by Phil Kerner | Feb 24, 2019 | Free Stuff
The headline says it all: END OF AN ERA. Having been in manufacturing for my entire life, I've seen a ton of businesses come and go, so to make it for over 100 years in ANY business, I have to say "well done." This is my personal opinion and "take" on a very good...
by Phil Kerner | Nov 12, 2018 | Free Stuff
One of the many things that I am extremely grateful for - every single day - is this wonderful website that I created eight years ago as a way to share my deep love of manufacturing and my even deeper bond with the Tool and Die Industry. In case you haven't figured it...
by Phil Kerner | Aug 18, 2018 | Free Stuff
by Phil Kerner | Jul 23, 2018 | Free Stuff, Tool and Die Making History
Over the last month or so, I've made friends with John Shirk, a fellow who happens to own Indicare Precision Gage Repair in Dayton, Ohio. He actually called in to Working Hands Radio one night, and we had a great conversation about dial indicators. John recently...
by Phil Kerner | Nov 26, 2016 | Free Stuff
Every once in a while, I see posts on other sites about the KF-12 Deckel copy mill... What can it do? Well, I owned four of these back in the 90's and all four of them ran 10 hours a day, creating toy molds for companies like Little Tikes and Fisher-Price. I can tell...
by Phil Kerner | Oct 8, 2015 | Free Stuff
Just about a week ago, my brother Freddie passed away after a long and valiant battle with illness. Fred was involved in manufacturing for his entire life, and worked his way up from the shop floor to top-level management positions with some really great local...
