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In 1960 almost every town had a watchmaker, and he was the person who kept the most precise machine most households owned in working order.
He stripped watches…
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An apprenticeship in the machine trades in 1965 was a four-year indenture at deliberately low pay, served in a shop where the training was informal, the guarding was…
One fire, one anvil, and everything metal for a mile. Here are twelve.
1. The Fire Was Not Hot Because It Was Big
A forge fire is small and concentrated,…