we are the same here all the machinist need work but it,s all out soursed, only the best shops with deep pockets are still around/ as far as rubber stuff they fix it and sell it overseas.
lol yeah and outsourcing is the best thing for companies.
few years ago I heard of some outsourcing an oil company did to japan I think it was for some oil field pumpjacks, problem with that was a critical part of the pumpjack were some steel ibeams but they couldn't get them or where to cheap to buy them and made their own out of plate steal. Apparently these things got here and had to be completely redone because they were falling apart and didn't even work properly.
