Vintage work crew photos

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Also know as a Ship Saw.
Here's short video of Lou Sauzedde sharpening the blade on his.

More pretty than sizable. . .

Note convenient item selected to portray scale.
BTW, the base to the left was bolted to floor, everything below that plane swung in a excavated concrete pit, including vacuum to dust collection top side.
Pattern makers shop, Long Beach Naval Ship Yard. That's what it takes for patterns and cores of large parts; pump bodies, cutless bearings, dock bollards, items not easily fabricated.