Quote Originally Posted by Toolmaker51 View Post
mwmkravchenko, An aside to your history reminds me of a similar situation, yet poorly done continuation of the family business.
1 example. Weldment is not a three syllable word. Yet 3 generations still try forcing "weld-e-ment" it into the English language. Just cause it'll google does not make it legit.
Same location, where "we always did it this way" is the by-word. No horizontal surfaces are clear for staging short run jobs, filled with baby boys scattered tools. But the walls and most vertical surfaces are covered with the most uniform grime imaginable.

In Canada real apprenticeships stopped in 1979. The ones that taught you safety and tool care, maintenance and the real side of thinking. What I get to see in many places now is a thin veneer of workmanship and an awful lot of wannabees that pass work out to people who have never seen anything better.

Just means the few with experience have to keep the bar high enough to keep working at the best stuff.