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https://youtu.be/TowYdhn8AeIFound this too. Old machinists will like the chips
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How about that proof load?
Many years ago, I was in Watervliet, NY and drove down a side street next to the arsenal. One rollup door was open and I saw them turning cannon barrels.
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One or Two OSHA violations there. LOL
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I've read a few books on the British steel/armaments/shipbuilding industries in that timeframe. They were terribly inefficient because, due to the cyclical nature of the business, the owners didn't want to pay capital costs for machinery that sat around when they could just hire more men when it was busy and lay them off when times were slow. That attitude ended up biting them in the ass.
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Cool video, only time I’ve seen steel shaved like that was back when school groups could tour a local coal-fired power plant, fed by ca. 2,000 railcars constantly making the trip to and from Gillette WY.
In a building on the grounds they would shave out-of-round railcar wheels back to round.
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How about that proof load?
Many years ago, I was in Watervliet, NY and drove down a side street next to the arsenal. One rollup door was open and I saw them turning cannon barrels. When I was doing my tool and die apprenticeship, one of the old machinists we worked with was a guy who’d worked at Watervliet Arsenal during WWII. He told of turning the barrels for the big naval guns. He said some nights he’d go in and take over on a lathe where a cut had just started, and hand off to the next shift before that cut was complete.
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