I came across this link in Practical Machinist, not a hard hat or a pair of safety glasses/goggles to be seen, rows & rows of lathes.
Sorry if this has been posted before or if you all have seen it.
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Cheers
Rich
When we used to make things in this country
Jun 21, 2009
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I saw that recently over on rec.crafts.metalworking and did a bit more looking and came across this.
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It make an interesting read about re-aligning a crank while in the ship and comments about the current construction of large ship engine cranks.
In the same vein - NACA Lewis/Glen Research Centre
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a nice site to browse 1
Tim South Africa
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While they don't seem to give much detail this site seems to indicate that at least one of the Doxford engine designs is still alive and kicking in generating plant
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. Begs the question where they make them these days.
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