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"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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Now THAT is a drill!
"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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Now THAT is a drill!
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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Now THAT is a drill!
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 |
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