Well, do you suppose a few "retired" folks who used to make things could be persuaded to get back into harness to put some of that stuff back together again?
I've got 40 years experience along the lines of mechanical/aeronautical/manufacturing engineering, including a few years training machinists to build the stuff I designed and I'll even double down and do electrical controls and power if there aren't any twidgets around to handle those details.
Pay? Well, if I'm having fun I'll usually leave that up to Grandma. Just leave me a couple days a week to play golf and a Get Out of Jail Free card for when I kick EPA/OSHA butts over the parking lot fence and I'm good.
I probably can even go over and get all that drafting equipment back that I donated to that museum......
-PJ