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safely in a box and an antique chandelier waiting for its owner to pick
it up.
Rogers Shop is another name for this brimming full space on Monte Sano where Erickson fixes stuff. Its a place where he takes on jobs, as his business card says, that no one else will do.These folks were at their wits end, Erickson said, showing the lighted porcelain angel Christmas tree topper he had recently repaired with a new strand of lights. They truly loved that little piece.
Erickson, 70, got in the fix-it business shortly before he retired as a contractor for the U.S. Army in January 2011. He had just built a foundry he could make small metal pieces with, and a co-worker asked him if he could fix a metal statue of a deer that had a broken leg. When he was done with it, you couldnt tell where the break was, Erickson said.
His co-workers mother got in touch not long after that with another project, another deer statue that a tree had fallen on. This was a large piece and a real challenge to figure out, Erickson said. He managed to fix it and even better than new because he adjusted the legs so the piece wouldnt tip over as easily as it had.
The co-workers mother kept Erickson busy for months with items she had tried to get other people to fix, and a business was born. Neighbors, friends and jobs he has picked up by word of mouth keep him busy these days. Richards Lighting also sends him customers who need things like a lighted Christmas ornament or an antique railroad lamp fixed.
He has tackled jobs as big as restoring a Triumph automobile to as small as shortening the rod on an antique chandelier by nine inches. He did the Triumph job in exchange for four more of the British roadsters, three of which he sold and one of which he added to his own collection of the vehicles. Hes repairing the rear fender and other metal parts of a late 1950s Morgan automobile a customer is restoring.
Erickson hasnt taken on this post-retirement work to keep busy. Hes likes to hunt and hike along with other pastimes. He recently followed a Peace Corp worker who is the son of a friend on a hike through Panama.
He takes on these projects because theyre a great mental challenge. He likes learning as much as he can about an object and understanding how it works.Ill do some research to find more what the heck Im working on because thats part of the fun, Erickson said. You have to have a micro-education to fix some of this stuff.
The typewriter in his garage was a job for some neighbors, Kyle and Delia Siegrist, who had bought it for their daughter, Heidi. Shes a writer and had wanted to have an old-fashioned typewriter to compose on.
Not only did Erickson take apart the typewriter, which was dirty and had sticky keys, but he found a red and black Remington ribbon online for the Super Riter Standard machine. Its the kind Superman used in his Clark Kent-reporter alter-ego on the 1960s television show. Erickson had that information, along with the fact the typewriter was made in France in 1960, printed out for the Siegrists.
Erickson did the same thing for Nancy Hallman when he fixed an antique railway lantern Hallmans grandfather used when he worked for the Frisco Railroad. The lantern sat outside at her aunts house for more than 30 years and had rust, it was corroded, parts were bent, Hallman said. She had no idea how to have it fixed, much less in time to give the lantern to her mother this past Mothers Day. She walked into Richards Lighting with the lamp, and they said You know, we dont do anything like this, but theres this man, Hallman said.
Hallman made a trip up the mountain with the lantern, and brought it back down a few weeks later completely restored, mounted on a custom-made stand and with a plaque noting the history of the lamp. Her mother was ecstatic about the lantern, which she couldnt believe was the same, rusted lantern that had been at her sisters house, Hallman said. Erickson had even repaired the lamp to include a kerosene canister, in case the family ever wanted to use it as it had been in Hallmans grandfathers day.Large collection of quality cleanersydney at discounted prices.
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Remember, I was a technician first, and I grew up on a farm in Minnesota where you fix everything that breaks, he said. As a technician, I would take designs from engineers and make them work.
The kind of work he does now is more about research and getting smart about what youre doing,An cleaningservicesydney is a network of devices used to wirelessly locate objects or people inside a building. Erickson said. Doing stuff like this without the internet would be really difficult.We printers print with traceable cleaningsydney to optimize supply chain management.
