Awesome little tool shop in TX.

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Reply:Thats what its all about. Thanks for the link
Reply:It's sad that shops like that are going away though..www.thefusionsolution.com
Reply:Thanks for that link. Bob Phillips has had an amazing career out of telling great stories around Texas like this one. I'm bookmarking that video so I can show it to anyone who questions my sanity for fixing up the old stuff.PapaLincoln Idealarc 250 (circa 1962)Lincoln Weldpak 155 w/Mig KitLincoln Squarewave TIG 175
Reply:Great video!  Thanks for posting it.  I grew up in W. Texas and saw many old shops like that.  Really nostalgic
Reply:Very cool video! Gotta love small family owned and operated shops like this!
Reply:Outstanding story!  Thanks for posting the link!Hey Zapster:  Looks like your kind of place!- MondoMember, AWSLincoln ProMIG 140Lincoln AC TombstoneCraftsman Lathe 12 x 24 c1935Atlas MFC Horizontal MillCraftsman Commercial Lathe 12 x 36 c1970- - - I'll just keep on keepin' on.
Reply:I doubt I could run a single machine in that place. Very cool story. I'd love to work with my dad and G-dad. Thanks for sharing.
Reply:Very cool!
Reply:Awesome vid, thanks! I just wonder, is it the "no overhead" that lets them survive? I mean, I can't imagine they could charge enough to feed three families. Well, you know what I mean..."Where's Stick man????????" - 7A749"SHHHHHH!! I sent him over to snag that MIC-4 while tbone wasn't looking!" - duaneb55"I have bought a few of Tbone's things unlike Stick-Man who helps himself" - TozziWelding"Stick-man"
Reply:Great vid!Thermal Arc 210 FabricatorHypertherm PM 45and lots of other tools the wife doesn't know about
Reply:Texas,  I love this place.
Reply:Great piece of history...hopefully they will be around for another 100 years...
Reply:Nice to see the respect they have for each other.When I was a kid there was a machine shop in town, it had a "Jack Shaft" the full length of the building. Everything was driven off it by belts like in the video.These are some pics of a 50 ton, mechanical press that came out of that shop. I plan to clean it up and paint it for the museum. Attached ImagesLeo
Reply:It still works, when I need to press something I go to my brothers, his is hydraulicThis was made for real men.Leo
Reply:Amazing video. Very cool story.72 Chevy Cummins Project94 3500HD Welding Rig build Sold NOV 2011
Reply:Great Video !
Reply:Thanks for posting that speedfreak87.  There are still places like that around, just few and far between.TxDoc's Photos Lincoln SP175 PlusLincoln Power Mig 256Lincoln 250 LX Spool Gun Lincoln Precision Tig 225 Hypertherm 600 KMG 2x72 Belt GrinderBaldor 812RE Grinder
Reply:Originally Posted by texastrendzTexas,  I love this place.
Reply:Great shop.  Texans are a special bunch of people and they are all great.  "G"ConductorX - The Volkswright Shophttp://volkswright.blogspot.com/http://bugwerks.blogspot.com/Miller DVI w/Spoolgun - Miller Plasma Cutter
Reply:Define special.. lol! I have a couple of friends down there, and my partner at work is from TX.  First question when I met him.. WHY DID YOU MOVE TO NJ!?!?!  lol!www.thefusionsolution.com
Reply:I would love to find a stool in. Corner of that shop and just quietly take up residency and watch....I love those old machines....matter of fact when it warms up I may hop on the old Harley and take a ride to Abilene take a look around if they will let me
Reply:I'm standing in a machine shop in Texas right now lol I would love to work at that old shop instead of all these computer driven soulless beasts I'm around ....any time I get to work on any large or mill that is older than me I have a happy little smile on my face
Reply:Very cool, thanks for sharing that! Seems similar to zaps operation.I hate being bi-polar it's awsomeMy Heroes Have Always Been Cowboys
Reply:Thanks that was wonderfulOriginally Posted by texasrednekI would love to find a stool in. Corner of that shop and just quietly take up residency and watch....I love those old machines....matter of fact when it warms up I may hop on the old Harley and take a ride to Abilene take a look around if they will let me
Reply:GREAT VIDEO kind of reminds me of my father's shop which he got from his father. There are still those shops out there but they are few and far between. My father also drew up designs on the dirt floor! But I have moved up to pencil and paper (and once in a while that new fangled computer).Heck look at some of my posts!!!! Took me forever just to figure out digital cameras.Co-Own CNC shop:Miller :1251 plasma cutter, MaxStar 700 TIG/Stick, & XMT 456 Multiprocess Welder.&  2 Hypertherm HPR260's Plasma CutterSorry I had a bad stroke but now I am back.
Reply:Dirt floors make sweeping up at the end of the day a breeze.....just turn the lights out and go home lol ....I wonder if they poured concrete under the machines those lathes and other machines would get way out of level by lunch time
Reply:Let me know how many stool's are open, may just do the same.
Reply:Who'da thunk it, Carpenters doing metal work. Shouldn't they be building houses out of lumber instead? Great little video there, need more guys like them around.
Reply:Thanks for posting the video - will show it to my boys when I get home Dave J.Dave J.Beware of false knowledge; it is more dangerous than ignorance. ~George Bernard Shaw~ Syncro 350Invertec v250-sThermal Arc 161 and 300MM210DialarcTried being normal once, didn't take....I think it was a Tuesday.
Reply:Originally Posted by Stick-manAwesome vid, thanks! I just wonder, is it the "no overhead" that lets them survive? I mean, I can't imagine they could charge enough to feed three families. Well, you know what I mean...