FOR GOOD MEASURE: Machinist Dennis Sullivan checks his calculation on an order of spur gears Tracey Gear has just made for a food processing company. PBN PHOTO/TRACY JENKINS
Doug Tracey’s company churns out thousands of meticulously crafted gears, shafts, splines and sprockets each year, but don’t ask him where all those parts are going. He doesn’t always know. Many times, his clients can’t tell him. Especially if the components end up in top-secret or classified projects. Sometimes when he’s asked the question, Tracey,…
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