This country needs to hear more of this! l had a high school shop teacher that presented the trades in a very similar way and the knowledge he gave me has helped me create a damn good life for myself and my family. Now I own my own shop and I am able to provide that same quality of life to my employees and their families. The trades are truly a gateway to unlimited opportunities.
From one T&D maker to another that was very eloquently said. I graduated my apprenticeship in 1994 and have never had a hard time finding a job since. I started as a press operator then moved to die setter and was offered a position in the training program solely because I hustled..effort catches peoples eye. I’ve held a journeymens card in the aerospace field for better than 30 years now and don’t regret it one bit. I’d love to hear more about your work history and what sector of the trade you were in.
You got a fan here all the way over here in North Wales in the United Kingdom. Just want you to to know people from all over the world really appreciate you. Take care Sir, And keep up the good work.
Here in KY, if we break a plow or a part on our machinery we have to drive around 85 miles one way to a machine shop,, our machine shop went out of business about 7 years ago and it is miserable without one in the community,, as I said earlier stay safe and may God continue blessing you
Really struck home to hear that you also are a Tool and Die Maker. Basically the same age and always happy to see you fitting in nicely with the younger generation. Analog has it's place. Did a 5 year apprentiseship in NZ and never looked back for job opportunities. Worked in trade with BMC (car manufacturer)Australia, American oil field building workshops Algeria, Amazon and Oman. DC10 wings in Canada and now 40 years building a Race car parts shop in Japan plus polishing customers cars . Stay healthy Sam.
I sent all of my children to technical schools. My son and daughter took machine tool. My son is in an apprentice program where he works and it is 5000 hrs. Thanks for the video Sam.
I know several 1 or 2-person commercial machine shops who would love to have your home operation, you have some mighty fine machinery there. Thank you for doing these insights into your past and you take it easy please mate, the world needs people like you.
Mr Sam you are so lucky to be hanging with Cleetus I am 63 and a MACHINIST for life I started in my dad's shop making aircraft parts at 16 Dad owned a TOP FUEL BOAT and I spent lots of time making parts for it. Best time of my life I would love to hang with you guys and make Hot Rod parts, you are a lucky man and I'm just happy for you, what a great deal I'm sure that's what's keeping you young
Retired Toolmaker here, 35 years in the trade AFTER tech school and apprenticeship. I specialized in plastic injection and die cast tooling though I also worked in the aircraft and medical tooling sides of it. You're dead on about it being a noble trade, it allowed me to take care of my family and raise my kids. You are also correct on the opportunities that are then presented to you, I learned the CNC and computer modeling side also. In a downturn and layed off, I landed a job as a tooling cost estimator for Boeing here in STL, first and only desk job I ever had. It's a very rewarding, yet also humbling career.
I used to live near a Giddings and Lewis machine tool facility. Our national defense industry is supported my these machine tooling companies as is our aeronautical industries. Good on you Mr. Sam for participating in and supporting the trades professions.
Mr Sam I'm hope a lot young people will watch your short messages and jump at what information you talk about I'm a old guy you got me fired up my blood started pumping thanks for a life lesson Mr Sam
Thank you for sharing. My grandfather was a Tool and Die maker. Definitely one of the coolest people I knew as a little kid. Watching him work in his garage machine shop taught me so much. I wish I learned even more before he passed. He used to drift the old family Ford Falcon on the freeway cloverleafs. Very fond memories. He had everyone's respect. Just like you, he could connect to the youth. Glad to see you enjoy your retirement.
I am a retired Toolmaker, and everything he said is true. I worked directly with mechanical engineers in Semiconductor tool manufacturing, never a dull moment.
Listen to the man! I am a machinist. For right at 30yrs now. Job shops my first decade. Great experience. Manual and CNC machines. Last two decades in aerospace. Got to see and do some cool things such as R&D work for the Navy. Currently I am the guy who machines your rotating jet engine parts for your most common commercial jets. Plus made parts for the world's largest jet engine. Sam is right, you never know where a machinist career will take you. Any young bucks out there should take a look at additive machining aka 3D.
Thanks for sharing Sam! I spent 3 years during high school working in a tool and die shop and my high school paid for me to take all the apprentice classes at our community college. When I graduated high school, tool and die was in a slump so I decided to go to college for automotive engineering. I ended up dropping out of that after two years and pursued other careers. However, running manual lathes, mills, surface grinders for years has given me a tremendous critical thinking ability. Reading a blue print and thinking about all the steps, and sequence of them, required to machine and fit high precision tooling together is like none other. While CNC machines have taken some of the old school techniques and skills away from parts of the industry, I would still recommend it to anyone that is looking for a good paid apprenticeship job versus blowing money on a random college degree. Love these short stories Sam. Keep em coming!
