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  1. Crashton

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    #2 Crashton, Sep 10, 2017
    Was the steam engine parked outside next to the shop? Nice video! :Thumbsup:
     
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    #3 Metalman, Sep 10, 2017
    Actually itsa poor vidjo.....:frown2:

    Took it several years ago using one of the early I-phones....
     
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    #4 Skidmarks, Sep 10, 2017
    I love old equipment like that.

    A friend of mine sells machine equipment (high end CNC stuff), but his shop is all WWII era equipment that he rebuilt. He has done some work for me with his metal lathe.

    He has it all mounted on nicely finished pallets so he can move it when needed.
     
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    #5 Metalman, Sep 10, 2017
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    It's all Y2K proof... Remember that scare? Heh Heh..... Didn't bother me a bit....

    And my stuff can't be hacked....

    I have one metal roll that was built built in the late 1800's..... It still gets used... And still gets the job done...

    Good tools can't be beat... All my machines were made in Merica.... A lot of them aren't made here anymore...

    Had the same fellow rebuild my Bridgeport mill. He hand worked all the ways... And brought it back to original tolerances...
     
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    #6 DneprDave, Sep 10, 2017
    I once worked in a shipyard shop that some rollers for making cylinders from flat plate, it could roll up to one inch plate, it was made at the turn of the century.
     
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    #7 caseydog, Sep 10, 2017
    I can't say that my profession had better equipment "back in the day." Photography/Graphic Design tools when I started just in the 80s suck compared to what I use now. It's nice to see that some old tools are still relevant.

    CD
     
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    #8 Metalman, Sep 11, 2017

    Lots of old tools on this forum.... Some are relevant.... :D
     
  8. Crashton

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    #9 Crashton, Sep 11, 2017
    Hey I resemble that remark..... :smilewinkgrin:
     
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    #10 minirab, Sep 11, 2017
    Me too.
     
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    #11 ScottinBend, Sep 11, 2017
    hehe