[AT] Where are the machinists?

[charlie hill]

John,  I got the original message from Mike Sloan and one reply from Walt 
prior to yours.

Charlie
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From: "John Hall" <jthall at worldnet.att.net>
To: "Antique tractor email discussion group" <at at lists.antique-tractor.com>
Sent: Thursday, September 28, 2006 6:47 PM
Subject: Re: [AT] Where are the machinists?


> Ok either Walt replied to a message not on this list or this is the only 
> one I have gotten on this thread.
>
> John
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> Subject: Re: [AT] Where are the machinists?
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>>I like that article, I started out as a  machinist in the Navy went to 
>>school
>> and worked on the ship in the machine shop  to make parts for the ship 
>> that
>> were hard to get or next to impossible.  We  had to learn the hard way 
>> sometime
>> to replicate a piece for the ship. I have  great respect for those who 
>> work
>> in little shops around the country at lower  than average wages making 
>> parts
>> for hard to find items.
>> The last time I  worked as a machinist was in 1966, I was working in a 
>> small
>> shop on the  Sacramento River on a farm. We made tree shakers, they were 
>> of
>> the best quality  in the business but farmers were more interested in 
>> price than
>> quality so it  went belly up.
>> Walt Davies
>>
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