Well went to the Dr. today and all is well. The shop isn't. China kicked our ass! Almost 30 years making things from space shuttle parts to love dolls we have to pull the pin. Not for another 6 months but when you see the end it is closer than ever.
What I want to do here is to document the closing of a 30 year old family owned small machine shop. With an enfasis on where is all the stuff being made ( as if we didn't know). Maybe a forum to, bitch, complain, compare stories on how did we let manufacturing slip through our fingers.
I work 100 hour weeks for decades But what I have found is the "machining" is gone a much larger factory, off shore has the same machines if not better (government supported), Same computers, sane cutting tool technology.
The rub I see is the odious a journeyman machinist just got a color TV and rides a bike to work. This is not bad but I can tell a smart high school kid to get into the biz . ( ya think so )
I assume manufacturing people may be reading this dribble and are ahead of the fray. Look over your shoulder. I talk to customer support where they are at? I assume it is India.
I thought it was cool a few years ago that the white collar people where up in arms that support went off shore but that was a last gasp for the people that have phone stuck to there heads.
I will stop today enjoy
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