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A new beginning

Well to update you just a little. We could not sell very many tools. I attempted to transfer the business to two younger fellows, my step son and man my stepson grew up with I worked and trained under me for many years. The friend also rents a space from me. I wanted to get them to run the business with me in the back ground. This did not work out. They just could not see eye to eye on operations. So now my son and I have relocated the business to a smaller suite. We have reduced our  activities to just a few client's we feel comfortable with and also only take on work that we feel fits a less  overwhelmed by paper work. We are working on a small kitchen. We have work lined up for a mouth, and leads that may take us into the coming fall. So we are busy, and it's just the two of us in a 2 thousand square foot suite.  we moved from a 3500 square foot space that we where in for many years. We are a little cramped but we are working on making productive. I like it, the space is much nicer with heating and cooling in the office area. Much more pleasant atmosphere.
More to come.....

A view of the lathe work area
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