Every toolmaker's box tells you who he is before he says a word. This is the top of mine, an oak Gerstner. The center...
Every toolmaker's box tells you who he is before he says a word. This is the top of mine, an oak Gerstner. The center...
My uncle Ed owned Kerner Tool and Die. My father Fritz ran it. The shop opened in Erie in 1944 and built die-casting...
Every shop in the 1960s handed out matchbooks, and Kerner Tool & Die was no different. This one came out of a...
About ten years ago somebody sent me an old shop decimal chart. It was ripped, faded, and about ready for the trash. I...
I'm 66 years old, and I have never had a cup of coffee in my life. Not one. But I spent more than 40 years in...
Every print that ever crossed my bench had a stamp on it somewhere. FINAL. ENGINEERING ISSUE. Somebody's initials in a...
These four pieces came straight out of my 1935 Starrett catalog, Number 25, Revised Edition, a book that's been...
Every piece in this set came off the pages of an actual 1947 Lufkin catalog, the kind that sat on a toolroom bench...
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Hi Phil:
I’m a retired MD and amateur metalworker. I have nothing but respect for individuals who are
craftsman. Believe it or not, this is required in the art of medicine as well as machining. It is being
lost there as well. Many doctors don’t examine a patient with their eyes AND their hands. Legacies
in all walks of life are being lost to the conceit that a handheld device can substitute for attention
with the mind, the eyes and the hands. I think it is “game over” except for a few hold-out artisans who
are relegated to serving those with very high incomes. Still, I appreciate a good fight and I hope you can
keep your fists up.
Very nice.
Dennis L.
Excellent discussions, couldn’t agree more.
Thank you.
Kirk