Im 64 and this is one of the best old school stories ive ever heard in my life. Your fathers career was just amazing, nothing stopped him no matter what bad times may have dished out he was educated, inventive, creative, a teacher and so much more. I SO enjoyed your fathers story, the kind of man America would be hard pressed to produce today, God bless him.
After 3 years of High School Machine Shop, I went through the Federal Apprenticeship program in Tool & Die Making, finishing in 1971 and retiring in 2015. I think it's a tremendous dis service to our country that by in large, the program is on life support. I really enjoyed the tribute to your family. Very moving!
While I agree the program is on life support, it is starting to come back to life. I have two apprentices going just starting a new Tool and Die program at my company. They have already completed their CNC Machinist Journeymen program. Good machinists are hard to find right now, so we are forced to create them again. Slowly it will get there.
Yep, the powers that be decided you are worthless without a degree, now look around at all the worthless degrees along with decimated manufacturing infrastructure, trade schools and apprenticeship programs as a result of outsourcing meaningful jobs to China and other 3rd world counties. As if everyone can simply be web and software designers sitting at a computer console making $100K salaries. Our leaders along with corporate America have really done a number on this country in the name of greed/power, I hate to be pessimistic, but at 63, I don't see it coming back in my lifetime.
Graduated from a great Vo Tech school in 1970 for industry electricity. Graduated on a Friday night, Saturday went to Sears for a few tools then started a 6 day a week job. A 50 person machine shop that I used to do electrical work for could not get skilled workers about 15 years ago even though they paid good & had a terrific profit sharing plan. They ended up hiring some European machinists who spoke little English but were very dependable workers. At a local high school they closed down one of the large machine shop rooms and put in basketball hoops.Disappointing how many young American kids do not want to learn a trade.
Probably the best thing I’ve ever seen on CZcams! Retired now, I spent 41 years in a Southern Railway/Norfolk Southern Ry. freight car repair shop after completing a 3 year apprenticeship. I always loved my job, but I can guarantee you that the railroad world your family grew up in no longer exists in any way shape or form! You should be very proud of your family’s story and work ethic! Thanks for a fascinating story!
That is a very kind comment. Thank you. I spent a long time following the Santa Fe as a modeler, railfan and author. What BNSF did to a wonderful railroad is unfathomable. Still, things change as technology advances. It doesn't take the vast numbers of people to run trains and keep them running like it used to. I guess we could say the romance is gone but the need is still there! Not sure that came out right!!!! Thanks again.
Tom T-wow-41 yrs, I’m working on 17yrs with little over 13 yrs to go as a Signal Maintainer at CSX. I can’t imagine the changes you have seen over your career as it has changed a lot since I’ve been out here. Hope you are enjoying your retirement.
@@ashleywynn4923 Good machinist never retire, we just slow down a little. I retired and am putting in more hours in now than I did working. ! Seems nobody wants to learn a trade anymore.
I enjoyed hearing your story. I am a high school industrial arts teacher. And I too enjoy teaching young people, just like your Pop. I was very close to my Dad. He was a machinist, carpenter, mechanic, and world class tinker. I followed in his footsteps. Sadly we lost Dad December 2nd 2023. I think about him often when I am working in my shop spaces, remembering the lessons he taught me with so much kindness and patients. I see so few people place value in craftsmanship and hands on skills. It breaks my heart to see what this nation is becoming.
Journeyman mechanic here, retired now and have to say thank you! I imagine feeling the history when you hold and use a hundred year old caliper or micrometer that was owned & used by your Pop! It brings a tear to my eyes! Edit; My goodness what a wealth of family history, you're so fortunate to have such a collection of personal visual and written works!
I‘m close to 60 now and my father was very impatient in that time between „starting to tear apart for educational purposes“ and „putting together to be fully functioning again“. Now I have a 1y grandson and hope to give something of that to the next generations. You never have enough patience with your own kid, so you have to wait until you are a grandparent.
Brought a small tear to my eye. My granddad was a welder foreman at the Dutch Drydock Company in north Amsterdam through WW2 until the sixties. Lovely family history that carries that familiar smell of freshly cut steel and cutting oil.
Thank you very much. Glad it brought back fond memories. Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
@@Radiotexas great, maybe it is also that I am appproaching 60 , and am not alltogether pleased how society is turning out. I am turning into an old man yelling on his lawn (my son tells me..) Life was harder back then , no denying that, but people used a different set of values I am sure🤔
Hello, Mr. Miller: It is not every day that one is willing to listen to another family's history. However Your exceptional story impressed upon me the value of passing knowledge on to the next generation. Thank you, sir. Bob Choderker
This Family and their journey is what makes the America the World has come to admire. Please nurture this gift of intelligence and of industry, for all our sakes.
Excellent historical story with the personal touch that our society so desperately needs now. Thanks for a very well done and educational presentation. You are an excellent example for us to follow. w1cvw
What amazing tribute to your family's history! Much respect for all of their contributions to our country. Very positive role models. Thank you for sharing your story Sir.
