I was in her Pattern Shop 1957 to 1960.
Keeping skills alive I learned in Class A Patternmakers school and three years on the Vulcan I have retired as a carpenter/cabinet maker and now make furniture and musical instruments.
I tried teaching Industrial
Read more…Dec 28 was my final day of work in 2009. The next day we left for Florida for over three months. Came home for two weeks and flew back down and bought a place. So as long as health doesn't impair us, we will spend winter in Florida. What was most sur
Read more…After 45 years of PatternMaking in industrial shops, but mostly job shops. I am counting my last 19 working days to close my box for the final time (well for pay anyway). It all started with training at the old Des Base in San Diego PM A School in th
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