On Feb 13, 3:40*pm, Dave__67 wrote:
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/communities/history/landmarks/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
1919 book link:
http://www.archive.org/stream/plantp...ge/n5/mode/2up
Dave