To still have those tools is priceless. What a great story from the past! I repaired papermill rolls for about four years until I went to work at a local jobshop and retired from there in 2020. I enjoyed the work even the not so desirable jobs that came along. Made a good living and retired from there in 2020. I started researching my family members after retiring and found out that both of my great grandfathers were both machinist and one had several patents.
Your 22-minute video will generate hours of thoughts, reflections, and conversation among myself, brothers, and nephew. Your family’s mastery and respect for craft and its continuation is wonderfully demonstrated in your creation and sharing of this video. THANK YOU!
Well done my friend !! we were lucky to have caring, loving Grandparents that taught us valuable life lessons & crafts. Many of the young people today are not so lucky.
Thank you for sharing your wonderful shopwork and work profession - As a retired invalid who is now able work in his own designed and built shop - i can still dream about yesterday - thank you for not letting my life die, May God truly bless you
Thank you so much. You are a Master Craftsman as well as video producer. I was a Journeyman Electrician for 40 years and enjoyed every minute, well most of them. It’s really sad, all the skills we have lost in this country. Years ago, we would repair things that today we throw away. I remember growing up in the 1950’s and helping my dad build things. We would save old 2x4’s pull the nails, reuse the wood, straighten the nails and reuse them. Today we level a building and haul it to a land fill. Huge waste of wood and nails. Thanks for sharing your family’s story and your’s. God Bless you brother. Gary
I too was a victim of the greatly failed experiment of MODERN MATH !! Thrown in with the fact my math teachers in high school were as boring as paint drying, it took me longer than normal to get decent in mathematics. Seeking the best referred instructors while in college helped a lot. My history sounds just like yours! My greatest influence in becoming a journeyman machinist and electronics tech etc. was my high school shop teacher - Fred Randolph. God rest his soull! He was always a great lifelong friend and many of his former students would always come back and visit him over the years at Avonworth High School. I liked your video, well done! (I'm 69) 73's W3BUW
My grandfather was a structural steel welder for the railroad. He did alot of bridge work. He was a lot of the reasons why I got into different crafts. I remember being in his basement shop building birdhouses and the like when I was just a little kid. Every birthday and Christmas I always got presents of tools. Some where new but some where ones that had belonged to him. He's been gone almost 30 years but I still have every tool I got from him. Most reside in storage unused but some still get used frequently. I understand exactly how you feel.
I have so much enjoied your video. As a working Cabinetmaker for 48 years and still am. It is so nice to hear this story of other craftsmen. It is very rare to find a craftsmen in any trade today. Thank you.
What an amazin story. Very well told. My Grandfather said it best. " Teach someone, anyone something you know. Because when you leave this earth, No matter how much you know, it all goes with you in the box when you are gone" God bless
HI MR. MILLER, I LOVED THIS VIDEO ON YOUR FAMILY AND YOU, YOU REALLY TUGGED AT MY HEART STRINGS ON YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT, THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU !!! JOE FROM JERSEY.
Excellent advice at the end of a fascinating Family history made possible by the Family sticking together and not scattered all over the Country. My Grandson lives 800 miles away which is a gut wrenching reality. So much to share, so little time. Not possible via the Internet
Fantastic video! You are so fortunate to have all of the family photos and tools from your Dad and Pops. The 22 minutes of the video passed like it was 5 minutes, I was so enthralled by it.
As a 70 year old retired manual machinist of 38 plus years cranking handles.....this has to be the greatest video I have ever seen. What a gift to have those men in your life.
I am humbled by your praise. I know they are all watching me and appreciate your comments-- AND ALL THE INCREDIBLE OTHER COMMENTS-- as well. Thank you.
This is a Great story of young men that DID things, learned trades, became proficient in them and shared their knowledge with others. I feel that most people lack the skills to change a tire themselves now.
An absolutely beautiful, well written, piece on your family. You are to be congratulated . I’m 79 years old born at the height of WWII. My father was absent from our lives for many years after the war and when I my grandfather came home from the war with severe ‘shell shock’ (now called PTSD) his alcoholism destroyed our family but not before he taught me his cabinet making skills. I worked ,first as an aircraft mechanic, then a professional pilot. Since retiring I have been teaching myself metal machine skills. Alas, not ONE of my four children, nor my eight grandchildren or my five great grandchildren are interested in aviation, woodworking or machining. You must be so proud, sir.
Thank you for your kind comments Rex. I have one grandson.. he is one year old. I hope and pray he will take to the shop. I have him out here all they time and he hears the machines and smells the smells. Believe it or not there are lost of young folks involved... only they call them "makers," not machinists. I've helped out a few kids and some of their projects are extremely involved and very well done.
When i was a young lad my parents would take me to placeville ca. There along the hwy was a steam train, i think it was a 2-4-2 coal fired unit. My dad let me work on his projects. Now that my parents are in heaven, i enjoy the time spent with them. God bless you my friend.
