The problem:

Turning quantities of brass bullet points. (Hundreds, maybe thousands) Not as simple as one thinks!
Purchased a Harbor Freight bench lathe #44859 8" x 12" for learning and prototype work.

Started knowing nothing about machining just a strong desire to get what I wanted.

After ruining a set of jaws, got the thing turning truer than true at the 0.250" diameter I am using.

Went through the agony of learning to sharpen/create cutting tools.

I took the end design to the machine shops that have the swiss screw machines. Impressive! Every machine shop is so busy that spring/summer is when things slow down to get my fairly small task taken care of. I figure to, after machine setup, to run it for a shift as a start.

To the best of my knowledge I have exhausted the resources of southern Idaho and northern Utah. Bummer

What to do? Set up my bench lathe for cnc and do the best I can, or?

In addition to not being a machinist, I know nothing about cnc but a pretty techie such as software development and programming.

Any suggestions would be appreciated. I'm open to about anything.

Thanks

Roy