NEI gone

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Unclenick

Staff
Over the years I've purchased several NEI Handtools molds. Always made well and worked well. I went today to look up a bullet on their site and saw a notice that the operations VP Joel Fragoso (the guy making the molds, apparently) had passed away and Patty Melander has closed the doors and is looking for a buyer.

Sorry to see it go.
 
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Grey_Lion

New member
Just seems like the number of true craftsmen keeps declining :(

If you can't sell 20,000 of something, so few pick up the craft any more - not just in this context.

What I do like, however, is the growing number of makerspace non-profits out there.

The craftsmen & women are very much still out there - but they keep to themselves these days for a number of reasons not the least of which is the threat of litigation.
 
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