Very nice tribute to your father. I too have my father's lathe and measuring instruments also his steam engine collection. Every day these things remind me of him. So lucky to have had a good relationship with him.
They were all part of a generation we will probably never see again in my lifetime. I was raised by great men and women and I have the work ethic to prove it. Sadly that has been lost on subsequent generations. At 53, I'm retiring on disability from law enforcement and looking at classes in welding and machining at our local vo-tech school. I'll never quit learning and working. Somehow. Best of luck to you my friend
My father had Miller business card. He smiled when I found it. Was cleaning up his machine shop office area. So wild. He had pasted few years back. Amazing😱🤓⚒🛠🔧🔩⚙⚖🗜🧰⛓🔬thank you for this is what sharing ❤ 💜 💖 you tube 🙏 😀
Well done sir! Having grown up on a 5th generation farm in central IL I saw many examples of the WW1 and WW2 generation’s abilities. Simple, strong and highly capable men who rarely complained and always… ALWAYS… led by example. Industrious, ingenious, determined, faithful men of their word. Bravo Mr. Miller …Bravo! Well done.
Great historical family story, your history & what your story is about is the direction this country should be going, if it was, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in...God Bless you!! thank you for sharing!!
I grew up in a "blue collar" neighborhood full of old man. They where impressive carpenter's, boat builders, welders/fitters, loggers, shrimpers. Always doing something and happy.
That is an amazing story told by a dedicated engineer. It reminds me of how I was enthralled by mechanical things when I was very young and went on to become a mechanic / engineer. What a pity the young ones of today do not share the enthusiasm of skilled trade like we did
My grandson is not quite two and already he knows the sounds and smells of my shop! Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
I must say that's a beautiful story, role that fathers and grandfathers play in raising children is not to be underestimated. I'm glad that Mr. Pete mentioned you in his latest video and I found your channel that way.
What a heart felt tribute to your family and all they accomplished. I don't know you, but I suspect the finest thing they did was raise a son that appreciates all that his predecessors did for him, his family , and country. Thank you for sharing your story, especially how it relates to events in history. Take care. Keep the spindles turning.
My Grandfather worked for Charles Lindburg and TAT ,I remember him discussing the airplane crash 1929.or there abouts It really bothered him up to his final days. Charles wife gave him a heart shaped stone, that was from Charles grave. Watching this video helped me remember these discussions I had with my GF back around 1970. Thanks for the memories.
While watching this video I thought about Mr Pete and how this videos story mirrored Mr Petes life in several ways and lo and behold Mr Pete was mentioned in the credits...
This is the best video I think I have ever watched. I have my grandfathers big ballpeen hammer. I think of him - wielder, farmer, mine worker, 1st generation American - every time I use it.
In 1953, I became an electrical engineering student at Illinois Institute of Technology as a "Co-op Student" with Whiting Corporation in Harvey, Illinois. The periods I spent at the Whiting factory were similar to the industrial apprenticeship programs of which you speak in your video. The experience I was privileged to enjoy with the machinists and other men at Whiting were invaluable to me throughout my life. We need more of these time - tested and proven training programs.
Mechanical skills such as yours are vastly underrated and most of the general population knows nothing about how things are made. My Grandfather, four of my Great Uncles, and my Dad all worked for Southern Railways. They were Boilermakers and Machinists. My Dad started work there in 1938 (25 years old) as a Blacksmith. As the Blacksmith worked slowed, he was a Machinist Apprentice, working up to Journeyman after 7 years. I worked as a Machinist for over 40 years in the Aerospace and Defense industries and also worked in the Foundry for several years. Sadly, these are dying trades. I passed this video to several friends as well as my Wife and Children. You explain and show these skills much better than I can tell them about. These skills and many other blue collar trades are what built this country and brought us to victory in two World Wars.
This was one of the greatest videos I’ve ever watched! Thank you for sharing your story and that of your family. So many impacts in various industries over the years! Fantastic.
Very well done and I must say I am a Miller as well, And would like to thank my own Father Edward C.Miller for instilling in me the knowledge and abilities that have carried me through these 62-1/2 years of my life. He’s still alive and Kicking at 94 years old and was a tool & die maker, a jig & fixture machinist, and later after working on the Atlas rocket projects in the 1960’s went on to become a layout man in the Ship building industry here in San Diego at almost all of the local shipyards of the times. After retiring from Nassco he went on to do work for the Navy Drug Lab , setting up their drug testing lab computer system log to help streamline the test results better . Thanks for posting this video of your family history and letting me pay some respects here about my own father as well. I became a master mechanic & machinist myself , and must say I very much enjoyed your family’s history as it runs somewhat along same lines as mine. I have most of my father’s tools & tool boxes as well & eventually will inherit his 1957 model Craftsman Shopsmith 😊. I’m in no rush to get it and I’m sure once he passes on I will keep it to give someday hopefully to one of my 3 grandsons. Many memories making things with my Dad that I would love to share with my own.
