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Brass_Machine:
Got this link off the Maezine Blog

Ship Building

Has some neat pictures etc...



Eric

Deko:
Great stuff, and not a bit of CNC in sight.
                                                          Cheers  Dek

dsquire:
Eric

Great find. Its always nice to see how they did things years ago.

If anybody is interested in some very big shapers here is 3 links to 3 pictures that I found within the link Eric posted.

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/e/e2/Planingcrsfwebs1.jpg
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/e/ee/Planingcrshwebs2.jpg
http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/a/a4/PlaningJointFlangeBedplate.jpg

Those babies take more metal off in one pass then are contained in our whole project.  :D :D

Cheers  :beer:

Don

 

sparky961:
Now that's a lathe!

-Sparky

AndyB:
Cor...

I wonder if I can fit a chair onto the saddle of my 3 1/2" Drummond... :lol: :lol: :lol:

Andy

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