thats a lot of steel just to change directions. Im kinda supprized it dont have shiftable speed change gears too.
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thats a lot of steel just to change directions. Im kinda supprized it dont have shiftable speed change gears too.
A mill shoe is a fixed guide plate that helps control the movement of stock into and out of the rolling mill.
Shoes for a pipe rolling mill pictured.
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I could be mistaken; but photo clearly shows large key stock on the rear most shafting, which nearly confirm evidence those miter gears are grooved for shift forks. So, whatever they are building is just part of a FAR larger mechanism and more demands of alignment, assembly and overall rigging. All that complexity, imagined or not, might just serve an end user, without being infrastructure whatsoever.Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
be sure to keep your fingers and other importaint body parts away from those teeth as they will bite you and you wont get it back.
I had some thoughts about the dangers of those open gears.Quote:
Originally Posted by marksbug
But the thoughts were too political for this forum.
yup, your probaby right. I suppose if you were to get dicks hat band caught in those she wouldent be happy.
How political could it be? Charlie Chaplin did it, "Modern Times" 1936. Harold Lloyd did it, "Safety Last" 1923. Fritz Lang did it, "Metropolis" 1927. H.G. Wells did it over and over, Rise of the Machines et al, nailing a zillion predictions on his own........Quote:
Originally Posted by jimfols
Ha, we would not even be here if our ancestors had been afraid of a little "danger". Here in the USA anyway, how safe was it for our ancestors to board a creaky leaky old wooden sailing vessel. Try to survive the passage down in the dark stinky hold with the farm animals and very little eat. Then cross the wilderness to find a "better life". The people who finally made it were strong, brave, resourceful, smart and.... yes had some luck going for them. But then there is the thought that a lot of times, "you make your own luck"Quote:
Originally Posted by jimfols
As for the places they left, can only imagine how bad they were at the time. I have been to Haiti, I am sure there are other places as bad, maybe worse, Afghanistan instantly comes to mind, some places in Africa...
Maybe one good thing that will come from climate change... All the snowflakes will melt!!!
Hemmjo.....You are right. We are " wimps " compared to what our ancestors have gone through. I remember as a young kid, my Grandfather going to the Dentist to have a tooth pulled. The dentist was outside cleaning fish when we got there. When the dentist got ready to pull the tooth, he asked my Grandfather " with or without ", meaning pain killer . My Grandfather asked how much more it would cost for the pain killer, and the dentist told him $5.00, so my Grandfather told him without, and pulled a hair on Grandfather's arm at the same time he pulled his tooth. This was probably in the early 1940's, when $5.00 was a lot of money.....I don't know, it could have been during War time, when everything was in short supply; and $5.00 was really a lot of money.
Speaking of a tooth pulled without painkiller.
I am a recovering Alcholic, sober 43 years. Before I quit drinking I had a tooth filled that was killing my with pain. Asked dentist if it was cheaper without pain killer, don’t remember how much but I went without. All it meant to me was I could afford a couple more drinks.
Luck is the crossroads of opportunity and preparedness...Quote:
Originally Posted by hemmjo
Extruding tungsten on the Loewy press in the materials processing laboratory. NASA. March, 1964.
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Aircraft manufacturing at the Nuremberg plant, 1916.
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Skylights are wonderful.
it's all wonderfull.execpt for somany were used for killing&war.
Jim, aren't they...ALL the old factories in Syd and MLB were long buildings, North facing with DEEP clerestory windows and skylight roof panels on the skillion roofs behind...and anything post war was closed in with huge sodium lights. My workshop is north facing with a 5 x 2.5 m roller door. I hate it when I have to close it...cheers
Hand painted sign writing.
My father worked for Briggs motor bodies post war (they took over and expanded the Supermarine works at Eastleigh airfield), he commented that apart from the 'North-light" skylight roof all illumination came from widely spaced single incandescent lamps (bulbs) in dirty green outside white inside enamelled shades, the Ford motor company bought Briggs and closed the factory for 2 weeks for 'maintenance', on return there were continuous 4 wide strip lights the length of the place spaced ~ every 12-15 feet across the factory floor, no more quiet shadows to hide in...Quote:
Originally Posted by Beserkleyboy
Looks like a bunch of little Fokkers to me!Quote:
Originally Posted by Jon
Most are dressed better for work, than some today are dressed to go out.Quote:
Originally Posted by mklotz
Years ago one had to pay to see the tattooed lady. not any more.
so...where does he have her tatooed?,is she on his....surf bord?smash::bananadance: on another note...how do you know the tatoo is a lady these days:rofl::embarrassed::rimshot:?