FANTASTIC move! This showed up in my recommended videos, after watching The feller from New York that has the steam powered machine shop, Dave Richards. I 100% agree that we need to all do our part to hand down our knowledge & wisdom to the next generation(s), providing they are willing to absorb what we are trying to learn them. It DOESN'T only have to be kinfolk that we hand it to. I learnt some of the most memorable things from older friends I knew. Older as in I was 16(ish) at that time & they were 70(ish) at the time they handed over those morsels of knowledge.
TROUBLE IS KIDS TODAY DON,T GIVE A DAM, JUST AS LONG AS THEY GOT THEIR SMART PHONES AND VIDEO GAMES ALL FROM USC UNITED STATES OF "CHINA" !!...PEOPLE OF TODAY ARE PAMPERED,SPOILD AND SOFT ALL WITH NO COMMON SENSE !!
Excellent history presentation of your family. What achievements your family has done! Real Americans that built with hard work and cherished this country. Fantastic. A better America than today. Be sure that your younger family members view and save this video.
Well said! My 19 month old grandson visits frequently and is exposed to the sights, sounds and smells of the shop. Won't be long until he can hold a screwdriver! Thanks for watching!
A great family story. I also have been blessed to work with my hands and mind. And now being old, it makes me sad to see where America is now. I pray for America every day.
Im 64 and this is one of the best old school stories ive ever heard in my life. Your fathers career was just amazing, nothing stopped him no matter what bad times may have dished out he was educated, inventive, creative, a teacher and so much more. I SO enjoyed your fathers story, the kind of man America would be hard pressed to produce today, God bless him.
It was my grandfather. Thanks so much for your very thoughtful and kind comments!
Very moving, I sure hope a large majority of men get a chance to watch this video.
I made it for my grandson. You'd be surprised though at how many women watched it (CZcams analytics are very thorough). Thanks very much!
Perhaps one of the most rewarding and enjoyable 22 minutes I had in a very long time!
Thank you so much. You are very kind.
..Yes.. Me too.
Thanks for that lovely tale. Thanks for putting it together.
Ditto!
What an incredible family history told by a gifted storyteller. Thank you for sharing.
Glad you enjoyed it.... I don't know about "gifted" but I have been known to really spin a few!!!!
@@Radiotexas ikllm
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After 3 years of High School Machine Shop, I went through the Federal Apprenticeship program in Tool & Die Making, finishing in 1971 and retiring in 2015. I think it's a tremendous dis service to our country that by in large, the program is on life support. I really enjoyed the tribute to your family. Very moving!
I totally agree. Thank you for your kind comments.
While I agree the program is on life support, it is starting to come back to life. I have two apprentices going just starting a new Tool and Die program at my company. They have already completed their CNC Machinist Journeymen program. Good machinists are hard to find right now, so we are forced to create them again. Slowly it will get there.
Yep, the powers that be decided you are worthless without a degree, now look around at all the worthless degrees along with decimated manufacturing infrastructure, trade schools and apprenticeship programs as a result of outsourcing meaningful jobs to China and other 3rd world counties. As if everyone can simply be web and software designers sitting at a computer console making $100K salaries. Our leaders along with corporate America have really done a number on this country in the name of greed/power, I hate to be pessimistic, but at 63, I don't see it coming back in my lifetime.
Yes TD it is a crime that industrial arts in high school has all but vanished.
The greatest minds are nothing without someone to build it.
Graduated from a great Vo Tech school in 1970 for industry electricity. Graduated on a Friday night, Saturday went to Sears for a few tools then started a 6 day a week job. A 50 person machine shop that I used to do electrical work for could not get skilled workers about 15 years ago even though they paid good & had a terrific profit sharing plan. They ended up hiring some European machinists who spoke little English but were very dependable workers. At a local high school they closed down one of the large machine shop rooms and put in basketball hoops.Disappointing how many young American kids do not want to learn a trade.
Probably the best thing I’ve ever seen on CZcams! Retired now, I spent 41 years in a Southern Railway/Norfolk Southern Ry. freight car repair shop after completing a 3 year apprenticeship. I always loved my job, but I can guarantee you that the railroad world your family grew up in no longer exists in any way shape or form! You should be very proud of your family’s story and work ethic! Thanks for a fascinating story!
That is a very kind comment. Thank you. I spent a long time following the Santa Fe as a modeler, railfan and author. What BNSF did to a wonderful railroad is unfathomable. Still, things change as technology advances. It doesn't take the vast numbers of people to run trains and keep them running like it used to. I guess we could say the romance is gone but the need is still there! Not sure that came out right!!!! Thanks again.
Tom T-wow-41 yrs, I’m working on 17yrs with little over 13 yrs to go as a Signal Maintainer at CSX. I can’t imagine the changes you have seen over your career as it has changed a lot since I’ve been out here. Hope you are enjoying your retirement.
