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Large lathes, etc... ship building
millwright:
What a great set of pictures on the site, reminns me very much of where i spent most of my working life, the worksop looks nearly identical machinery much the same,all that's missing is the noise and smell. I can still hear the planer running with 20 foot long cut on taking cuts about quarter of an inch deep big blue sizzling cuttings flying off and the end of the cut probably an inch wide to lay smoking on the floor you didn't make a habit of standing on them they would burn through the soles of the new rubber soled safety boots. the old leather soled ammunition boots lasted longer. don't know if any other readers here know the ones i mean? they had arrows stitched into the toe caps, gov property. the planer made by waldrich was later fitted with 2 spindles and insert tooling and then only made little chips. overhead cranes look like they might made by sir william arroll in glasgow i believe. i had forgotten we had marking out tables that size that had steps to climb up. makes my 12 inch by 18inch look a toy. thanks for finding those Eric, enjoyed the nostalgia.
John
lazylathe:
Why do all the guys look like they are working for either Dr. Evil or the Joker from Batman??
Awesome set of pics!!!
The scale they work on is unbelievable!!!
Andrew
AdeV:
Lovely, you can't help but admire massive - yet precision - engineering, old style.
That said, I found this to be one of the most impressive pictures:
That's cutting through what, 2ft of steel? How much power is there behind that torch? Flipping loads I'll bet. I can't imagine a plasma cutter doing that...
Scuba1:
Yep I remember those days well when I did my apprenticeship at Tyssen shipyard. Those shapers make chips the size of coke cans
HENNEGANOL:
Seeing those photos brings back memories of when I was working at the North Eastern Marine engine works at Wallsend On Tyne and later when I sailed on tankers fitted with Doxford engines. Sadly another relic of the demise of British engineering.
Gerald
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