[–] Iamthelightning 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Thanks for the insight. That worries me.
[–] Derpfroot 0 points 4 points 4 points (+4|-0) ago (edited ago)
I still vividly remember the commercial where a couple was packing their stuff to move and their kid asked why. They said it was because no one buys anything Made In America anymore so his job was sent overseas so he was laid off and they couldn't afford the house anymore. I didn't realize at the time how sad that actually is.
[–] HndrxMn 0 points 5 points 5 points (+5|-0) ago
This has concerned me for a long time and it's nice to hear someone else talk about it. I've only experienced this from an electronics point of view but I hear the same from folks I know in other industries. There is a reason why NOS American made vacuum tubes are in such high demand and it's not because this or that sounds better; it's because they were made better. I think most folks are aware of it but can't see the enormity and long lasting impacts of completely outsourcing your parts supply and labor force. Preaching to the choir I suppose, what with the "journalists" and needing to learn to code (please God don't).
[–] AmaleksHairyAss 0 points 11 points 11 points (+11|-0) ago
Paragraph breaks, brah
[–] AmaleksHairyAss 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago
Oh it was, it was. But he needs to put some paragraph breaks in it to avoid me hunting him down wherever and whomever he may be, dragging him outside, and CURBSTOMPING HIS HEAD INTO A FINE PASTE
[–] crazy_eyes ago
its not production of the screws. its mass production of them. And its not the knowledge to make them its the equipment
[–] Meme_Factory_1776 0 points 2 points 2 points (+2|-0) ago (edited ago)
Right on crazy eyes!! Seen this in other machining shops. The goal was not to reduce the smarts it was to reduce the machinery. The machines were scraped and the countries that do this now got new 'different' 'low qaulity (in comparison)' machines.
It's been a long time since I worked in a machine shop but it's just nuts to think of all small shops and large shops that 'disappeared'.
No shops = no classes = lost art.