Sam, I admired you on Cletus’s channel, but I really wasn’t sure why until I saw this video. I started off my life as an apprentice mold maker. Worked my way up through management ultimately as a tooling engineering manager for extremely large tech company where I just retired this week. 42 years in the industry was real good to me. We need more people like you to come forward and tell your story so we can encourage the next generation to take our path.
Sam much respect from another Machinist-welder. Been at it 45 years and not interested in retirement. Keep Cleetus and the gang in line down there! Please do a walk around tour of your shop and machines. Subscribed
Thanks for that. I took machine shop and welding in my senior year HS electives, where all my other college-bound peers were taking AP and college-prep courses. This was '79-81, and our HS had an incredible Voc-Ed program - sadly went away, as they all did. I went on to GA Tech, got my ME degree, but always had a leg up because I had that indefinable "mechanical feel". I'm getting closer to retirement now after a varied engineering career, where I resisted to inevitable steps up to management - I was useful and made money for my employers, so was able to carve out an innovation niche for myself. I'll be getting my twenty-seventh US Patent plaque for my patent wall in my workshop next week, with a couple more applications circulating through. If you go to any Target store in the US, I have two patents on and designed every part in the 2x2 and 2x4 LED fixtures in the ceilings - and you can imagine how many we built for every fixture in every Target. Similarly, you can go into most Wal-Marts (more all the time) and see the suspended black grid over various sections of the store, carrying spotlights to emphasize items for sale (and it measurably improves sales). That's all my design as well - and there are more Wal-marts than Targets. Before the touchless paper-towel revolution, all the Zaxby's had my patented towel dispenser behind the counter, as well as many other places. Anyway - the point I want to agree with and also push hard - it's freakin' satisfying to MAKE stuff - whether it's from the design end or the manufacturing end. The US needs to get back to that - we seem to have lost our way. Seriously
If the people who just listened to this take this information and use it they will. Become a Craftsmen. Become a great provider for themselves and their families. Have all of those opportunities you mentioned. Become an asset to their country. Strive for perfection get as close to it as you can. My dad told me be the best you can at what you do. He what I'm telling you is don't be a half ass at anything you do, give it all you've got. If you're not going to do it right, leave it alone. He had a lot of this kind of talk. I did listen and I have done better than I ever thought I would. I'm not the best at anything but I give it all I've got every time. This video is a great one. I hope it reaches out to many.
Good advice. When i was 19 i got a job in a machine shop. I started on the drill press with no experience but a good mechanical aptitude and worked my way up to radial arm drill, then machinist on bridgeports and vertical and horizontal mills of all sizes. Followed that with learning 4 axis CNC operator, then programmer (G code) for 8-10 machines . Promoted to CAD/ CAM 3D modeling and toolpath creation for making composite patterns on a CNC router for spot weld-gun sand castings . All training was provided by the company. That was only 5 years time.. After that in another 5 years I went from CAD design full time at another company and then into IT/ network management/computer repair when the IT manager saw my skills/work ethic. I wanted to learn NEW things constantly which kept me interested. ALL that experience gained in 10 years because i had a sincere desire to learn and apply myself. Employers reward that! I never had any formal training except what was provided by the 2 employers. I got out of the trade when the company (automotive tooling supplier) decided to close in 2003. I worked as a handyman for 6 months and then started my own residential remodeling business which allowed me to work less hours for more money and set my own schedule. I do miss the CAD/ CAM stuff sometimes but I dont miss the 50-72 hour work weeks.
As a machinist of almost 30 yrs I know that tool and die is the best of the best, although I've never gotten into the tool and die side of the trade I know what it takes to do it, I truly respect a real tool and die maker! Good manual machinists are hard to find these days, whenever our company looses someone we have a hard time finding someone with the machinists skills to replace them. Thanks for sharing yet another great story
Sam I wish I would have known you were a tool and die guy when I was taking you and the guys back to the track for sick week. Before supervision I was a tool and die guy for twenty plus years. We could have talked about all the cool stuff we got to work on. Many stories on that. Really Loved Tool and Die!
