When I was an apprentice the guys in the machine shop told me that back in the early days of WW2 they were so desperate for workers that they shopped out small parts to retired guys with home workshops. Then they asked the outworkers if they needed anything to help them work more efficiently.
Requests for tungsten carbide tools were the usual but there was one guy who wrote in to say that as he was getting on in age his legs weren't as strong as they used to be so could he have an electric motor for his lathe?
Requests for tungsten carbide tools were the usual but there was one guy who wrote in to say that as he was getting on in age his legs weren't as strong as they used to be so could he have an electric motor for his lathe?