The machines that made the Jet Age

http://boingboing.net/2012/02/13/machines.html

Well, one of the many- giant forging presses, also has links to other
giant-metal goodness, such as-

details on 'the fifty'
http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/commun...marks/5488.pdf

and an online 1919 book on the Mesta Machine company which made 'the
fifty'

http://files.asme.org/asmeorg/commun...marks/5488.pdf

The before-and-after pics of huge titanium forgings (15 feet by a
foot) alone is worth the trip... (unless it's mislabeled and is
'merely' aluminum)


Dave