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In the January/February 2010 edi-
Home Foundry Still Inspiring Nostalgia Unfortunately, we all agree with
torial (“A Gift From the Past”), you printed a nice article on the Home Foundry kit from the 1930s. You re- ally hit home with most of us who purchase and machine castings. And when I forwarded the article to some of the metalcasting facilities we use, it hit home with them, as well.
what you wrote 100%. God forbid we would sell a system like this today, where a slight risk of injury would teach responsibility and planning— where parents worked with children to teach them how to handle a hot plate and molten metal. Instead, they buy them a video game, send them to
another room, and nothing is learned, gained or shared. Even during some of the slowest
times these past years, we never laid off one employee. In fact, we hired a few. While we are not in the metalcast- ing business, we are the next step in the supply chain. And finding good employees who want to be part of manufacturing is hard to do. I recently talked to one of my
suppliers (one of the largest casting facilities in the U.S.). When I inquired about co-ops and apprenticeships, I was told of all the things they have done: the training they have put them through, competition they have sent them to, the universities where they were sent to learn metal working, the projects they were given to stir interest and inspire. Then I started thinking. I have been there many times and don’t remember seeing any of these guys. So I had to ask, “how many of your co-ops still work with your metalcasting facility today?” They said none. They keep having co-ops, yet not one has stayed with their company, and as best they know, none of them are in the metalcasting field today. Sad. Your article was great and in-
spired me to stay in this casting and machining business. It’s needed in this country. I could write for days what we go through to get good cast- ings, while our competitors just buy them from overseas. Last night, I received my own
Home Foundry. It took a while, but I found it right were you said it would be—EBay. My boss and the owner/ president of my company used the same one when he was a kid. He tells how, even back then, he figured the cost of metal and paint and de- termined the margin he would have. You can see why he owns his own company today.
MICHAEL L. CARBAUGH V.P. MANUFACTURING WALTHER EMC FRANKLIN, OHIO
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