Now THAT is a drill!
 

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...l.html?_r=1&hp

Now THAT is a drill!
 

"DGDevin" wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...tml?_r=1&hpHad a customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew

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On Oct 15, 4:51*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:
"DGDevin" wrote:

*http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...national-....a customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew

Did you notice this?

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...unnelDrill.jpg

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"Robatoy" wrote:

Did you notice this?

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...unnelDrill.jpg

Just like the creeping crud, it's getting to be everyplace.

Lew

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On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:51:58 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"
wrote:


"DGDevin" wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...tml?_r=1&hpHad a customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew

Not only are they built for a specific tunnel, they're scrapped at the
completion of the tunnel.

I went on a geological field trip to Yucca Mountain, NV a few years
ago. The tunnelling machine used to drill the nuclear repository is
still there. It's used as a photo-op background.

They did a lot of goofy things at Nellis AFB/Yuccan Mountain back
duirng the Cold War.

-Zz

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On Oct 15, 6:59*pm, Robatoy wrote:
On Oct 15, 4:51*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:

"DGDevin" wrote:

*http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...al-...customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew

Did you notice this?

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...unnelDrill.jpg

Hey Robatoy,
That was funny. Thanks for the laugh.
Marc

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On Oct 15, 9:49*pm, marc rosen wrote:
On Oct 15, 6:59*pm, Robatoy wrote:

On Oct 15, 4:51*pm, "Lew Hodgett" wrote:

"DGDevin" wrote:

*http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...ational-...who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew

Did you notice this?

http://i123.photobucket.com/albums/o...unnelDrill.jpg

Hey Robatoy,
That was funny. *Thanks for the laugh.
* * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * * Marc

Never mind that, you should see the battery pack behind it!
..
..
..
and thanks and you're welcome.

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On Oct 15, 7:47*pm, Zz Yzx wrote:
On Fri, 15 Oct 2010 13:51:58 -0700, "Lew Hodgett"

wrote:

"DGDevin" wrote:

http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/2010/...rnational-...a customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew

Not only are they built for a specific tunnel, they're scrapped at the
completion of the tunnel.

I went on a geological field trip to Yucca Mountain, NV a few years
ago. *The tunnelling machine used to drill the nuclear repository is
still there. *It's used as a photo-op background.

They did a lot of goofy things at Nellis AFB/Yuccan Mountain back
duirng the Cold War.

-Zz

When the TBM's that bored the "Chunnel" were done, they just drilled
off to the side of the tunnel bores and left them. They're still
there, entombed forever.

Norm