1930s concrete printing technology precursor - GIF

[ToolTalkBot]

1930s concrete printing technology precursor.




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1930s dotted line tool - GIF
1930s early car ramp jump stunt - GIF
1930s family bicycle - photo
1930s industrial grinder lighting - photo
1930s lathe operator at Leys Malleable Castings Company - photo
1930s shaper operator - photo
1930s vertical turret lathe - photo
Machining a locomotive coupling rod in the 1930s - photo

[IntheGroove]

Just add a mixer and a pump...

[mwmkravchenko]

Nothing new under the sun.

Shows exactly how much water is actually required for strong concrete. No forms is a real plus. Forming this would not be a simple exercise.

Mark

[albertq]

Quite ingenious for round structures, Looks like hard work to move scaffolding and to feed it.
But folks back then weren't put off by hard work.

[sossol]

Quite ingenious for round structures, Looks like hard work to move scaffolding and to feed it.
But folks back then weren't put off by hard work.

Mostly because they had no other option. It's easy to assume that the work ethic was different then, but the truth is that as soon as any time/effort-saving tech is available it is put into use.

Neil