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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hpgK51w6uhk
Here's the blurb:
"This is the story of America's massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America's most advanced machinery - the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbin "Pin It")
My apologies if this has been posted before, but her's a video about 'America's Iron Giants' - it's all about those monster presses.
Here's the blurb:
"This is the story of America's massive forging presses built during the cold war used to build America's most advanced machinery - the Heavy Press Program. Modern airplanes, missiles, helicopters, turbines - all have parts made on these giant machines!"
Charles Waugh
www.charleswaugh.com
"Any tool is just a kit, to be modified as needed for the job at hand"
Yes, it has been posted before, but no need to apologize - it's a great video, and I hope it will be posted again and again. The creator is a member here, username machinethinking. Check out this other video he posted: World's Oldest Micrometer - 1776! Who made this thing??
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Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...l_fullsize.jpgFarquhar Style K tractor powering a Farquhar sawmill, York PA c.1918
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About 2 hrs away there is a show called The Pagent Of Steam in Canadagua N.Y.. I am the most impressed with how quiet the steam tractors are. Just a little mechanical ticking n so forth. Came away thinking how easy it would be to get run over if both pedestrian and operator were distracted. Fastenating machines.
Eric
Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...r_fullsize.jpgBuckeye Traction Ditcher for the Army, Findlay, OH c.1918
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Nice pic Jon! Pretty sophisticated tracks on that for 1918.Originally Posted by Jon
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Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...e_fullsize.jpgGantry steam crane for construction of ships 8,000 tons with an 80 foot boom - c.1918
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Fullsize image: https://diqn32j8nouaz.cloudfront.net...e_fullsize.jpg75 hp hoisting engine used to haul loaded cars up the 800 ft. incline on the Camp Humphreys railway - May 1918
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They were used fairly often for logging, especially on the west coast, and in sailing ports for loading cargo. They used to move them over short distances by using the winches to drag them into location. Once the donkey was in place the rigging was set up, either by setting up derricks, shear legs, or by rigging a spar tree.
Hey ho away we go!
Donkey riding! Donkey riding! "Pin It")
Steam donkey (donkey engine)
They were used fairly often for logging, especially on the west coast, and in sailing ports for loading cargo. They used to move them over short distances by using the winches to drag them into location. Once the donkey was in place the rigging was set up, either by setting up derricks, shear legs, or by rigging a spar tree.
Hey ho away we go!
Donkey riding! Donkey riding!
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The donkey is a popular modeling subject among the live steam modelers. Here's a video showing some of them in action mimicing the operation of the full size ones...
I have a plan book for building one but haven't yet gotten around to it. If interested, the book is still available from Amazon...
https://www.amazon.com/Steam-Donkey-.../dp/0941653692
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