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The machines that made the Jet Age
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 |
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