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Is this the plant that was on Genesee street in Buffalo next to the airport? That plant assembled planes during WW II.
Workers at the information room at Union Station. Chicago, IL. January, 1943.
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Thank You. Mr Mikey.
Steam drill workers. Vermont, 1905.
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Ok Now But what does a Steam Drill Worker Actually Do? Are they drilling holes with a steam powered jack hammer device or what? I'm itching to know. I never heard or seen such a thing.:hattip:
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From Goggle
A steam drill is powered by a remote boiler while a length of steel hammered away at the rock face. It took the ingenuity of an American inventor named Simon Ingersoll in 1871 to come up with a device that rotated as well, effectively creating the first hammer drill.
Whilst they dont really appear to be working a "rock face" I dont know enough, (actually SFA) about this to comment further
And What does a Torque Tube actually do? Does the Driveshaft sit inside the Tube? Would Modern Cars benefit from haveing this??:smash:
Well Thanks Anyway But once you hear The Name Ingersoll Rand Say No More! A Remote Boiler, There must be Hoses to each Power Dril. And you can see some workkers standing on their machines to increase "The Rate of Penetration" I'd like to see one in a Machine Museum. Thx
Not sure where this question came from, but...early vehicles used leaf springs for suspension. On acceleration, the rear axle would try to twist (torque) upward as the pinion tries to climb up the ring gear. The leaf springs had trouble resisting this twist. During braking, the axle would try to twist downward. The drive shaft was inside the ridgid torque tube. The tube was attached securely to the rear axle and the engine/transmission. The tube served as a long lever which transferred the torque forward to prevent the axle from twisting on acceleration or braking. The tube makes servicing the drive train more difficult, they are also not strong enough for heavy duty applications.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcthistle007
Many installed "ladder bars" on 1960's "muscle cars" to prevent the leaf springs from "wrapping" up when drag racing. They are still used today in many applications. Modern cars have totally different suspension systems would not benefit from a torque tube. If you look at heavy trucks, you will see solid bars leading forward from the axle to resist the twisting action.
Last (only) car I had with a torque tube was a '53 Chevy. I bought it for $25.00, because a guy told me the transmission would fit my '60 chevy. It did not run, so we towed it home with a rope, then discovered the transmission would not work. One of my first really stupid ideas. My dad was sure mad when he got home. But I learned from the experience.
Before the mid-engine Corvettes, models with the engine in front and transaxle in the rear used a torque tube to connect the two, and yes the driveshaft ran inside.Quote:
Originally Posted by mcthistle007
Torque tubes were not fun when a u-joint needed to be replaced. My first experience when I was about 16 years old was what the?, It was an early American Motors Rambler. You had a choice of pulling the engine-trans or rear axle to access u-joints. The axle was always the best choice. Now you quote the customer $400.00 bucks when on a normal driveshaft a u-joint back in the 60's was $50.00 bucks. Glad I didn't see many of those. :angry:
My Unimogs had torque tubes...
re post 2725 & 2726. I'd say steam powered equivalent to modern jack-hammers, especially with Ingersoll connection. What too is interesting, some have a heavier supporting tripod and a hand crank; to feed the thing in.
They are a lot like today's portable hot-tap device.
https://www.google.com/search?client...ot+tap+machine
Shasta Dam workers. Shasta County, CA. December, 1941.
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Newsboys. St. Louis, MO. 1910.
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2736
We was tough when we was kids.
2736* I saw that gang in line for lottery tickets, each with more confidence than cohorts, "this one here, it's a gonna be the big one".
Next let's try beer :beer: lol
Yup. I had a 1948 Ford that I switched the flathead out and put an overhead valve Y-block in. Drove it with the column shift for a while, and then decided to put in a floor shift transmission, I think it was out of a Ford truck. I pulled the rear-end to be able to get the job done. It was quite a bit of work.....I'm glad that things progressed mechanically to where it is different now....just drop the driveshaft by loosening the universal joint clamps on the differential. The old way was a pain if you ever needed to replace the clutch.
I got email notification that mansworld responded to this thread but I don't see it here? Wonder why?
That post got moved. I searched for "tobacco" to find it.. https://www.homemadetools.net/forum/tobacco-94100
Look close, those boys were rolling their own filterless "straights." They couldn't afford them 'fancy' store-bought smokes on their wages.
Steam donkey crew. Vancouver, BC. 1917.
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Blacksmiths. Despatch, NY. 1904.
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That horizontal press is beautiful...
Did we see a different photo of that same shop a while ago? Or was that just a common way to build shops of that nature?
The Grandfather of all modern OBI presses. Nice machine!Quote:
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OBI (Open Back Inclineable) are punch presses, separating bits from strip stock in blanking, coining, forming, punching, and piercing. That baby is inclined as far as it will go!
Machine in use at left front of photo is a bulldozer. Nowadays mostly for compressing scrap into bundles, they were the forming machines. Lots of them in shipyards. Gobs of mechanical power, slow moving ram. It looks like the men are making something like frame cross members or springy bumper reinforcements. OBI's are capable of such operations but modern production uses tonnage in forming compared to rapidly closed dies. For some products, metal likes a second to flow into a shape other than flat. Fast hits create different characteristics.
It interested me being labeled as blacksmiths; they certainly are, mechanized at that. Can't imagine trying to meet production of parts like that with a sledgehammer.
I remember seeing a machine shop in a similar building to that one not long ago. From what I've seen over the years, that was a pretty typical design for industrial buildings with lots of windows, both down below and up in the clerestory, and workspaces on either side of a clear center aisle. The shop I'm thinking of had artificial light to supplement the sunlight, but this one doesn't seem to have that luxury.Quote:
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Workers install the new drive motors at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. September, 1953.
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Allegheny Manufacturing Company workers. June, 1949.
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Rod and Wire Mill workers at the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works.
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Open hearth furnace crew. Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation. 1900.
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Workers remove an old turntable in the South Brownsville Yard of the Monongahela Railway Company. Fayette County, PA. May, 1924.
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Pittsburgh Plate Glass Company employees wash plates of Duplate glass. 1940.
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Early zamboni driven by Dorothy Klewer. New York, NY. 1917.
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I would love to have that horn!
Maybe this is where they got the idea for " shaved ice cones "......LOL
zamboni....italian shaved ice...possiably there is a connection!!