@@ashleywynn4923 Good machinist never retire, we just slow down a little. I retired and am putting in more hours in now than I did working. ! Seems nobody wants to learn a trade anymore.
I enjoyed hearing your story. I am a high school industrial arts teacher. And I too enjoy teaching young people, just like your Pop. I was very close to my Dad. He was a machinist, carpenter, mechanic, and world class tinker. I followed in his footsteps. Sadly we lost Dad December 2nd 2023. I think about him often when I am working in my shop spaces, remembering the lessons he taught me with so much kindness and patients. I see so few people place value in craftsmanship and hands on skills. It breaks my heart to see what this nation is becoming.
Thanks! Check out Mr. Pete sometime! @mrpete222 He's a retired shop teacher as well.
Another journeyman here. Thank you for sharing this wonderful heritage of a craft that has served humanity so very well.
Journeyman mechanic here, retired now and have to say thank you! I imagine feeling the history when you hold and use a hundred year old caliper or micrometer that was owned & used by your Pop! It brings a tear to my eyes! Edit; My goodness what a wealth of family history, you're so fortunate to have such a collection of personal visual and written works!
Nearly every day. I know he would be tickled pink with the video. Thanks!
I thought the same as Mr. Adams.
We are brothers.....!
I‘m close to 60 now and my father was very impatient in that time between „starting to tear apart for educational purposes“ and „putting together to be fully functioning again“.
Now I have a 1y grandson and hope to give something of that to the next generations.
You never have enough patience with your own kid, so you have to wait until you are a grandparent.
Brought a small tear to my eye. My granddad was a welder foreman at the Dutch Drydock Company in north Amsterdam through WW2 until the sixties. Lovely family history that carries that familiar smell of freshly cut steel and cutting oil.
Thank you very much. Glad it brought back fond memories. Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
@@Radiotexas great, maybe it is also that I am appproaching 60 , and am not alltogether pleased how society is turning out. I am turning into an old man yelling on his lawn (my son tells me..)
Life was harder back then , no denying that, but people used a different set of values I am sure🤔
Granddad worked with the Nazis then , no choice
@@eddiekulp1241 I think you are trying to be offensive, better use that energy to look up "The february strike"
This is the kind of story we need to inspire in today’s young people. We sometime’s lose our way, but it’s never too late.
Thanks. Please pass on the link!
People like your ancestors made this country great thank you and your family 👍❤️
Thank you for your very generous comments Jeff.
Kim Azbell said it as good as anyone could! Thank you for sharing!
Jay, your video brought me to tears. What a phenomenal story. Thank you for sharing.
Thanks Mack!
Hello, Mr. Miller:
It is not every day that one is willing to listen to another family's history. However Your exceptional story impressed upon me the value of passing knowledge on to the next generation. Thank you, sir.
Bob Choderker
Thank you Bob. Appreciate your kind words!
This Family and their journey is what makes the America the World has come to admire. Please nurture this gift of intelligence and of industry, for all our sakes.
I remember that Miller logo. Thank you. Truly an era of highly skilled working MEN.
Excellent historical story with the personal touch that our society so desperately needs now. Thanks for a very well done and educational presentation. You are an excellent example for us to follow. w1cvw
Thanks Clem; you are so correct!
I'm blushing. Thank you for your kind comments. Check out the photo history video as well... other side of the family.
What amazing tribute to your family's history! Much respect for all of their contributions to our country. Very positive role models. Thank you for sharing your story Sir.
To still have those tools is priceless. What a great story from the past! I repaired papermill rolls for about four years until I went to work at a local jobshop and retired from there in 2020. I enjoyed the work even the not so desirable jobs that came along. Made a good living and retired from there in 2020. I started researching my family members after retiring and found out that both of my great grandfathers were both machinist and one had several patents.
These are the people we should be looking up to.
Your 22-minute video will generate hours of thoughts, reflections, and conversation among myself, brothers, and nephew.
Your family’s mastery and respect for craft and its continuation is wonderfully demonstrated in your creation and sharing of this video.
THANK YOU!
Wow, thank you! Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
@@Radiotexas Will Do!!
Well done my friend !! we were lucky to have caring, loving Grandparents that taught us valuable life lessons & crafts. Many of the young people today are not so lucky.
Thank you so much!
Thank you for sharing your wonderful shopwork and work profession - As a retired invalid who is now able work in his own designed and built shop - i can still dream about yesterday - thank you for not letting my life die, May God truly bless you
You are very kind. Thank you!
I am truly humbled watching these hard working, skilled and creative mens’ story.
Wow, thank you!
Thank you so much.
You are a Master Craftsman as well as video producer.
I was a Journeyman Electrician for 40 years and enjoyed every minute, well most of them.
It’s really sad, all the skills we have lost in this country.
Years ago, we would repair things that today we throw away.
I remember growing up in the 1950’s and helping my dad build things.
We would save old 2x4’s pull the nails, reuse the wood, straighten the nails and reuse them.