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Rogers Shop is another name for this brimming full space on Monte Sano where Erickson fixes stuff. Its a place where he takes on jobs, as his business card says, that no one else will do.These folks were at their wits end, Erickson said, showing the lighted porcelain angel Christmas tree topper he had recently repaired with a new strand of lights. They truly loved that little piece.
Erickson, 70, got in the fix-it business shortly before he retired as a contractor for the U.S. Army in January 2011. He had just built a foundry he could make small metal pieces with, and a co-worker asked him if he could fix a metal statue of a deer that had a broken leg. When he was done with it, you couldnt tell where the break was, Erickson said.
His co-workers mother got in touch not long after that with another project, another deer statue that a tree had fallen on. This was a large piece and a real challenge to figure out, Erickson said. He managed to fix it and even better than new because he adjusted the legs so the piece wouldnt tip over as easily as it had.
The co-workers mother kept Erickson busy for months with items she had tried to get other people to fix, and a business was born. Neighbors, friends and jobs he has picked up by word of mouth keep him busy these days. Richards Lighting also sends him customers who need things like a lighted Christmas ornament or an antique railroad lamp fixed.
He has tackled jobs as big as restoring a Triumph automobile to as small as shortening the rod on an antique chandelier by nine inches. He did the Triumph job in exchange for four more of the British roadsters, three of which he sold and one of which he added to his own collection of the vehicles. Hes repairing the rear fender and other metal parts of a late 1950s Morgan automobile a customer is restoring.
Erickson hasnt taken on this post-retirement work to keep busy. Hes likes to hunt and hike along with other pastimes. He recently followed a Peace Corp worker who is the son of a friend on a hike through Panama.
He takes on these projects because theyre a great mental challenge. He likes learning as much as he can about an object and understanding how it works.Ill do some research to find more what the heck Im working on because thats part of the fun, Erickson said. You have to have a micro-education to fix some of this stuff.
The typewriter in his garage was a job for some neighbors, Kyle and Delia Siegrist, who had bought it for their daughter, Heidi. Shes a writer and had wanted to have an old-fashioned typewriter to compose on.
Not only did Erickson take apart the typewriter, which was dirty and had sticky keys, but he found a red and black Remington ribbon online for the Super Riter Standard machine. Its the kind Superman used in his Clark Kent-reporter alter-ego on the 1960s television show. Erickson had that information, along with the fact the typewriter was made in France in 1960, printed out for the Siegrists.
Erickson did the same thing for Nancy Hallman when he fixed an antique railway lantern Hallmans grandfather used when he worked for the Frisco Railroad. The lantern sat outside at her aunts house for more than 30 years and had rust, it was corroded, parts were bent, Hallman said. She had no idea how to have it fixed, much less in time to give the lantern to her mother this past Mothers Day. She walked into Richards Lighting with the lamp, and they said You know, we dont do anything like this, but theres this man, Hallman said.
Hallman made a trip up the mountain with the lantern, and brought it back down a few weeks later completely restored, mounted on a custom-made stand and with a plaque noting the history of the lamp. Her mother was ecstatic about the lantern, which she couldnt believe was the same, rusted lantern that had been at her sisters house, Hallman said. Erickson had even repaired the lamp to include a kerosene canister, in case the family ever wanted to use it as it had been in Hallmans grandfathers day.Large collection of quality cleanersydney at discounted prices.
Erickson credits his years first as a radar technician in the U.S. Navy and then his work as a project manager,Large collection of quality cleanersydney at discounted prices. after he got his Bachelors in industrial management and his MBA, for his ability to figure out how things should work.
Remember, I was a technician first, and I grew up on a farm in Minnesota where you fix everything that breaks, he said. As a technician, I would take designs from engineers and make them work.
The kind of work he does now is more about research and getting smart about what youre doing,An cleaningservicesydney is a network of devices used to wirelessly locate objects or people inside a building. Erickson said. Doing stuff like this without the internet would be really difficult.We printers print with traceable cleaningsydney to optimize supply chain management.
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