Big Scale Engine Making

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I was looking up some stuff to do with lathes and found this site-

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

[xa-mont]

that's so fucking cool!

[timbo]

good find i used to think as things got bigger that people would go about things a diffeant way but NO! they just get a bigger hammer.

[wackyrider]

Nice find

[Gix11]

That lead me to listen to some guy talking about working there: http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/memorynet/explore/groups/person.php?person=Derek Denny&m=753&t=Change

C (http://www.twmuseums.org.uk/memorynet/explore/groups/person.php?person=Derek Denny&m=753&t=Change)ool stuff mate.

[ozzy1100]

fuck how cool is that
i love that type shit and my mill is of that era so cool

[Bob]

Thats awesome!,

[RevHead]

thats fuckin awesome.

[JackTar]

I'm fucking awesome.

[Redmohawk]

and so modest !

[Weaselman]

Fucking breathtaking. All that skill to do it by hand and not rely on computer controlled lathes ect ect

[Redmohawk]

A guy at work (my boss) , learnt his skills on a lathe from some old bastard that used to work in a ship yard over there somewhere . He hand lapped bearing shells ! He has a photo of his old mate sitting in the shell half scraping down the white metal its about 3 feet wide lol