Posted by ss55 on January 28, 2018 at 09:28:06 from (63.147.218.40):
In Reply to: Lost mechanical arts posted by notjustair on January 28, 2018 at 06:41:09:
The major part of the problem is that demand for those arts is what is actually being lost. Mechanical brakes disappeared from new cars eighty years ago in the late 1930s (that's three generations ago), from new tractors fifty years ago in the late 1960's (that's two generations ago). Today if anyone wants to work on older technology like mechanical brakes, points ignitions, carburetors, etc. there are still plenty of resources available to find out how to do it.
A smaller part of the problem is very few people are willing to pay someone else for those lost arts. Most Do-It-Yourselfers working on a hobby are more inclined to take the time to read up on a procedure as a labor of love rather than pay someone else $40/HR under the table or $100/HR shop rate. In other words, for a young person who needs to make a living there is no money in learning the lost arts.
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