Pete Knowles (easily mistaken for singer, Willie Nelson) has worked at Lambert’s since he left school at the end of 1983. Engineering and practical ability runs in the Knowles family and Pete has spent all his working life at Lambert’s, seeing no reason to move on when every day is a new challenge with new projects coming into the workshop.
He loves his work amongst machinery which stands the test of time. The oldest in the workshop is an American Landis crankshaft grinder which was imported to New Zealand in 1920. It has been in constant use since Lambert’s began in 1922.
Pete also enjoys the massive Mitchell Lathe, which was made in the UK and purchased by Lambert’s in 1962. Pete describes it as as a “lovely quiet machine.”
Pete is renowned for his perfect welding work and knowledge of driveshaft repairs as well as specialist tool making.