Did they replace those retired guys, jimmy? Are there still a dozen of them working there, fixing machinery? Funny, in my trade, and the trades associated with mine, nobody can find replacements. We’ve been advertising for two years for a qualified Journeyman where I work.
They don’t exist anymore.
How would those guys have handled the ribs getting loose after the concentrated heat from brazing that lug loosened them from the tubes? Could they silver solder ribs back on, or, braze them back on, if that is how they were built? Could they clean up the braze from the engraving or lettering on the tubes, after they knocked out reattaching the lug and the ribs? How were their polishing skills? Were they aware that different grades of guns got different degrees of polish, and that, ultimately, a craftsman’s goal is a finished repair that can’t be told from original? How were their engraving touch up skills? How well could they rust and/or hot blue?
How much engraving and bluing did those guys do on your lawnmower repair? Do tell.
Maybe you could get Steve, who posts here as SKB, to explain to you why he already made it clear that he wouldn’t touch that job.
Best,
Ted