Today we level a building and haul it to a land fill.
Huge waste of wood and nails.
Thanks for sharing your family’s story and your’s.
God Bless you brother.
Gary
I too was a victim of the greatly failed experiment of MODERN MATH !! Thrown in with the fact my math teachers in high school were as boring as paint drying, it took me longer than normal to get decent in mathematics. Seeking the best referred instructors while in college helped a lot. My history sounds just like yours! My greatest influence in becoming a journeyman machinist and electronics tech etc. was my high school shop teacher - Fred Randolph. God rest his soull! He was always a great lifelong friend and many of his former students would always come back and visit him over the years at Avonworth High School.
I liked your video, well done! (I'm 69) 73's W3BUW
One apple plus six bananas equals one grape..... except on odd numbered Tuesdays! And we wonder how Windows got started!!!!
My grandfather was a structural steel welder for the railroad. He did alot of bridge work. He was a lot of the reasons why I got into different crafts. I remember being in his basement shop building birdhouses and the like when I was just a little kid. Every birthday and Christmas I always got presents of tools. Some where new but some where ones that had belonged to him. He's been gone almost 30 years but I still have every tool I got from him. Most reside in storage unused but some still get used frequently.
I understand exactly how you feel.
Appreciate your comments and the good wishes. My grandson is only 5 months old but I'm already building things for him!
I have so much enjoied your video. As a working Cabinetmaker for 48 years and still am. It is so nice to hear this story of other craftsmen. It is very rare to find a craftsmen in any trade today. Thank you.
Glad you enjoyed it! Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
I can say nothing more than "Well done"!
Thank you!
What an amazin story. Very well told. My Grandfather said it best. " Teach someone, anyone something you know. Because when you leave this earth, No matter how much you know, it all goes with you in the box when you are gone" God bless
HI MR. MILLER, I LOVED THIS VIDEO ON YOUR FAMILY AND YOU, YOU REALLY TUGGED AT MY HEART STRINGS ON YOUR CLOSING STATEMENT, THE WORLD SHOULD HAVE MORE PEOPLE LIKE YOU !!! JOE FROM JERSEY.
I was just raised right. It wasn't easy and it's even more trying in today's world. Thank you.
Excellent advice at the end of a fascinating Family history made possible by the Family sticking together and not scattered all over the Country. My Grandson lives 800 miles away which is a gut wrenching reality. So much to share, so little time. Not possible via the Internet
This is how history should be taught!
Some memories are just pure gold. Thanks for the very inciteful story.
Glad you enjoyed it. Thank you for your kind comment.
Thank you ... doing my best with my grandchildren as well.
Your “Pops” touched and educated so many lives!
THAT WAS A PLEASURE TO WATCH.
HATS OFF TO YOU.
About all I can build is a fire... really terrific story and production. Thanks!
Here's a man with good tools and a good story.
thank you .
God bless you and your family's.
Everyone should watch this ……. Quality, excellence, all the things missing in todays world. This made me a better person today!
I'm blushing. Thank you so much.
Fantastic video! You are so fortunate to have all of the family photos and tools from your Dad and Pops. The 22 minutes of the video passed like it was 5 minutes, I was so enthralled by it.
You were a big part of it brother.
This video was wonderful. A real treat to watch.
Thank you for inviting all of us into your family.
You are so kind, thank you.
Beautiful, an American who made a difference teaching kids machine shop skills
Couldn't agree more! Thank you!
Loved it! Godspeed from The Yakima Valley in Washington State 🕊️🙌🏽🙏🏽
These are the people that make a Nation great. All I can say to them is THANK YOU!!
And thank you for watching and your kind comment.
As a 70 year old retired manual machinist of 38 plus years cranking handles.....this has to be the greatest video I have ever seen. What a gift to have those men in your life.
I am humbled by your praise. I know they are all watching me and appreciate your comments-- AND ALL THE INCREDIBLE OTHER COMMENTS-- as well. Thank you.
very well done! thank you!...you leave a legacy for future generations!
Wow, thank you!
My dad was born in 1933. He would have loved this film. I’m sad that there aren’t these kinds of opportunities for young men now.
wow! the old man had quite a life!!! super cool!
Indeed he did! Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
This is a Great story of young men that DID things, learned trades, became proficient in them and shared their knowledge with others. I feel that most people lack the skills to change a tire themselves now.
Thanks you very much! I do appreciate your comments.
An absolutely beautiful, well written, piece on your family. You are to be congratulated . I’m 79 years old born at the height of WWII. My father was absent from our lives for many years after the war and when I my grandfather came home from the war with severe ‘shell shock’ (now called PTSD) his alcoholism destroyed our family but not before he taught me his cabinet making skills. I worked ,first as an aircraft mechanic, then a professional pilot. Since retiring I have been teaching myself metal machine skills. Alas, not ONE of my four children, nor my eight grandchildren or my five great grandchildren are interested in aviation, woodworking or machining. You must be so proud, sir.
