Thanks for posting Rikk. It could have been interesting but couldn't get past his obsession with poop.Quote:
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Thanks for posting Rikk. It could have been interesting but couldn't get past his obsession with poop.Quote:
Originally Posted by Rikk
They are mulling the green sand.
Ralphs ghost seems to have a jack-o-lantern floating above his head a little to the left. Another ghost to the right of Ralphs ghost, short ghost. Seems like the Non-ghost gentleman farther to the right has motorcycle handle bars floating above his head.
Rosalind P. Walter, the original inspiration for "Rosie the Riveter" died Wednesday at the age of 95.
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In regard to the photo of the foundry;
There is a lot of information in that photo if you really look at it. The biggest problem with the photo is focus. Unlike many old photos from back then, the depth of field (the distance from the lens for objects to be in focus) is very short. The photo we saw a while ago of the BIG crankshaft was a really good example of a DEEP depth of field, that whole photograph was in focus.
The men in the background are very much out of focus, thus the ghostly appearance. The woman on the left and the one shoveling sand into the riddle were the most still, and most clearly in focus. The tower that is the most properly in focus and exposed the best. The shovel handle sticking up behind the tower is out of focus .
The woman on the left and the one shoveling sand into the riddle were the most still, and most clearly in focus. The tower that is the most properly in focus and exposed the best. The shovel handle sticking up behind the tower is out of focus.
There appears to be molds, possibly for wheels in the foreground.
The most puzzling thing to me is that BRIGHT spot behind the man and the woman on the left. I wonder if that is a furnace glowing in the background?
Yes, I agree, it does get a little old at times, but I figure it's just his writers and not him specifically. He actually has done a lot to help promote the trades and has established a foundation for trade school scholarships.Quote:
Originally Posted by jimfols
I really admire what he is doing for us. As someone who started my career as an apprentice sweeping the floor and cleaning up chips in an "old school" machine shop and is now an engineer for an aerospace manufacturer, I appreciate that he is making it cool again to work hard, pay your dues and work your way to the top through ability and knowledge.
His foundation:
https://www.mikeroweworks.org/
Just can't believe during the mixing of the sand and manure no one said "So, what's brown and sounds like a bell?"Quote:
Originally Posted by Rikk
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Blacksmith shop, Massachusetts, circa 1900.
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Wilford Brimley?? My grandfather was a blacksmith around that time. According to family sources he was also an outlaw and a sheriff.
The Dandy on the left looks like an outlaw...
Naw, I think the 2 on the left were outside sales reps. The one on the right looks like an outlaw.
Seems like a lot of sheriffs moonlight as outlaws.Quote:
Originally Posted by baja
Sand muller?
Mulling is a process where the sand to be used in metal casting is mixed with proper components, typically fine sand, clay for a binder, and oil or water.Quote:
Originally Posted by elk-a-holic
It is energy intensive work to do with out a machine. Basically mixing the components, and breaking up clumps in the sand. During initial mulling, naturally occuring clumps are broken up. During casting, the heat from the metal tends to bond the sand into clumps, especially that close to the hot metal. It is often necessary to re-mull the sand so it can be reused.
The riddle, or sifter, is used to assure the clumps are out.
https://www.howimportant.com/importa...g-sand-control
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This photograph probably depicts the cable steamer SILVERTOWN at sea while men onshore at Bondi Beach, Sydney work on laying the Pacific Cable. Crowds, including surf lifesavers, appear surrounding the ditch and observing the work being carried out. As the work commenced on 16 November 1912, Pacific Cable Board officials were present overseeing a collection of workmen with shovels, telescopes and signalling flags. The cable steamer reportedly had 1,400 miles of cable on its end, as it made its way from Bondi to Auckland, New Zealand. It is possible that this photograph was taken the day the work commenced.
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I'll bet the frigging phone company is still connecting long distance revenue from that cable!!
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Construction of Skate class USS Sargo (SSN-583). Skate class was US Navy's first production run of nuclear-powered submarines.
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WHAT,,,, CAN YOU HEAR ME NOW?????Quote:
Originally Posted by VinnieL
Not much info for this one beyond the year 1930, Hungary, and "mechanics".
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Bunch of leaner's
Lounge Against the Machine...
I think "Mechanics" may be a fault in the translation. They look more like "plant operators" or perhaps "engineers" rather than spanner twirlers
Plant operators sounds more realistic defiantly not like any engineers I have ever been associated with. But the term engineer is often loosely used to describe function of duties as well as mechanics. to me a wrench twirler is a helperQuote:
Originally Posted by 12bolts
What Frank said. 40 years ago I had a job in a commercial laundry where uniforms were rented. My job title was plant engineer, my duties were operating 150 hp boiler, doing maintenance work on n large washers and gas dryers and all the plumbing systems in the plant. Yesterday I could not spell injunear, today I are one.
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Road building, Civilian Conservation Corps, Lassen National Forest, California, 1930s.
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"to me a wrench twirler is a helper" or as I call them; a parts changer...
Times haven't changed at all, two men working, five watching...
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Cherry-picking season. Family of migratory fruit workers from Texas. July 1940. Berrien County, Michigan.
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The sullen little brat on the fender looks like the next Clyde awaiting the appearance of his Bonnie.
Yeah he just looks the type, cheeky wee beggar.
He is thinking, "When is it going to be MY Turn to drive!"?
The kid on the running board is Frank Sinatra right?
"the depth of field (the distance from the lens for objects to be in focus)". Not so. An acceptable, though subjective definition:
The distance between the nearest and the furthest objects that give an image judged to be in focus in a camera.
AH, yes Volodar, I stand corrected, none the less, the depth of field in that photo on in question is VERY SHORT.
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381/50mm cannons being built inside the Ansaldo Artillery Factory in Genoa, 1917
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"381/50mm cannons being built inside the Ansaldo Artillery Factory in Genoa, 1917 "
I see the children are well represented.
Plus I always enjoy looking at rope rigging.
Agreed Jim, properly rigged ropes truly area thing of wonder. Not something most folks understand these days.
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Breaking eggs in egg breaking plant. Chicago, Illinois. Photo by John Vachon for the Farm Security Administration July 1941.
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I wonder if they send the kids through the bore for cleaning and inspection?Quote:
Originally Posted by jimfols
No, I believe they're thoroughly scrubbed before being pushed through.Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