Great story brother glad I got a chance to hear it wanna hear a lot more I never got a chance to ask my relatives about back in the day they left before I could so it’s nice to hear your stories about how life was thank you Sam you are an inspiring man and I’m proud to call you a friend
Sam I went to trade school for machinist in tool and die trade. Worked on manual machines and largest was a Lucus Boring Mill. Milled a boaster plate flat for a press which weighed 9 1/2 tons. The more I know of yourself the more we have in common. Keep the cutter flying those chips Sam!
Pretty cool Sam, I never thought about that trade as a kid. I bet it helped you invent some of your equipment at that business you sold to the people with no experience.
My Dad was a machinist in the Navy, it led to all kinds of things for him after he got out. I ended up in Water and Sewer taking the road less travelled and did fantastic so far for almost 30 years. Find the thing that others either cant or wont do and be the best at it, and you will never look for work it will find you.
Thank you for sharing. My father was a machinist then a tool maker at the former Torrington Co. He worked in the Screw Machine dept. It is an amazing trade.
I'd love to learn more on this stuff. I just picked up a small lathe to start doing things on my own, and i'm sure there are a LOT of little tricks to know! Keep the awesome content coming, Sam! We all love hearing these types of stories.
I started my apprenticeship at 18 in 1970, 4 year 8,000 hours, which has supplemented my racing experience as a builder. Too bad the trades are almost gone because people think they need a college education which is what an apprenticeship is. Thanks for sharing Sam❤❤
My dad and my grandpa and my uncles all were in tool and die trade. They actually work for Ray Lipper, who is centerline wheels before he got big into racing wheels.
Awesome video! Thank you! I appreciate that as you said, “all you have to do is apply yourself!” Dedication and applying yourself to whatever you decide is vitally important! You made yourself a success in a variety of careers by your dedication and application of yourself to the profession you were engaged at in any given time. You are an awesome example of what being a success is! Thank you!
My Godfather was taught tool and die by his father (my great grandpa). His boys are now retiring and they are closing up shop so they can fly their planes more. The younger brother's grand daughter is pilot on most of the flights now. Thanks for sharing the stories Mr. Sam !❤🔥
I worked as a machinist for 6 years, then tool and die for 2. The issue with it in this part of the country is there are so many older men and not many available good paying job. I went back to maintenance for the money. But i agree with u, the trades are only going to go up in pay.
Holly hell the sir doc Sam has his own channel I'll be sharing with all my man in Australia one favour burn out in the supra lol luv you mate I'm a fan
I am a retired Tool and die maker as well. I studied/worked the National Machining and Tooling Association curriculum. I never wanted for a job, I was offered many jobs while on the job by other shops. Learned to operate EVERY piece of machinery expertly and have made countless dies, Tooling, parts in space, oilfields, medical, you name it. I agree with your assessment completely sir. A very rewarding career, and a stepping stone to your own shop if you desire to be your own boss. I can't stand the computer driven aspects of todays shops as they don't educate the folks on the very basic things that being a MACHINIST require, just pushing buttons sure doesn't make a machinist, it makes robots with very limited skills. If you ask a button pusher to manually make their parts your sure to induce severe anxiety in the poor souls. We must go to conventional Machining skills if we hope to compete with other countries manufacturing capabilities. The CNC have their place in the manufacturing world, BUT the fundamentals must be mastered first. Just my opinion from 60 years experience. You know that most folks have absolutely no idea how much of everyday life is made possible by the tool and die makers that provide the foundation for stamping, forming, molding, really everything. I miss the smell of the shop, the satisfaction of doing your trade expertly and providing for the country.
I started in the tool and die trade when I was 16. Retired now. Every shop I worked in, I was the youngest person. No one was coming to this trade behind me. Alot of people made more money doing easier, less demanding work for sure. Florida doesn't pay that great. I still have a shop just like yours at my house. All the shops I worked at are gone now.
MR SAM IS A MACHINIST?!??! This is awesome! I knew I liked you for a reason haha! Tool and Die machinists (journeymen) are tough to find. If you're a person who like to be challenged and make cool things, I would definitely suggest looking into it.
If Mr Sam was digging ditches or shoveling crap, at the end of the day, his shovel would be sharp and shiny. He just puts a shine on everything. That'll always be popular.
