The Old Machine Shop

2LaneCruzer · Apr 7, 2013

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

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mjarrels · Apr 7, 2013

Great story!

mark

Dr Dave · Apr 7, 2013

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 · Apr 7, 2013

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

mostly_gas · Apr 8, 2013

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. · Apr 9, 2013

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

txhillcountry · Apr 9, 2013

Alan L. said:
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 · Apr 9, 2013

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 · Apr 9, 2013

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.