EST. 2026
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Vol. I / No. 1785
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obsolescence

Work Aug 10, 2026

For twenty-three years, he has been the only person in America still making a part for a dryer that stopped being manufactured in 1978.

A retired machinist in Missoula has, for twenty-three years, been the only person in the country still making one small brass gear for a clothes dryer that stopped being manufactured in 1978. He makes them in…
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