I took to tooling cast aluminum hot tub molds taught me a great deal wish I would have had more guidance and not so much trial and error the management was very lacking in any QC or investment in improvement
These days if you’ll just show up on time, clean, and ready to listen, learn, and work you are ahead of 75% of your competition. They will tell you what they expect.
we called it tooling and fooling, me journeyman machinist = 2 years high school training + 2 years a a vocational school + 4years apprenticeship total of 8 years , (should have been a dentist)????/others in manufacturing looked at journeyman machinist like we are a piece of crap....im proud to be a machinist , i could do things with my hands and brains that would out shine a NC / CNC in the day ..... one trick was chamfer edge on a lathe = engage the cross slide and the saddle at the same time perfect 45* ( make sure you remove the slack) better than a plunge tool , no chatter...........THANKS SAM HAVE FUN
This is how things used to be. We haven't trained skilled people for manufacturing since the 20th century. We now make super expensive laser measured floor mats, but don't make cars anymore we just assemble
I am a retarded (retired) Aviation Maintenance Technician after 42+ years, plus building hotrods/engines since I was 14. It pains me to see young folks not able to build a Home Depot block retaining wall in their front yard.😢 They never even played with simple Lego's. (Folks, buy your kids a big box of plain Jane Lego blocks at age 4 so they learn-with guidance- how to stagger blocks to increase the strength of a simple wall.). Smart hard working aviation mechanics/machinists can make GREAT income and it is actually very rewarding on a personal basis. Watching a $300+ million dollar jet take off and fly 15+ HOURS half way across the world with nearly 500 men/women/children/dogs/cats and even prize horses, and live to wake up another day is an AMAZING feat and warms your soul. (at least for me, it did.👍). Sitting behind a computer screen might be decent job, but looking up in the air and seeing an airplane flying tens of thousands of miles non stop makes me smile. Just like watching some one run 130-200 mph down the track in a car that you helped build, and safely go home at the end of the race👍👍. Or just simply stepping back and looking at something YOU made with your own hands. Even simply polishing a turd into a beautiful turd is worth the effort. There is way too many NASTY turds in our lives.🥴. Get to it everyone!😊 GREAT VID!
Not to mention, that once you do get hired onto a company that is legit, and you learn the trade a little more inside and out, the possibility of branching out and doing your own company in the space, is out there, and is just a great opportunity for a life long career of being able to work and play all day!
Thank you so much Sam for sharing your life with us,, I was wondering did you ever have any military service,, stay safe with those idiots you work around haha😂❤
Hi Sam….. I don’t mean to upset you … if anything I would know what I mean… I don’t have any living older relatives…… I wish you were my Grandma… I do wish you the very best..
such a noble career and you hang out with Cletus.... i mean yeah, he has shitgobs of cash but the D-bag factor combined with his ridiculous entourage makes him the least watchable personality on youtube, he only plays sports where the guy with the money wins... i think he should start competing against budweiser so he can get a feel for reality
I stop and wonder how many lives of young people YOU just changed with this short clip.. Thank you sir.
This country needs to hear more of this! l had a high school shop teacher that presented the trades in a very similar way and the knowledge he gave me has helped me create a damn good life for myself and my family. Now I own my own shop and I am able to provide that same quality of life to my employees and their families. The trades are truly a gateway to unlimited opportunities.
From one T&D maker to another that was very eloquently said. I graduated my apprenticeship in 1994 and have never had a hard time finding a job since. I started as a press operator then moved to die setter and was offered a position in the training program solely because I hustled..effort catches peoples eye. I’ve held a journeymens card in the aerospace field for better than 30 years now and don’t regret it one bit. I’d love to hear more about your work history and what sector of the trade you were in.
You got a fan here all the way over here in North Wales in the United Kingdom. Just want you to to know people from all over the world really appreciate you.
Take care Sir,
And keep up the good work.
Sam is the most universally loved man on RUclips. Hands down
Here in KY, if we break a plow or a part on our machinery we have to drive around 85 miles one way to a machine shop,, our machine shop went out of business about 7 years ago and it is miserable without one in the community,, as I said earlier stay safe and may God continue blessing you
Sam, you are a true inspiration. I’m so glad you got the opportunity to hook up with the team your a large part of today.🇺🇸🇺🇸👍
Really struck home to hear that you also are a Tool and Die Maker. Basically the same age and always happy to see you fitting in nicely with the younger generation. Analog has it's place. Did a 5 year apprentiseship in NZ and never looked back for job opportunities. Worked in trade with BMC (car manufacturer)Australia, American oil field building workshops Algeria, Amazon and Oman. DC10 wings in Canada and now 40 years building a Race car parts shop in Japan plus polishing customers cars . Stay healthy Sam.
