Bruce
Hear hear! Which is why you look for race mechanics with fitter and turner
skills not mechanical 'engineering'.
regards
Jeremy
----- Original Message -----
From: Bruce Mansell <bruce@rapidmachinery.com>
To: <Malaboge@aol.com>; <fot@autox.team.net>; <shop-talk@autox.team.net>;
<vintage-race@autox.team.net>
Sent: Monday, March 13, 2000 6:42 AM
Subject: Re: Sign-o-the-times
> Hi from Australia Nick,
> My son and I run a machine shop which makes very specialised printing
> machinery. We have about 15 guys and you would be amazed that only the
ones
> over 45 years of age know anything about REAL engineering. Who's fault is
> this? I can tell you it's a real shame that we bring our kids up to
believe
> that unless they are academics or computer nuts who shuffle money, stocks
> and shares or something around on a screen for a living they have somehow
> failed. The kids of today do not know about making things from common
> materials like bits of balsa wood. They have to have it given to them as a
> kit made in bloody Taiwan or Korea and no original thought is needed to
> assemble it. My son is building a Singer Nine supercharged special using
all
> prewar or hand made parts, no MIG welding for him, all gas or stick or
> rivets just like the good old days. My 18 month old grandson is helping
and
> is showing signs of being a car nut already so we may at least have one
> craftsman available in the 2020's. A mechanic these days would not know
how
> to rebuild a part, all he is taught to do is go to the parts shop and buy
a
> replacement to "plug in". Sorry I can't help with a heat treater!
> Sorry you touched a nerve,
> Bruce Mansell, Brabham BT21, Lotus 22,
>
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