Nice press for the time.
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Nice press for the time.
I would have thought that work would be done hot? But obviously not looking at 'ol mates hands
The guy does have heavy gloves on.
Ralph
Two things I find curious.
The press has almost like a round milling table with T slots and mounted upside down on top to fasten the forming tools too. Would it have been rotatable or fixed?
They lit the scene with lights placed inside the formed turret sitting on the shop floor. It probably made metering for exposure in the picture much more difficult. Did they really want to cast such weird shadows or were they just trying to avoid the lights blowing out the entire scene by using the turret as a giant shade? Note that there is another light hidden behind the column on the right to infill some of the shadows.
(they might have been making great tanks, but making great pictures not so much)
It looks as the bushing blocks are attached, to guide vertical travel. Can't imagine a rotating fixture table, though a large faceplate [cannibalized from a lathe] would expedite the build. Slots converging at center suits large or small tooling.
I think the lighting is to emphasize part contours; lots of general photographers see forms more important than how they were created.
Most all b/w's Jon post are the reverse, expounding the industrial element.
Machine shop workers at the Westinghouse Electric Corporation. 1900.
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Are those some kind of switching device?
Transformers, I think.You can see a coil in one of them just behind the guys working on the bench. Designed to be oil-filled hence the valve on the bottom of the completed one.Quote:
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Thanks for the info.
So is the guy sitting over head the foreman or the crane operator? That is some heavy duty chain falls.
Ralph
Ford Motor Company assembly line.
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Model AA truck?
Must be, At first I thought it was Model A, but the hand brake is not in the right location (right side of xmsn)
Paraphrased opening, setting the era of from 2003 motion picture Seabiscuit "Real revolution wasn't the car, but the assembly line that made it...", lamenting that "cabinetmakers became knob turners, and seamstresses became button sewers...".
Movie in my regard quite good bit of storytelling, at same time the opening scenes and dialog, epic. It doesn't bother me when a little poetic license is utilized, condensing historic time into duration an audience will remain seated.
They can't all be Napoléon [1927], Gone With The Wind [1939], Lawrence of Arabia [1962], or....
I restored a ‘29 Model A Sport Coupe several years ago and during my research I found that there were lots changes over the 4 years of Model A production, not only from year to year but many mid year running changes as well.
The very early 1928 Model A’s had the emergency brake lever on the left side of the car, just inside the door, later it was moved to in front of the shifter then to the right of the shifter. The early ‘28 emergency brake activated the brake rods for all four wheels then the government stepped in and required the emergency brakes to be activated separate from the service brakes.
NACA instrument machine shop. January, 1953.
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In the back of the room are two rows of lathes and related machinery. Does anybody recognize what brand they are?
Back row to left are Cincinnati's & Kearney-Treckers, towards right appears a Hardinge horizontal, and a shaper. Likely Cincy too, or Gould-Eberhardt. Farther right are Hardinge; first is a turret model, other a standard.
Lathes are Rivett to left, I believe; remainder are Monarch 10-EE. No question on those. Rivett and the 10-EE's are probably the best precision lathes ever made. The Monarch is still being produced, most parts available for the earlier 'Round Dial', and they're still rebuilding the 'Square Dial' today.
You have to really want a new one....well over $100,000 new. Even used, expect to shell out up to $12-13 thousand. Looking and luck might halve that.
Lathes + Machine Tool Archive ...........warning! BEST rabbit hole ever!
Manufacturing metal helmets at B.F. McDonald Co. Los Angeles, CA. 1942.
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What are those helmets for? The one to the ight of the second women looks huge.
Ralph
They do look a bit taller than the regular Brodie style helmet used by the Commonwealth nations but that could be a trick of perspective in the photo.
They look like WWI-style 'Brodie' helmets (something I just learned, looking it up ) https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brodie_helmet A couple million were produced for Civil Defense use in WWII, so it's likely this is what they're making, as the familiar Mk1 GI Helmet was in production by '42. (again, per wikipedia https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/M1_helmet )
I have a vague memory of pictures of US troops in the very early part of our involvement showing up for basic training and getting issued the old 'doughboy' helmets.
The height of the crown makes me wonder if they were indeed civil defense helmets on the Zuckerman pattern, which was basically a modified Brodie using cheaper steel and adding more crumple space above the head to compensate.Quote:
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Aliens, and accommodation of their oddly elongated heads.Quote:
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Civil Defense.
They made helmets for the logging industry.Quote:
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Artifact Spotlight:*B.F. McDONALD CO. Aluminum Hard Hat - Clarke Historical Museum
Yes, they could be aluminum for logging too.
Vacuum cleaner production line workers at Siemens's Elektromotorenwerk motor plant. Berlin, 1930.
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Lots of natural light and plants, how nice...
It almost looks like they are running a toy railroad with all the little boxes rolling on 3 sets of tracks down the middle of the work bench.
Workers removing old mill shoes. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation’s Aliquippa Works facility. September, 1953.
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Removing mill shoes?
Why not, a good portion of them are sitting down...
Who commissions a shot like this?
How (why?) on earth do industrial photographers shoot such poor examples of workplace settings?
Question might be who the photo is intended for, surely not board of directors or stockholders. If it's accountants or payroll, those men are screwed!
googling "..... mill shoes" turns up more about steel toe footwear than industrial equipment...
It’s a dirty job, but somebody has to do it!
Excuse me but I don't know What is "An Old Mill Shoe"? What are the workers actually doing? Just trying to understand the photo. At least it seems that there are only 2 Bosses and the The rest are Workers.
I am curious about what an "An Old Mill Shoe" is also.
Looks like it might be the roughing mill of a hot rolling mill or mini mill. Huge opening for mill scale and big slides to change rolls on. But I am guessing.
Mesta Machine Company Erecting Department.
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Slightly more context on "mill shoes" at the source here: https://historicpittsburgh.org/islan...3.B002.F06.I18
Sometimes you'll see awkward labeling on these old photos; it probably gets inserted somewhere along the line between the photographer and the historical preservation association that is archiving the photo.
so..he's getting a erection over that mesa machine parts he has to assemble....been there done that!!! new stuff is always exciting.
Do we even have big stuff like that shown in #2397 in the USA anymore?