I sent all of my children to technical schools. My son and daughter took machine tool. My son is in an apprentice program where he works and it is 5000 hrs. Thanks for the video Sam.
Thank you for this video Mr Sam, my dad was a tool and die maker for 40 years, raised 8 good kids and lead a very fulfilling life.
I know several 1 or 2-person commercial machine shops who would love to have your home operation, you have some mighty fine machinery there. Thank you for doing these insights into your past and you take it easy please mate, the world needs people like you.
As some that owns a modern CNC machine, I can't say how badly we need people to bring attention to the opportunities in modern manufacturing.
Mr Sam you are so lucky to be hanging with Cleetus I am 63 and a MACHINIST for life I started in my dad's shop making aircraft parts at 16 Dad owned a TOP FUEL BOAT and I spent lots of time making parts for it. Best time of my life I would love to hang with you guys and make Hot Rod parts, you are a lucky man and I'm just happy for you, what a great deal I'm sure that's what's keeping you young
Retired Toolmaker here, 35 years in the trade AFTER tech school and apprenticeship. I specialized in plastic injection and die cast tooling though I also worked in the aircraft and medical tooling sides of it. You're dead on about it being a noble trade, it allowed me to take care of my family and raise my kids. You are also correct on the opportunities that are then presented to you, I learned the CNC and computer modeling side also. In a downturn and layed off, I landed a job as a tooling cost estimator for Boeing here in STL, first and only desk job I ever had. It's a very rewarding, yet also humbling career.
I used to live near a Giddings and Lewis machine tool facility. Our national defense industry is supported my these machine tooling companies as is our aeronautical industries.
Good on you Mr. Sam for participating in and supporting the trades professions.
Mr Sam I'm hope a lot young people will watch your short messages and jump at what information you talk about I'm a old guy you got me fired up my blood started pumping thanks for a life lesson Mr Sam
Thank you for sharing. My grandfather was a Tool and Die maker. Definitely one of the coolest people I knew as a little kid. Watching him work in his garage machine shop taught me so much. I wish I learned even more before he passed. He used to drift the old family Ford Falcon on the freeway cloverleafs. Very fond memories. He had everyone's respect. Just like you, he could connect to the youth. Glad to see you enjoy your retirement.
I am a retired Toolmaker, and everything he said is true. I worked directly with mechanical engineers in Semiconductor tool manufacturing, never a dull moment.
Listen to the man! I am a machinist. For right at 30yrs now. Job shops my first decade. Great experience. Manual and CNC machines. Last two decades in aerospace. Got to see and do some cool things such as R&D work for the Navy. Currently I am the guy who machines your rotating jet engine parts for your most common commercial jets. Plus made parts for the world's largest jet engine. Sam is right, you never know where a machinist career will take you. Any young bucks out there should take a look at additive machining aka 3D.
Thanks for sharing Sam! I spent 3 years during high school working in a tool and die shop and my high school paid for me to take all the apprentice classes at our community college. When I graduated high school, tool and die was in a slump so I decided to go to college for automotive engineering. I ended up dropping out of that after two years and pursued other careers. However, running manual lathes, mills, surface grinders for years has given me a tremendous critical thinking ability. Reading a blue print and thinking about all the steps, and sequence of them, required to machine and fit high precision tooling together is like none other. While CNC machines have taken some of the old school techniques and skills away from parts of the industry, I would still recommend it to anyone that is looking for a good paid apprenticeship job versus blowing money on a random college degree. Love these short stories Sam. Keep em coming!
I could listen and learn from Mr Sam all day.
Sam, I admired you on Cletus’s channel, but I really wasn’t sure why until I saw this video. I started off my life as an apprentice mold maker. Worked my way up through management ultimately as a tooling engineering manager for extremely large tech company where I just retired this week. 42 years in the industry was real good to me. We need more people like you to come forward and tell your story so we can encourage the next generation to take our path.
Thank you for sharing moments with us and impart some of your wisdom you’ve accrued over your lifetime! You’re the man Mr. Sam!!
Sam much respect from another Machinist-welder. Been at it 45 years and not interested in retirement. Keep Cleetus and the gang in line down there! Please do a walk around tour of your shop and machines. Subscribed
Thanks for that.
