Preserve the craft. Practice the craft. Pass it on.
The consulting practice is the engine. The long-term mission is to help people discover the same thing Jerry found at nineteen: not merely a job, but a craft worth mastering.
I walked into a shop looking for work. I found a way of life.
When I was nineteen, I walked into a machine shop looking for a job. Instead, I found a craft.
Older machinists taught me far more than how to run a lathe or hold a tolerance. They taught me how to think small, how to be thorough, how to respect reality, and how to take ownership of a problem.
I owe those men a debt that cannot be repaid to them. The only way I know to repay it is by teaching others.
A modern guild built on timeless standards.
The long-term goal is a mobile, hands-on learning program that can travel to communities where access to real manufacturing education is limited.
Students would learn practical skills in manual machining, CNC programming, CAD/CAM, measurement, additive manufacturing, and design for manufacturability—but the deeper subject would be judgment.
- Curiosity before credentials
- Judgment before rote procedure
- Craft before commerce
- Technology in service of the craft
- Knowledge entrusted, then passed forward
- Open to learners regardless of nationality; no ITAR-controlled material
“We do not teach people merely to make parts. We help them become craftsmen.”
The Guild is being built one practical step at a time.
Pimatech is currently focused on consulting, infrastructure, partnerships, curriculum development, and funding pathways that can bring the teaching mission to life without weakening the quality of the work.