High-quality black-and-white photographs of large old machines and tools

**metric_taper** · Feb 13, 2023, 06:27 PM

I had farming relatives that said this model almost broke Farmall, as they were reliable and didn't break parts.

**hemmjo** · Feb 14, 2023, 04:02 AM

The are still a few of them in use around here.

**NeiljohnUK** · Feb 14, 2023, 04:54 AM

Originally Posted by hemmjo

The are still a few of them in use around here.

Pretty popular with the vintage farming equipment crowd here in the UK too.

**Jon** · Feb 19, 2023, 10:12 AM

Foundry ladle. 1943.

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**Jon** · Feb 26, 2023, 10:12 AM

Welding lathe at the Homestead Steel Works. Homestead, PA. May, 1959.

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**Jon** · Mar 5, 2023, 10:12 AM

Whistle Bottling Works. Washington, D.C. 1925.

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**IntheGroove** · Mar 5, 2023, 10:24 AM

You would almost think the place should be more hygienic...

**hemmjo** · Mar 7, 2023, 10:34 AM

Did you happen to catch this sign in the Welding Lathe photo!!!

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**mr mikey** · Mar 7, 2023, 02:10 PM

Very true. Hopefully an accident in the shop ends well and everyone learns. I've seen a lot of stupid things happen in 55 years as a mechanic. One was a tech who installed an automatic trans in a garbage truck. He started it and was filling the trans while flushing the cooler lines. I was about 3 bays away and I heard the idle change. The truck was in gear and rolling. The guy is walking with the truck still pumping fluid in it. I'm running and screaming at him. I got the door open and turned the key off as it was about to go through the closed bay door. He didn't have a clue. How the hell do you not realize whats going on. The park brake was on but not holding properly. With that he should have checked the shifter linkage way before he started it. That happened over twenty years ago and It still boils my blood when I tell someone.