now you know why people in the stands go home sick, they served the shaved ice as a treat. :drool:
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now you know why people in the stands go home sick, they served the shaved ice as a treat. :drool:
Westinghouse Air Brake Company workers. 1895.
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George Westinghouse was a prolific inventor and was good to his employees. It took a long time for the railroad industry to adopt air brakes, they argued it costs more money and they already had brakemen, so whats the point. Being a brakeman was a dangerous job and you rarely lived to be very old.
Daily postal delivery to Pie Town, New Mexico. June, 1940.
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Do you have Prince Albert in a can...
How considerat, they stacked the baby chicks on the other side of the bumper from the exhaust pipe...
Between postal stations I hope, imagine trying to stage those as deliveries. Up to WWII, most US population was small town and rural. Ramping up production of war materiel changed that balance.
I blew an oil line on my Landcruiser just down the road from there on a Memorial Day weekend on the way home from a billboard painting trip. Luckily, there was a wrecking yard open in Quemado that helped me get repaired.
I was born in Tucumcari, NM. Have actually been through Pie Town going to AZ but I blinked and missed it!
Generative AI on a photo of WWII aircraft part builder Eunice Hancock.
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The technology exists to do this +
Propaganda has been increasingly pervasive in the past I don't know how many years +
Critical thinking skills are now considered to be oppressive and are shut down at every opportunity +
The subject is certainly attractive enough to catch some attention -
The animation hasn't quite beat the uncanny valley, but it's close
= The possibilities of this is more than a little bit unnerving.
Coil preparation line in the Tin Plate Department of the Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. March, 1952.
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I clicked wrong one first, her head bigger than laptop screen. But more seriously, script of the animation needs to be recorded, and listened to or read every day.
We owe 'her' an apology.
I'll take that to mean when a senile puppet fails to respond with teleprompter.Quote:
Originally Posted by ductape
One of the primary reasons why Keanu Reeves has a clause in his contracts that states no CG editing is ever to be done to any of the characters he plays in his movies. CG the whole movie, if need be, just not anything about his person. I don't know or care if he is left right center or no affiliation to politics, he has the right idea there.Quote:
Originally Posted by ductape
Machine shop instructor supervises the manufacture of shells at McKinley training school. 1917.
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Neck ties and long sleeves with the lathe is a lethal combination.
It is a wonder that any of us, or for sure our grandparents, survived!!
A necktie surpasses the 'danger' of long sleeves?
No, those are buttoned-up close.
How many of us worked around rotating or reciprocating machinery for decades without serious injury? Were we miraculously saved by a safety poster, or ample self-awareness? That includes sufficient if not continual evaluation of our surroundings. Isn't a necktie less dangerous than working on flight deck of an aircraft carrier?
If there were a poll, most will say they'd prefer to rely on themselves than an administrative process. It's not much different than "when seconds count, the police are just minutes away".
https://mikerowe.com/2020/03/walk-me...y-third-thing/
The incidence of workplace-related injury or death has been lowered enormously since 1900, largely because of regulations. Sure some of us have worked for decades without serious injury, but a hell of a lot of people haven'tQuote:
Originally Posted by Toolmaker51
From OSHA:
Worker deaths in America are down—on average, from about 38 worker deaths a day in 1970 to 13 a day in 2020.
Worker injuries and illnesses are down—from 10.9 incidents per 100 workers in 1972 to 2.7 per 100 in 2020.
Some historical info
https://www.clarklawnj.com/practice-...uries-america/
yes, THERE'S a reason we have rules against ties and long sleeves around machinery, and all the 'dumb bureaucratic rules and regulations', because US industry used to kill thousands and thousands of workers a year.
Yes working on a Carrier desk is extremely dangerous, which is why the Navy has strict rules, tons of safety gear, and constant training requirements for deck crews.
Not to argumentative, what of the daily 38 deaths circa 1970, reduced to 13 in 2020, ~1/3rd is related to lessening of a labor workforce. Not a lot of risks stem from cubicle walls, staplers and tractor-fed printers.
Personal observation of those sustaining various injuries (no deaths), all had a characteristic nonchalance "It ain't gonna...." Tip of the iceberg, most just plain idiots. Got away before, caught by instant of complacency.
That's watching in 55 plus years of employment and 26 year Navy veteran.
Never, never has there been a place more concerned about employees as *1; than insurance claims or costly survivor benefits. It's a gamed system, collecting premiums, denying payouts exempted by "We told you not to........" Wow, sonny you have a terrific resume, you'll run this 12' vertical lathe; but no, the 2000 lb capacity forklift is off limits until completing our safety courses.
Per Mike Rowe link above, fixated on 'DANGER is too late.
Safety is awareness of 'Potential'; well beforehand.
The administrative/ facilitator angle dilutes actual safety. Compare that with something like a military rifle range; that range safety man, barber or gunnery sergeant?
https://blog.sliceproducts.com/safety-songs
This pertains to this thread about historical photos of conditions and persons, resilient to say the least, while I keyed onto post No-2770 and date it marks, the animation of Eunice Hancock with this...
1942 Landis Tool Company "Better Grinding"
Attachment 45066
.....not 1943, 1944, or 1945.
About one and half decade ago I had a chance to observe older(maybe in his early seventies) t&d maker(mouldmaker to be exact) - he always wore a tie.
From what I heard it was(is?) norm in his trade - at least in UK.
Where I live and work, we are wearing same style clothes as regular machinists.
The oldest specialized tradesmen (i.e. Toolmakers vs Machinists, Cabinetmakers vs Carpenters etc) I'd met in relatively same era wore ties, and bowties, the oldest included waistcoats; just like so many early 1900 photos depict. Few wore brimmed hats or caps, some used beanies, about like welders do now.
All the rigamarole concerning clothing irks me somewhat; no mention as yet that of Women. I don't wear a tie, sleeves normally down (owning few short sleeved), shirt tucked; shop apron as often as not. No clothing related incidents but one, and minor.
How on earth was a lineshaft plant laid out to keep Victorian length dresses out of wheels and belts? Most multi story shops had apparatus from ceiling and through floor from below.
What is that round object behind them?
Ralph
That would be a large DC motor...
Pre- OSHA..............we didn't know any better. LOLQuote:
Originally Posted by mansworld
never mind
Propeller grinder inspects a blade. Hartford, CT. June, 1942.
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Looks like he's balancing it. Notice the fingertips. Must have a deep slot in the floor of the shop.
That's just a single blade of a multi blade setup...
Agreed.It's set up on a knife edge arrangement for static balance, just like grinding wheels. The center to right takes one end with prop laid down, guarantee that shroud to left houses a profiling template and sander, judging by tool marks.Quote:
Originally Posted by IntheGroove
1942, one out of how many propellers 3 something years?
I started to teach Precision Machining at the High School level in 2013, but some days - I swear it was 1913! We do have dial calipers now, but I'd trade 3 of our import lathes for that one in the picture. It's probably still making chips somewhere (or at least capable of doing so).
Workers installing a new drive motor rotor at Jones & Laughlin Steel Corporation's Aliquippa Works. Aliquippa, PA. 1953.
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Printers at the International Association of Machinists. Washington, D.C. January, 1922.
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Construction crew at Mesta Machine Company. March, 1918. West Homestead, PA.
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Mesta Machine Company foundry department. West Homestead, PA.
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What is going on here?
Ralph
I believe #2798 shows the foundry molding floor with a lot of what appear to be core prints placed in the mold. The pattern has already been removed.
