[AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935

[Larry Goss]

ROTFLMAO!   I know that, Dave.  It just struck me as dating the film more than the processes that are being demonstrated.  I was in the last class to go through all those shop courses at Purdue back in the 50's.  The narrator used some terms that most viewers today would not recognize as having specific meaning -- core, jig, ram, cope, flask....  In the 30's we still had the common practice of stacking raw material and cutting a number of parts all at once.  One of the few places that is still practiced is in the clothing industry.  Tell me -- when was the last time you saw a shaper in operation for a mass-produced item?  Hot-heading of rivets was also "de rigor" on pressure vessels and structural steel at that time, but it was phased out around the end of WWII.  I like the live counter-weights that they used in the foundry when transferring items to the oven during forging.

Larry
----- Original Message -----
From: Dave Rotigel <rotigel at me.com>
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Sent: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 17:33:36 -0500 (EST)
Subject: Re: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935

Good God Larry, It was made in 1935 when men were men and government stayed the hell out of our lives!
	Dave

On Nov 17, 2012, at 5:01 PM, Larry Goss wrote:

> Humm.  Not a hard hat or a pair of safety glasses to be seen!
> 
> Larry
> 
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: Richard Walker <rick427 at roadrunner.com>
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> Sent: Sat, 17 Nov 2012 13:36:00 -0500 (EST)
> Subject: [AT] OT - How a steam locomotive gets built in 1935
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> If you have a fast internet connection and twenty minutes to watch this 
> video, it's fascinating.
> 
> A documentary film made in 1935, showing the processes of steam 
> locomotive building, including casting, forging, machining, and assembly.
> 
> http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YblqWGmIYTg
> 
> 
> - Richard
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