Bigduke
After scraping the Vees slides on our 32ft bed Butler planing machine its a nightmare I was trying to forget !!!
It sounds like we done similar apprenticeships, we also done a bit of carpentry as well as spending time in the blacksmiths forge, great for cooking your breakfast in the fire each morning..
I still work for the same company & our training school is still there but scaled down, except our apprentices only do a 2 year NVQ based apprenticeships.