The 'Good Old Days': were they really any better?

摘要

We could go all the way back to the late 1700s if we wanted to trace the history of the fastener industry in the United States. That's when David Wilkinson designed and built a screw cutting lathe that could produce a consistent thread form. His "nut and bolt making machine" was patented in 1798 in response to the growing need for interchangeable fasteners generated by New England's industrial revolution. Our fastener industry really came of age, though, in the post-World War II era, just a little over 50 years ago, and we have a number of industry veterans who have lived that history and bring a unique perspective to today's fastener business.