You never know these days, I see both young and old "ladies" tattooed. It all depend on what they identify as!Quote:
Originally Posted by marksbug
Workers spread plaster on the surface of plate glass. Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company. Ford City, PA. 1950.
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I wonder what the purpose of spreading plaster on plate glass is?
Could it be for protection during shipping?
It is part of the manufacturing process.Quote:
Originally Posted by old_toolmaker
Hemmjo, thanks for that link. Fascinating stuff, I've just come up for air after an hour down the glass manufacturing rabbit hole...Pilks Australia is still a large player here, as is Viridian. I had the fun of supplying low Fe glass shelves for a dining room china cabinet, 3000 wide x 2100 high in 2008, for a fussy customer who did not like the green edge of regular float. It was 50% more expensive, but in the end, I decided to always use it, when behind glass doors. Thanks for your contributions here.
Jim
re *2420
I've seen a sparse few tattooed ladies; though tattooed women abound.
Meanwhile, Yes, that is one of the best quotes ever, getting clearer every day.
I'm going to mount a big iron clapper alarm, and tempting black and white decoy wire running to the electromagnet. When a perp snips that, a poster of that quote drops in front of said perp. He/ she/ it will have time to read it before proceeding as neer-do-well.
Not confrontational, I just worked WAY too hard getting this far.
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Production. Willow Run bomber plant. Spot welding parts for the nacelle of an aircraft engine. These women work in the largest one-story building in the works, the giant bomber plant at Willow Run, Michigan. Ford plant, Willow Run. 1942 July.
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so...what was willow running from??
Jon's poster finds are going to fill every available square inch of my shop entry; a modest history lesson centered on manufacturing history. It's been my quest to alert washed minds of what all that effort requires, and inestimable benefit to our economy.
Spent whole morning with an expert in dynamic engine balancing. he worked on a LS crank for Baja with serious amount of Mallory Metal in the throws. Having built scores of the 383-400 conversions, all was fine until knock-off importations started. So poorly done, mains and crankpins require reground .010/.010 to correct RMS finish, regularity in positioning, and correcting the corners of throws! Why? They hit piston skirts....which required massaging too.
Thank you, lobbyists along with certain manufacturing and retail associations :angry:
the knockoffs have been hear since the 80's .most I have seen and used are far better than most places will/can grind them..even the big guys use some offshore cranks with thise names on them. heavy metel is expensive and a good reason for light weight parts as well as crank lighting in the right places. I dont plenty of heavy metal in many different apps. and seen the moron way fo doing it in "promod engine" musta been a budget engine with used up parts. it was one of the funneyest thisng I had ever seen... 1 inch wide by 1/4" thick steep strap welded around the counter weights....wtf?? and much more than that throught the engine. as for the crank finish of the imports,Ive never had any issue with them I always polich befor assy and set the clearances where I want them( tight side, with thin syn oil) and coated bearings.OH How I love coated bearings. I think they may just be indestructable....well almost. I probably still have some mallory around hear somewhere... Ive even seen it installed by drilling down into the counter weight and pounded in...and...flung back out...you cant fix stupid. I think I still have the reamers for installing them correctly hear at home. I miss doing all that stuff.and racing too.
if they hit the piston skrt...the skirt is in the way.and weighs too much...time to lighten it.:) and or the rod is too short. probably both.
Forge reheating a 90 ton ingot. Carnegie Steel Company. 1890.
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I remember than movie and the stars!!! ingot burnman.!!!!with carl withers...and remington steel!!!
Four men standing on the running boards of a car to demonstrate the strength of PPG Herculite windshield glass. 1938.
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Properly dressed for the job! Might be a little different today.
Packard Coupe
On running boards in suit and tie? Secret Service agents, FBI, or mafia henchmen come to mind.Quote:
Originally Posted by old_toolmaker
Nope, probably the corporation president, factory manager, accountant, and senior engineerQuote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
OK, so mafia henchmen it is.Quote:
Originally Posted by Frank S
Or maybe..... the Untouchables?
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