I took machine shop and welding in my senior year HS electives, where all my other college-bound peers were taking AP and college-prep courses. This was '79-81, and our HS had an incredible Voc-Ed program - sadly went away, as they all did. I went on to GA Tech, got my ME degree, but always had a leg up because I had that indefinable "mechanical feel". I'm getting closer to retirement now after a varied engineering career, where I resisted to inevitable steps up to management - I was useful and made money for my employers, so was able to carve out an innovation niche for myself.
I'll be getting my twenty-seventh US Patent plaque for my patent wall in my workshop next week, with a couple more applications circulating through. If you go to any Target store in the US, I have two patents on and designed every part in the 2x2 and 2x4 LED fixtures in the ceilings - and you can imagine how many we built for every fixture in every Target. Similarly, you can go into most Wal-Marts (more all the time) and see the suspended black grid over various sections of the store, carrying spotlights to emphasize items for sale (and it measurably improves sales). That's all my design as well - and there are more Wal-marts than Targets.
Before the touchless paper-towel revolution, all the Zaxby's had my patented towel dispenser behind the counter, as well as many other places.
Anyway - the point I want to agree with and also push hard - it's freakin' satisfying to MAKE stuff - whether it's from the design end or the manufacturing end.
The US needs to get back to that - we seem to have lost our way.
Seriously
very interesting Sam thanks for sharing!
If the people who just listened to this take this information and use it they will.
Become a Craftsmen.
Become a great provider for themselves and their families.
Have all of those opportunities you mentioned.
Become an asset to their country.
Strive for perfection get as close to it as you can.
My dad told me be the best you can at what you do.
He what I'm telling you is don't be a half ass at anything you do, give it all you've got.
If you're not going to do it right, leave it alone.
He had a lot of this kind of talk.
I did listen and I have done better than I ever thought I would.
I'm not the best at anything but I give it all I've got every time.
This video is a great one.
I hope it reaches out to many.
Thanks for sharing
EXCELLENT advice & perspective right here young people!!
Thanks for the words of encouragement Uncle Sam!
Good advice. When i was 19 i got a job in a machine shop. I started on the drill press with no experience but a good mechanical aptitude and worked my way up to radial arm drill, then machinist on bridgeports and vertical and horizontal mills of all sizes. Followed that with learning 4 axis CNC operator, then programmer (G code) for 8-10 machines . Promoted to CAD/ CAM 3D modeling and toolpath creation for making composite patterns on a CNC router for spot weld-gun sand castings . All training was provided by the company. That was only 5 years time..
After that in another 5 years I went from CAD design full time at another company and then into IT/ network management/computer repair when the IT manager saw my skills/work ethic. I wanted to learn NEW things constantly which kept me interested. ALL that experience gained in 10 years because i had a sincere desire to learn and apply myself. Employers reward that! I never had any formal training except what was provided by the 2 employers.
I got out of the trade when the company (automotive tooling supplier) decided to close in 2003. I worked as a handyman for 6 months and then started my own residential remodeling business which allowed me to work less hours for more money and set my own schedule. I do miss the CAD/ CAM stuff sometimes but I dont miss the 50-72 hour work weeks.
Sound advice from a true craftsman!
As a machinist of almost 30 yrs I know that tool and die is the best of the best, although I've never gotten into the tool and die side of the trade I know what it takes to do it, I truly respect a real tool and die maker! Good manual machinists are hard to find these days, whenever our company looses someone we have a hard time finding someone with the machinists skills to replace them. Thanks for sharing yet another great story
Sam I wish I would have known you were a tool and die guy when I was taking you and the guys back to the track for sick week. Before supervision I was a tool and die guy for twenty plus years. We could have talked about all the cool stuff we got to work on. Many stories on that. Really Loved Tool and Die!
Sam is the most universally loved man on RUclips, hands down
I love your positive outlook on life Mr Sam your are truly a gem for the world
You’re the man Mr. Sam! I love to listen to your stories, your experiences, your expertise, and your outlook and advice on life.
Very well put Sir.
Great story brother glad I got a chance to hear it wanna hear a lot more I never got a chance to ask my relatives about back in the day they left before I could so it’s nice to hear your stories about how life was thank you Sam you are an inspiring man and I’m proud to call you a friend
Sam I went to trade school for machinist in tool and die trade. Worked on manual machines and largest was a Lucus Boring Mill. Milled a boaster plate flat for a press which weighed 9 1/2 tons. The more I know of yourself the more we have in common. Keep the cutter flying those chips Sam!
