JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
Follow along with the video below to see how to install our site as a web app on your home screen.
Note: This feature may not be available in some browsers.
Largest Manufacturing Technology Community on the Web
Stay Connected:
wind tunnel propeller------------1941
- Thread starter JHOLLAND1
- Start date
- Replies 14
- Views 3,212
Renardiere
Aluminum
- Joined
- Dec 12, 2017
- Location
- West Sussex UK
Fabulous film. I bet you couldn't get spruce like that nowadays!
cellardoor7
Cast Iron
- Joined
- May 23, 2010
- Location
- NY USA
Excellent, thank you for posting
JHOLLAND1
Titanium
- Joined
- Oct 8, 2005
- Location
- western washington state
the last great stands of sitka spruce are in the Tongass--SE Alaska
my neighbor family spend 2 months of each summer selecting trees in the Tongass and negotiating harvest price with tribes
logs are barged down to their shop for processing into music wood---guitar, piano, etc
they own the press used in lamination of Spirit of St Louis--Ryan aircraft
that press constructed in 1880's --very much like the one illustrated in this film
Blazemaster
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Oct 13, 2009
- Location
- Olympia, Wa
Very impressive. I would hate to be the guy turning that big reamer by hand all day at the end.
plannerpower
Hot Rolled
- Joined
- Jul 20, 2005
- Location
- Newcastle, Australia
Fascinating; thanks for posting it.
I was struck by the youth of many of the craftsmen; the film referred to "model-makers" and I guess that they were recruited from the large number of young men in that era who had, from an early age, made models of aircraft, ships etc and become highly proficient in working with wood & glue.
It was interesting to see a micrometer used on wood.
I was struck by the youth of many of the craftsmen; the film referred to "model-makers" and I guess that they were recruited from the large number of young men in that era who had, from an early age, made models of aircraft, ships etc and become highly proficient in working with wood & glue.
It was interesting to see a micrometer used on wood.
Warren
Cast Iron
- Joined
- Nov 16, 2005
- Location
- Sutton, NH
Measuring wood with a micrometer. one wonders what it read the next day after a humidity change.
sealark37
Stainless
- Joined
- Mar 24, 2010
- Location
- Davidson NC USA
I noticed the same hefty guy pulling on the ratchet and the big reamer. Regards, Clark
neilho
Titanium
- Joined
- Mar 23, 2006
- Location
- Vershire, Vermont
Fairly impressive, especially the teamwork involved in the glueup operation. All the laminations for one blade glued, assembled, and clamped in under ten minutes. A contrast to today's more automated factory.
Some other striking differences between then and today: lack of safety glasses, the prodigious use of white lead and relative youth of the workers.
Thanks for posting the link.
Some other striking differences between then and today: lack of safety glasses, the prodigious use of white lead and relative youth of the workers.
Thanks for posting the link.
Mike C.
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2004
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
That power spokeshave is the one that amazed me.
Mike C.
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2004
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
That's at Langley, very likely the prop being built in the video.
Mike C.
Diamond
- Joined
- Nov 25, 2004
- Location
- Birmingham, AL
Wonder how many of the same tools in the video were used to build this one...
Similar threads
