I'm glad things are going to China

Many years ago I did the tool and die apprenticeship and I went back to
school and am a design engineer now. I do agree with you on tooling in some
regards. There are some very good shops in China though. The initial post
was not meant as a broad brush stroke. I work with local shops on a daily
basis as well as shops overseas. If at all possible I will work with and feed
the local hard working shop, the ones that fall short loose the work.
Attention to detail goes a long way!

Tooling in the U.S. is on the rise again and I think it's due to the fact that
we are getting tired of junk and the few and proud are tuning things around.
It's a shame the cycles take so long to come full circle though.