The Old Machine Shop

[2LaneCruzer]

I think some of you might experience a gentle tug at your heartstrings; I know I did.


Central Texas Tools (Texas Country Reporter) - YouTube

 

[mjarrels]

Great story!

mark

 

[Dr Dave]

That old tin building, is quite a museum! The grandson is lucky to have this opportunity, to learn his trade from his family.

Dave

 

[npalen]

Great story! Thanks for posting. Not many of these shops left.

 

[mostly_gas]

I work for a machine shop founded in 1927, flat belts were gone by the time I started. It had to move in the the 50's for I-70. The first machine I ran was a shaper as old as I was

 

[Alan L.]

Great story, I love the show. Bob Phillips has a way with these kinds of stories from all over Texas.

 

[txhillcountry]

Great story, I love the show. Bob Phillips has a way with these kinds of stories from all over Texas.

That is a fact!

 

[shortwave]

I look forward to seeing the video in another 30+ years, when the grandson is working in there with his own son and grandson.

Different, but it reminds me of another story:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mKBNw4kfwNM

 

[Gale Hawkins]

Thanks. That was greater than great. I have not seen an active line shaft powered shop in my life. Looked at a huge 15 HP hit and miss that powered a shop near me about 40 years ago but it had been closed for years but was still in tack but the guy in his 80's was cashing out as the building was getting in poor condition.