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Monsterlover

May 30, 2011, 05:43:28 PM
I love pictures of old factories.

This one is a set of pics from the Doxford & Sons ship yard.  They're fabricating crankshafts, connecting rods and liners of epic proportions.

Cool to see how it was done before the dawn of CNC equipment and automation.

Note the crankshaft parts being cut out on the oxy/acetylene table.  Look at the thickness of that plate (if you can call it a plate)







More here

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/William_Doxford_and_Sons#The_Manufacturing_Process

Found this one too

Smith and Wesson factory


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the_Journeyman

#1
May 30, 2011, 05:52:40 PM
I found that incredibly cool, being a ship fan and all ~

JM
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ducatiz

#2
May 30, 2011, 06:03:33 PM
that's frickin amazing.

i wonder what the piece-to-piece accuracy was?
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the_Journeyman

#3
May 30, 2011, 06:18:47 PM
Good enough to make those ships run for millions of miles!

JM
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Monsterlover

#4
May 30, 2011, 06:21:41 PM
Quote from: ducatiz on May 30, 2011, 06:03:33 PM
that's frickin amazing.

i wonder what the piece-to-piece accuracy was?

Honestly probably not too much looser than current manufacturing of something that size.

So probably a couple thousandths. Probably the crank journals got ground and the rods were honed. Now we're talking a few tenths.  As in four decimal places.
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**

ducatiz

#5
May 30, 2011, 06:48:34 PM
the scope of it is amazing

you'd hone it with a truck
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Monsterlover

#6
May 30, 2011, 06:51:16 PM
Yep. The awesome thing about those machines is (lathes for example) they have probably 75 hp motors and gear driven spindles. Something like that will handle a 1" per side cut with ease.

There's no stopping it.
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ducpainter

#7
May 30, 2011, 06:54:51 PM
Quote from: Monsterlover on May 30, 2011, 06:51:16 PM
Yep. The awesome thing about those machines is (lathes for example) they have probably 75 hp motors and gear driven spindles. Something like that will handle a 1" per side cut with ease.

There's no stopping it.
You'd like it in a sawmill...

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Oldfisti

#8
May 30, 2011, 07:03:21 PM
The shots of the individual machining processes are fascinating and I'm truly in awe of the scale.


This shot however, melts my brain with the scope of the whole operation...




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May 30, 2011, 07:20:48 PM
Quote from: alfisti on May 30, 2011, 07:03:21 PM
The shots of the individual machining processes are fascinating and I'm truly in awe of the scale.


This shot however, melts my brain with the scope of the whole operation...




I'd hate to get the power bill for just this building let alone the whole joint. 

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NorDog

#10
May 30, 2011, 07:21:03 PM
As an old Navy Diver, I love this shot...

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ducatiz

#11
May 30, 2011, 07:22:58 PM
Quote from: NorDog on May 30, 2011, 07:21:03 PM
As an old Navy Diver, I love this shot...



can you spot your old bell?
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hbliam

#12
May 30, 2011, 07:33:36 PM
Quote from: rgramjet on May 30, 2011, 07:20:48 PM
Hey, where are all the osha lines??

No safety equipment, not even eye protection. Old school indeed.

NorDog

#13
May 30, 2011, 07:34:20 PM
A man in passion rides a mad horse. -- Ben Franklin

Monsterlover

#14
May 30, 2011, 08:09:47 PM
[laugh] [laugh] [laugh]
"The Vincent was like a bullet that went straight; the Ducati is like the magic bullet in Dallas that went sideways and hit JFK and the Governor of Texas at the same time."--HST    **"A man who works with his hands is a laborer.  A man who works with his hands and his brain is a craftsman.  A man who works with his hands, brains, and heart is an artist."  -Louis Nizer**
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