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earlgo wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 9:50 am Cast into the legs is Sebastian and May Cincinnati Ohio. according to Vintage Machinery it was made in the late 1890's.
Impressive! I live in Cincinnati, and love hearing about its machine tool history!
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mcenhillk wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 6:28 pm The thing that really lifts my kilt are pre-cnc setups and tooling that let us win WWII and fly to the moon. Manual machining, OA welding, and layout. Sure, it's rose colored glasses looking back to a fictional history but it's what I'm interested in.
Those guys were supermen!
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Downwindtracker2 wrote: Tue Sep 28, 2021 8:52 pm The development of arc welding during WW2 of ships and tanks is pretty interesting.
And then came spot-welding of stainless steel, pioneered by the Budd Company for passenger railcars.

Many of them are still running, in private ownership, after 70+ years!
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