Thank you for your kind comments Rex. I have one grandson.. he is one year old. I hope and pray he will take to the shop. I have him out here all they time and he hears the machines and smells the smells. Believe it or not there are lost of young folks involved... only they call them "makers," not machinists. I've helped out a few kids and some of their projects are extremely involved and very well done.
When i was a young lad my parents would take me to placeville ca. There along the hwy was a steam train, i think it was a 2-4-2 coal fired unit. My dad let me work on his projects. Now that my parents are in heaven, i enjoy the time spent with them. God bless you my friend.
Thank you.
A glimpse into the America that was.
I do miss that America.
Bless you all.
Very nice tribute to your father. I too have my father's lathe and measuring instruments also his steam engine collection. Every day these things remind me of him. So lucky to have had a good relationship with him.
Thank you very much! I feel both my grandfathers are with me.
You are a great storyteller. Thank you for sharing your family history.
Thanks for watching! I come from a long line of story tellers.... some true, some not so!!!
I cannot tell you how much I love this video. It reminds me of my father and grandfather.
❤️ ❤️ ❤️ ❤️
Beautiful story
Thank you so much
“ when the world was real”
They were all part of a generation we will probably never see again in my lifetime. I was raised by great men and women and I have the work ethic to prove it. Sadly that has been lost on subsequent generations. At 53, I'm retiring on disability from law enforcement and looking at classes in welding and machining at our local vo-tech school. I'll never quit learning and working. Somehow. Best of luck to you my friend
Good attitude Joe! Thank you for your service!
What a fantastic tribute to your father and grandfathers... I hope to pass my shop on to my grandson as well...
Very much appreciate your comment! Thanks!!
My father had Miller business card. He smiled when I found it. Was cleaning up his machine shop office area. So wild. He had pasted few years back. Amazing😱🤓⚒🛠🔧🔩⚙⚖🗜🧰⛓🔬thank you for this is what sharing ❤ 💜 💖 you tube 🙏 😀
Was your family from Clovis?
Well done sir! Having grown up on a 5th generation farm in central IL I saw many examples of the WW1 and WW2 generation’s abilities. Simple, strong and highly capable men who rarely complained and always… ALWAYS… led by example. Industrious, ingenious, determined, faithful men of their word. Bravo Mr. Miller …Bravo! Well done.
Thank you so much. Flyover country is where America will rise again!
You, sir, are one of the luckiest men alive in my opinion!
Wonderful. If we don't pass it down, who will? You were Blessed.
Thank you for sharing ! I love our history and our ancestors ❤️ they built this country
Great historical family story, your history & what your story is about is the direction this country should be going, if it was, we wouldn't be in the mess we are in...God Bless you!! thank you for sharing!!
I grew up in a "blue collar" neighborhood full of old man. They where impressive carpenter's, boat builders, welders/fitters, loggers, shrimpers. Always doing something and happy.
Learn at the knees of the masters! Thanks!
That is an amazing story told by a dedicated engineer. It reminds me of how I was enthralled by mechanical things when I was very young and went on to become a mechanic / engineer. What a pity the young ones of today do not share the enthusiasm of skilled trade like we did
My grandson is not quite two and already he knows the sounds and smells of my shop! Check out the other videos featuring my oil pioneer grandfather and his father a pioneer Texas photographer!
I must say that's a beautiful story, role that fathers and grandfathers play in raising children is not to be underestimated. I'm glad that Mr. Pete mentioned you in his latest video and I found your channel that way.
Thank you very much! Mr. Pete is a good friend and by far the best there is the the world of machine shop!
I’m glad I happened upon this. What an amazing tribute.
Wow this tribute is fantastic! Thank you for making our country a better place.
Everyone can easily tell how rightfully proud you are in sharing this story. Thank you!
Thank you so much!
A most enjoyable video of family history and fortune.
As an ex machinist I can appreciate the craftmenship on display here. Thank you for sharing! 👍😊
What a wonderful story. Thank you.
Thanks for watching!
What a heart felt tribute to your family and all they accomplished.
I don't know you, but I suspect the finest thing they did was raise a son that appreciates all that his predecessors did for him, his family , and country.
Thank you for sharing your story, especially how it relates to events in history.
Take care. Keep the spindles turning.
I know they are all watching and we'll see each other again. Thank you so much.
Fantastic video, brought tears to my old eyes, Cheers from Florida, Paul
Glad you enjoyed it
My Grandfather worked for Charles Lindburg and TAT ,I remember him discussing the airplane crash 1929.or there abouts
It really bothered him up to his final days. Charles wife gave him a heart shaped stone, that was from Charles grave.
Watching this video helped me remember these discussions I had with my GF back around 1970.
Thanks for the memories.
Thank you for the comment and sidebar on your grandfather!
While watching this video I thought about Mr Pete and how this videos story mirrored Mr Petes life in several ways and lo and behold Mr Pete was mentioned in the credits...
