by Phil Kerner | Mar 3, 2013 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
Okay, we all make mistakes. I still make them after 35 years. Not to make an excuse, but I will anyways: We now have to work faster and get pretty bad prints to work from these days. I feel like the prints I get are from some sort of trade school that does it for...
by Phil Kerner | Feb 19, 2013 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
As I began the painful shutdown of my own company in 2004, a few things were becoming abundantly clear to me, and still ring true to this day. For the most part, the days of "handshake agreements" are gone. The president of company "A" was making a fortune, and didn't...
by Phil Kerner | Feb 1, 2013 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room, Milling, Set-Ups
I've been stewing on this one for a long time. Back in my mold-making days, the last thing that you wanted to be called was a "hack." It was considered to be a very low life-form, and was reserved for the guys who possessed absolutely no finesse. The reality is that...
by Phil Kerner | Feb 1, 2013 | Life Lessons, Members Only: The Tool Room
One of the best ways to become an all-around asset to any company is to "move around" a few times in your career. You'll usually find that each place has its own way of doing things, and can walk away with quite an education if you pay attention. I've been lucky...
