My Uncle Eddie had a very successful tool and die shop back in the 40′s,50′s and 60′s. Their motto was “Precision is our practice, Production is the Result.” Hmm. What exactly does that mean? Because tool and die makers build molds, fixtures, and dies that pound out thousands of parts every day, it naturally follows
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It might surprise you to know that – despite all of the stuff I do online and my photography and video projects – I’ve worked full-time for one of Erie’s leading manufacturers for the last six years, Industrial Sales & Manufacturing. ISM is one of the “bright spots” in local manufacturing – meaning, well –
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Well…you just never WHO the Guy From Erie is going to run into! Today, Pennsylvania Governor Tom Corbett made his first “official” visit as Governor to Erie and came to see us at Industrial Sales & Manufacturing. Of course, he knew that missing out on an opportunity to meet the “real” Guy From Erie would
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As an astute observer of the world economy, I’ve never been shy about expressing my feelings about what the demise of our manufacturing base is going to cost us in the long run. I hate to sound “old” because I’m not…it’s just so hard for me to see an entire generation have to work at
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I knew that the Tool & Die trade was going downhill fast around the year 2000, because among other things, I stopped getting calls from kids looking to start an apprenticeship. The apprenticeship program was such a wonderful way for hundreds of years of knowledge and experience to be passed from one generation to the
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It took me a few weeks, but tonight I finally loaded up 300 pounds of old documents from my old businesses to take to the local “Shred-X” company on Monday… It’s kind of hard to look at the accumulation of 10 years of your business life, and let it go…old sales reports, cash-flow projections, and
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When I was an apprentice at the late great Anson Tools & Gages a thousand years ago – I seem to use the phrase “late great” way too much as we’ve lost so many manufacturers – I learned how to run huge milling machines called Hydro-Tels, which don’t even exist anymore… In a nutshell, Hydrotels
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Publisher’s note: I originally published this a week ago, but decided that it might be a bit harsh…after several positive comments on this post, I decided to take a deep breath and re-post it. Sorry – but it’s the truth! Enjoy. If you’ve nosed around this site for more than a few minutes, you’ll figure
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