Mr. Pete is a good friend and an inspiration to us all! Thanks for your comment!
Thank you. You honor them well. They would be proud
This is the best video I think I have ever watched. I have my grandfathers big ballpeen hammer. I think of him - wielder, farmer, mine worker, 1st generation American - every time I use it.
In 1953, I became an electrical engineering student at Illinois Institute of Technology as a "Co-op Student" with Whiting Corporation in Harvey, Illinois. The periods I spent at the Whiting factory were similar to the industrial apprenticeship programs of which you speak in your video. The experience I was privileged to enjoy with the machinists and other men at Whiting were invaluable to me throughout my life. We need more of these time - tested and proven training programs.
Wonderful story. Nicely done, Thanks for sharing.
Retired HS Machine Shop teacher and RR machinist.
Glad you enjoyed it! Thank you for teaching the young ones!
Thanks to the incredible Miller family and legacy - Americana at its best.
My favorite teacher in high school was Mr. Eugene Pose. The metal shop teacher.
Mechanical skills such as yours are vastly underrated and most of the general population knows nothing about how things are made. My Grandfather, four of my Great Uncles, and my Dad all worked for Southern Railways. They were Boilermakers and Machinists. My Dad started work there in 1938 (25 years old) as a Blacksmith. As the Blacksmith worked slowed, he was a Machinist Apprentice, working up to Journeyman after 7 years. I worked as a Machinist for over 40 years in the Aerospace and Defense industries and also worked in the Foundry for several years. Sadly, these are dying trades. I passed this video to several friends as well as my Wife and Children. You explain and show these skills much better than I can tell them about. These skills and many other blue collar trades are what built this country and brought us to victory in two World Wars.
What a wonderful story. You are a very fortunate man to have such great influences in your life.
Thank you as a retired journeyman mechanic I really enjoyed your video and sharing
from a career machinist and shop teacher, thank you for sharing. what a great family story
You are a true blessing to your family. Thanks for sharing your inspirational story.
This was one of the greatest videos I’ve ever watched! Thank you for sharing your story and that of your family. So many impacts in various industries over the years! Fantastic.
You are very kind. Thank you.
Very well done and I must say I am a Miller as well, And would like to thank my own Father Edward C.Miller for instilling in me the knowledge and abilities that have carried me through these 62-1/2 years of my life. He’s still alive and Kicking at 94 years old and was a tool & die maker, a jig & fixture machinist, and later after working on the Atlas rocket projects in the 1960’s went on to become a layout man in the Ship building industry here in San Diego at almost all of the local shipyards of the times. After retiring from Nassco he went on to do work for the Navy Drug Lab , setting up their drug testing lab computer system log to help streamline the test results better . Thanks for posting this video of your family history and letting me pay some respects here about my own father as well. I became a master mechanic & machinist myself , and must say I very much enjoyed your family’s history as it runs somewhat along same lines as mine. I have most of my father’s tools & tool boxes as well & eventually will inherit his 1957 model Craftsman Shopsmith 😊. I’m in no rush to get it and I’m sure once he passes on I will keep it to give someday hopefully to one of my 3 grandsons. Many memories making things with my Dad that I would love to share with my own.
Thanks for the story Stephen. Appreciate the info and your comment.
FANTASTIC move! This showed up in my recommended videos, after watching The feller from New York that has the steam powered machine shop, Dave Richards.
I 100% agree that we need to all do our part to hand down our knowledge & wisdom to the next generation(s), providing they are willing to absorb what we are trying to learn them. It DOESN'T only have to be kinfolk that we hand it to. I learnt some of the most memorable things from older friends I knew. Older as in I was 16(ish) at that time & they were 70(ish) at the time they handed over those morsels of knowledge.
TROUBLE IS KIDS TODAY DON,T GIVE A DAM, JUST AS LONG AS THEY GOT THEIR SMART PHONES AND VIDEO GAMES ALL FROM USC UNITED STATES OF "CHINA" !!...PEOPLE OF TODAY ARE PAMPERED,SPOILD AND SOFT ALL WITH NO COMMON SENSE !!
What a wonderful story. Thank you for sharing it.
Glad you enjoyed it!
Excellent history presentation of your family. What achievements your family has done! Real Americans that built with hard work and cherished this country. Fantastic. A better America than today. Be sure that your younger family members view and save this video.
Well said! My 19 month old grandson visits frequently and is exposed to the sights, sounds and smells of the shop. Won't be long until he can hold a screwdriver! Thanks for watching!
A great family story. I also have been blessed to work with my hands and mind. And now being old, it makes me sad to see where America is now. I pray for America every day.
Thanks for allowing us to share your memories. It is a riveting presentation with a message for all.
This was an awesome tribute to your family’s history and you were truly blessed to grow up with such a great mentor
Thank you so much!
What an amazing 22 minutes i ever seen, thank you very much for sharing!
This is simply fantastic! Among the most tremendous videos I have ever seen.
Thanks Wally!