Mr. Sam it is pretty easy to see that you an an asset anywhere you go and whatever you chose to do.
Pretty cool Sam, I never thought about that trade as a kid. I bet it helped you invent some of your equipment at that business you sold to the people with no experience.
My Dad was a machinist in the Navy, it led to all kinds of things for him after he got out. I ended up in Water and Sewer taking the road less travelled and did fantastic so far for almost 30 years. Find the thing that others either cant or wont do and be the best at it, and you will never look for work it will find you.
Thank you for sharing. My father was a machinist then a tool maker at the former Torrington Co. He worked in the Screw Machine dept. It is an amazing trade.
Please run this on a loop on career day at every high school in the USA
I'd love to learn more on this stuff. I just picked up a small lathe to start doing things on my own, and i'm sure there are a LOT of little tricks to know! Keep the awesome content coming, Sam! We all love hearing these types of stories.
I started my apprenticeship at 18 in 1970, 4 year 8,000 hours, which has supplemented my racing experience as a builder.
Too bad the trades are almost gone because people think they need a college education which is what an apprenticeship is.
Thanks for sharing Sam❤❤
My dad and my grandpa and my uncles all were in tool and die trade. They actually work for Ray Lipper, who is centerline wheels before he got big into racing wheels.
Awesome video! Thank you! I appreciate that as you said, “all you have to do is apply yourself!” Dedication and applying yourself to whatever you decide is vitally important! You made yourself a success in a variety of careers by your dedication and application of yourself to the profession you were engaged at in any given time. You are an awesome example of what being a success is! Thank you!
Man so much knowledge! Love ya Sam!
Thank you Mr Sam
Great information.
My Godfather was taught tool and die by his father (my great grandpa). His boys are now retiring and they are closing up shop so they can fly their planes more. The younger brother's grand daughter is pilot on most of the flights now.
Thanks for sharing the stories Mr. Sam !❤🔥
I worked as a machinist for 6 years, then tool and die for 2. The issue with it in this part of the country is there are so many older men and not many available good paying job. I went back to maintenance for the money. But i agree with u, the trades are only going to go up in pay.
Well said Mr. Sam and so true.
Thanks Sam. Love and Peace.
“Seems like you got a little bit of hassle!” Both an understatement and an important observation!
good video, you seem happy helping cleetus and crew now
This video should be shown to all students on career day. Thanks Sam
Holly hell the sir doc Sam has his own channel I'll be sharing with all my man in Australia one favour burn out in the supra lol luv you mate I'm a fan
I am a retired Tool and die maker as well. I studied/worked the National Machining and Tooling Association curriculum. I never wanted for a job, I was offered many jobs while on the job by other shops. Learned to operate EVERY piece of machinery expertly and have made countless dies, Tooling, parts in space, oilfields, medical, you name it. I agree with your assessment completely sir. A very rewarding career, and a stepping stone to your own shop if you desire to be your own boss. I can't stand the computer driven aspects of todays shops as they don't educate the folks on the very basic things that being a MACHINIST require, just pushing buttons sure doesn't make a machinist, it makes robots with very limited skills. If you ask a button pusher to manually make their parts your sure to induce severe anxiety in the poor souls. We must go to conventional Machining skills if we hope to compete with other countries manufacturing capabilities. The CNC have their place in the manufacturing world, BUT the fundamentals must be mastered first. Just my opinion from 60 years experience. You know that most folks have absolutely no idea how much of everyday life is made possible by the tool and die makers that provide the foundation for stamping, forming, molding, really everything. I miss the smell of the shop, the satisfaction of doing your trade expertly and providing for the country.
I started in the tool and die trade when I was 16. Retired now. Every shop I worked in, I was the youngest person. No one was coming to this trade behind me. Alot of people made more money doing easier, less demanding work for sure. Florida doesn't pay that great. I still have a shop just like yours at my house. All the shops I worked at are gone now.
MR SAM IS A MACHINIST?!??! This is awesome! I knew I liked you for a reason haha!
Tool and Die machinists (journeymen) are tough to find. If you're a person who like to be challenged and make cool things, I would definitely suggest looking into it.
My step dad was a tool and dye maker for his whole career. AMP out of NC near Charlotte. Then turned to TYCO.
That one line he said is everything you use in your day to day life is touched by a machine tool at some point is what gets me
If Mr Sam was digging ditches or shoveling crap, at the end of the day, his shovel would be sharp and shiny. He just puts a shine on everything. That'll always be popular.
