This will make your day

[NNICKB]

This will make your day.

http://www.youtube.com/embed/BckZ4i1...layer_embedded

[Gordon Maney]

That is a really wonderful video. Great stuff.

"Real Proud."

My only wish is that I could get them to wear safety glasses.

[Frank Irons]

Reminds me of the equipment and shop that I started in, except we didn't have an anvil.

Frank

[Gordon Maney]

Reminds me of the equipment and shop that I started in, except we didn't have an anvil.

Frank

Frank, when you started had they already invented the anvil, or was that yet to come?

[712edf]

That's not too far from me. Glad that modernization hasn't swallowed it up & ruined it.

Bucky

[NNICKB]

The older gentleman reminded me of a guy I grew up around.

I know this is a Dodge forum, but I must say that that 1940 Ford Pickup has a lot of the qualities that are desirable in a woman. Quiet, dependable, low maintenance, and with an aching beauty that never seems to fade with time...

Sorry, I'll get back to work now.

[Clint Dixon]

Frank, when you started had they already invented the anvil, or was that yet to come?

Never mind the anvil, when Frank started, they hadn't even invented dirt floors yet! ;^)

[Paul Cook]

1956 & 1957

I had many summer jobs to pay for college. In the summers of 1956 and 1957, I worked at the James Leffel & Company, Springfield, Ohio - manufacturers of the hydraulic turbines that powered the generators in hydroelectric plants. I learned to use many of the tools shown in this clip. A lot of the tools were older than me and had been reconditioned for use in World War II defense production.

Interestingly, I could blame no one else if the parts I made were incorrect since I worked in "the front office" the summer of 1956 as a draftsman and was working from many of my own drawings in 1957.

There are many machine shops like that in Texas. There's one 15 miles from here that has old machines along with new ones that are computer controled. I know how to operate the old stuff, but can only stand in awe and watch the new.

And, I also stand in awe when I see Clint's old stuff. And we must never forget "OLD" Gordon...

[jhalstwm300]

Just goes to show you

It just goes to show you the real truth about life. When everyone else thinks the world is about to fall apart. If you simply stick to the basics - family, work, and life; everything will work out just fine.

[Gordon Maney]

I had many summer jobs to pay for college. In the summers of 1956 and 1957, I worked at the James Leffel & Company, Springfield, Ohio - manufacturers of the hydraulic turbines that powered the generators in hydroelectric plants. I learned to use many of the tools shown in this clip. A lot of the tools were older than me and had been reconditioned for use in World War II defense production.

Interestingly, I could blame no one else if the parts I made were incorrect since I worked in "the front office" the summer of 1956 as a draftsman and was working from many of my own drawings in 1957.

There are many machine shops like that in Texas. There's one 15 miles from here that has old machines along with new ones that are computer controled. I know how to operate the old stuff, but can only stand in awe and watch the new.

And, I also stand in awe when I see Clint's old stuff. And we must never forget "OLD" Gordon...

At your rate, you will outlive me..... you old charger.

[BobbyMike]

Thanks, it did make my day.

[old red]

Talk about living the American Dream.....

I yearn to be in a place where cross roads of simplicity & creativity meet on a dirt floor.......

Thanks NNICKB for sharing that great video!

[QuantumJo]

It's encouraging to see that that there are still family shops like that.
Thanks for the post.

[Hobcobble]

Great video. Thanks for sharing it.
John