For a small shop just starting out, it's doable to do your first production run on manual machinery if its simple enough. But it's hard work. Stainless steel chips are hot, and sharp, and get everywhere.
Like many of you here making things, when you finally get it done its very rewarding to be holding a finished product.
The machining was done on the Bridgeport, and from there we did laser marking on a 5k fiber laser.