11/15/2024
Last month we celebrated the retirement of another one of our great workers! Dan Smith retired after working here for the last 31 years. Dan spent the vast majority of his time in our Cornerblock department, but he also helped with shipping and receiving for a few years, helped in our rough mill running machines and even worked 2nd shift for a short stint! If you have a wooden chair, flip it over, and look under the chair and you’ll see these little blocks that connect the rails together. (On the vast majority of chairs) those are the Cornerblocks. They are something so simple, but also so vital to the strength of the chair. They are small, and often have many screw holes in them. Dan did a fantastic job making these blocks for us for years, and making sure they were done correctly, and efficiently. Holding on to that little block on the saw, boring machine and sander, sounds easier than it is in all reality.
Dan made a LOT of Cornerblocks for Fancher Chair in his time year. Based off of some VERY rough estimates, we can see that Dan easily made 10,000,000 Cornerblocks in his time here. You read that right, 10 million, and truthfully, that’s on the low side of our estimate!
Congratulations Dan on a well deserved retirement! Enjoy every minute, thanks for all you did for the company!
Be sure to wish Dan happy retirement in the comments below!
