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- Feb 18, 2013
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I was trained in 1970 and spent nine months standing in in front of a metal bench with a hacksaw and file and a metal vice for making test pieces, learning how to file metal to a fine art and what is known as draw filing was not allowed! It taught me discipline and to take my time to try and get it right first time!
It stood me in good stead, later, when I joined the air force there was some more basic training for a couple of weeks using a file and a hacksaw again. I took my eye of the ball when measuring a test piece we had 30 hours to make. Complacency had kicked in, I had about 5 hours left of my allocated time and cut the piece short, so I had to start again. All the lads laughed co's they knew my history and suspected I'd blown it!
My Dockyard training helped starting afresh I finished the job just in time and still got a 98% score for my work! I had the last laugh. All thanks to my trainer in the Dockyard a Mr Urry who I gues will have passed on to greater heights now! Boy was he tough! His favourite line to us young ones was "I'm a bastard! and I've got the papars to prove it!@ we all thought it must be true! He was hard but fair! He was my mentor and will always have my respect!
I hope you like this bit of my history.
kind regards colin
It stood me in good stead, later, when I joined the air force there was some more basic training for a couple of weeks using a file and a hacksaw again. I took my eye of the ball when measuring a test piece we had 30 hours to make. Complacency had kicked in, I had about 5 hours left of my allocated time and cut the piece short, so I had to start again. All the lads laughed co's they knew my history and suspected I'd blown it!
My Dockyard training helped starting afresh I finished the job just in time and still got a 98% score for my work! I had the last laugh. All thanks to my trainer in the Dockyard a Mr Urry who I gues will have passed on to greater heights now! Boy was he tough! His favourite line to us young ones was "I'm a bastard! and I've got the papars to prove it!@ we all thought it must be true! He was hard but fair! He was my mentor and will always have my respect!
I hope you like this bit of my history.
kind regards colin