by Phil Kerner | Jul 20, 2015 | Legacy, Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
The year was 2004...and the time had come for me to close my last tool shop, Endeavor mold and Design, Inc. Because of the hit on our local manufacturing economy, it was both a tough time to own a shop and an even tougher time to sell a building. It took about 8...
by Phil Kerner | May 9, 2015 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
Let's face it: in this trade, you're going to make a mistake every once in a while. Obviously, mistakes need to be reported as soon as possible in order for an evaluation to be made as in scrapping the part, altering and reworking the part, or delivering the part...
by Phil Kerner | Nov 16, 2014 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
A few months ago - after it was decided at work to give me a new guy to train - I thought it would be cool to blog about it every night after work. Easier said than done. Here's the soap-opera of my three months of whipping a new guy into shape...and "whipping" isn't...
by Phil Kerner | May 26, 2014 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
You might be surprised to know that I deal with SO many members who are at different levels in "the trade." Some love the grinding-room videos. Some want more of them, some want less of them. Some were overjoyed at my "Basic Milling - Bridgeport" series...others were...
by Phil Kerner | Mar 15, 2014 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room, My Tools
If you've spent any amount of time on this site, then you probably already know that I was raised in a long line of Tool & Die Makers. One story I've never taken the time to tell - until tonight - is the story of my wonderful Gerstner tool box. Many, many years...
by Phil Kerner | May 28, 2013 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
If you've followed my site for any amount of time, you probably already know by now that I came up in the trade through a long line of tool and die makers. The fact is, I've pretty much been around shops since I was a kid. Years later, after closing down my own tool...
