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Retired, Bored, and Back at the Shop

A spindle veteran who trained with Martin's father and brother retired this year, got bored, and now comes back several times a week to teach the younger techs the tricks you only learn by doing.

Retired, Bored, and Back at the Shop

One of our guys worked in the spindle world before Centerline even started. My father and my brother trained him. I've known him since I was 11 or 12 years old.

He retired at the start of this year. Then he got bored.

We always told him the door was open. Now he comes back several times a week. He has all the tricks — what to look for, how to fix it fast, things you only learn by doing it a thousand times.

It's great to see our young guys learning from him. Teaching the new dog the old tricks.

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