Listen,learn,apply and work hard!
Im a CNC Programmer/Machinist. I went to trade school in my early 30's. One of the best decisions of my life.
Sam...you are the Man❤
thank you mr sam when you speak we listen love you
Im going to school for machining this year! im very excited!
We do alot of this in the aeronautical field, great career
I took to tooling cast aluminum hot tub molds taught me a great deal wish I would have had more guidance and not so much trial and error the management was very lacking in any QC or investment in improvement
Words of wisdom from a wizard!
I just got my tool and die degree. My instructors didn't make it easy. The die and molds had to run parts to pass
Sam,you rock! ❤ Peace
These days if you’ll just show up on time, clean, and ready to listen, learn, and work you are ahead of 75% of your competition. They will tell you what they expect.
Mr Sam is amazing.
Well said Mr sam.THANKS
we called it tooling and fooling, me journeyman machinist = 2 years high school training + 2 years a a vocational school + 4years apprenticeship total of 8 years , (should have been a dentist)????/others in manufacturing looked at journeyman machinist like we are a piece of crap....im proud to be a machinist , i could do things with my hands and brains that would out shine a NC / CNC in the day ..... one trick was chamfer edge on a lathe = engage the cross slide and the saddle at the same time perfect 45* ( make sure you remove the slack) better than a plunge tool , no chatter...........THANKS SAM HAVE FUN
Thank you Sam!
Tool and Die is big money and a very good career if you find a good shop/company to work for
Mr. Sam that southbend behind you is a b-e-A-utYY.
Thank you. Its my son in laws.
I was a Tool Maker at Boeing Aircraft for many years
This is how things used to be.
We haven't trained skilled people for manufacturing since the 20th century.
We now make super expensive laser measured floor mats, but don't make cars anymore we just assemble
Lookin good Sam!
Gowlee Sam has a channel? Subbed!
I am a retarded (retired) Aviation Maintenance Technician after 42+ years, plus building hotrods/engines since I was 14. It pains me to see young folks not able to build a Home Depot block retaining wall in their front yard.😢 They never even played with simple Lego's. (Folks, buy your kids a big box of plain Jane Lego blocks at age 4 so they learn-with guidance- how to stagger blocks to increase the strength of a simple wall.). Smart hard working aviation mechanics/machinists can make GREAT income and it is actually very rewarding on a personal basis. Watching a $300+ million dollar jet take off and fly 15+ HOURS half way across the world with nearly 500 men/women/children/dogs/cats and even prize horses, and live to wake up another day is an AMAZING feat and warms your soul. (at least for me, it did.👍). Sitting behind a computer screen might be decent job, but looking up in the air and seeing an airplane flying tens of thousands of miles non stop makes me smile. Just like watching some one run 130-200 mph down the track in a car that you helped build, and safely go home at the end of the race👍👍. Or just simply stepping back and looking at something YOU made with your own hands. Even simply polishing a turd into a beautiful turd is worth the effort. There is way too many NASTY turds in our lives.🥴. Get to it everyone!😊
GREAT VID!
Not to mention, that once you do get hired onto a company that is legit, and you learn the trade a little more inside and out, the possibility of branching out and doing your own company in the space, is out there, and is just a great opportunity for a life long career of being able to work and play all day!
Thank you so much Sam for sharing your life with us,, I was wondering did you ever have any military service,, stay safe with those idiots you work around haha😂❤
I know he was in the service, I’m 99% sure he was in the air at Mechanic in the Air Force.
You sure are a cool old man lol no disrespect I enjoy everything you talk about and do on cletus's channel
I would love to be your apprentice.
Its a trade that can last an that will help throut life spent 7 years cnc laths cnc mills all sorts
Fighter pilot tan.
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Hi Sam….. I don’t mean to upset you … if anything I would know what I mean… I don’t have any living older relatives…… I wish you were my Grandma… I do wish you the very best..
#Manualmode
YOU CAN DO SOME AMAZING THINGS WITH A 4 JAW CHUCK , FYI
Elder Sam... there's no excitement. It's all greatest we as viewers don't get to experience.. The issue
WTF IS TOOL AND DIE
such a noble career and you hang out with Cletus.... i mean yeah, he has shitgobs of cash but the D-bag factor combined with his ridiculous entourage makes him the least watchable personality on youtube, he only plays sports where the guy with the money wins... i think he should start competing against budweiser so he can get a feel for reality