. No so "Jiffy" & anything but . . . . The power of YELP, Feel the sting ? ? read more

Worked with Butch on my motorcycle tank modification.. and repair of an aluminum plate for my luggage.. Great honest customer service! They are busy and great at what they do. Can't expect same day service I'll be using them again when need arises! read more

These guys are great, they've never turned me away for all of my small stuff and have always gotten my work done quickly and at a fair price. Will always be coming back here. Oh yeah, forgot to mention, precise and clean. read more

The shop owner was unable to make the repair decided on in the beginning due to unforeseen complications. While picking up the part an idea was brainstormed and he invited me back into the shop to see the idea implemented. Our second idea to repair the part was a success, and the owner spent considerable time engaging me in conversation. All around knowledgeable and friendly guy -- just busy with large contracts. read more

Jiffy is a long-established family business that seems to take on anything large or small. They were recommended by another nearby machine shop who couldn't do what I needed. I am very pleased with my small stainless boat exhaust repair that involved milling and welding. Butch was very helpful suggesting what to do and Janice could not have been friendlier. Price was fair. Pay no attention to the previous negative ad. if you need specialty, odd or one-off work, this is a great place. The previous reviewer obviously did not follow up - who leaves parts at a shop for three months without checking in??? Captain Ron read more

I signed up for yelp just so I could write my first review about this place. I dropped off two items to be worked on. I was told it would be two weeks max, possibly even Wednesday which was a couple of days after I gave it to him. I left a message on the weekend and Monday saying it was almost two weeks and I was just checking to see how things were going. I didn't get an answer and my customer was putting pressure on me for an answer on when he could expect his product so I drove over there so that I could ask in person. When I walked in the woman at the front desk said, "What do you want?" Not can I help you or something polite. I explained I had a product there and I was checking on it's progress. I said I came by in person because I had not gotten an answer to my two calls. She insisted I had only called once that day and they just hadn't returned my call yet. I said that is not an issue I just want to know the progress on my project. The owner in the next room said, "yeah...I know about your project! What about it?" I said I was told two weeks max and tomorrow is two weeks so I just came to check on the progress. He said, "Tomorrow is two weeks. What are you doing here bugging me?" I said, "Really, that is what you want to say to me?" He said "if you don't like it take your stuff and take it down the street." I am saying the G rated version of what he said to me. I was in shock and thought he must be kidding. He wasn't and meant it. After thinking about it in my truck for awhile I went back in and said I am taking your advice and bringing it down the street. Thanks, a lot. He sarcastically said..."Have a nice day". I could not trust my product being touched by him as anyone with his attitude could destroy it and say sorry it didn't work and at $90 an hour could say any amount of hours he wanted. I found an honest, decent machine shop who is now taking care of it for me. I am 100% accurate minus the cursing from him. If you do not mind being treated like you know what then go there, otherwise there are other machine shops out there who truly respect their customers. read more

I stopped in yesterday fairly late in the afternoon with a metal cutting project. Butch went out of his way to make sure this job was done in a matter of minutes--much to my surprise & delight, since I was short on time. I was prepared to leave it over the weekend and pick it up sometime next week. I HIGHLY recommend Jiffy Machine & Welding! read more