Marty Feldman
Titanium
- Joined
- Feb 21, 2005
- Location
- Falmouth, Maine
PA Engineer has an interesting post in the Antiques forum on a Cincinnati Lathe & Tool lathe. Mention is made there of what I would call duckboards placed in front of machines, a not uncommon oldtime practice. It seems to be almost universally agreed that they are more comfortable to stand on when operating for long periods of time than solid flooring. I'd be interested in understanding why this is so, and if the enhanced comfort applies to all operators or only to certain individuals. I should add that I have only the most limited experience with machine operation while standing on these things, the ones I recall being ancient examples. What struck me was that they were oil soaked and spongy.
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