NASA Likes Their 10EEs

everettengr · Dec 12, 2019

went thru the NASA Ames machine shop the other day.
they have a nice shop and are working on many cool projects.
they have almost a dozen 10EEs along with some Hardinge's that still get a lot of use.
the floor under the lathes is wood on end which helps dampen any floor movement. quite cool...
here are a few picts...

Cole2534 · Dec 12, 2019

...if those walls could talk.

Yan Wo · Dec 12, 2019

everettengr said:
went thru the NASA Ames machine shop the other day.
they have a nice shop and are working on many cool projects.
they have almost a dozen 10EEs along with some Hardinge's that still get a lot of use.
the floor under the lathes is wood on end which helps dampen any floor movement. ... [photos deleted]

That floor looks like the one my dad described being installed in the Martin plant near Denver in the early 60's.

He said the floor of the large room where giant metal working machines were to be installed comprised 4 by 4's four feet long stacked vertically on top of a concrete base.

bll230 · Dec 12, 2019

Sikorsky in Stratford, Ct. was/is the same. 4x4 sections on end. Had been there since WW 2 or so.

marka12161 · Dec 12, 2019

everettengr said:
went thru the NASA Ames machine shop the other day.
they have a nice shop and are working on many cool projects.
they have almost a dozen 10EEs along with some Hardinge's that still get a lot of use.
the floor under the lathes is wood on end which helps dampen any floor movement. quite cool...
here are a few picts...

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Did you get a look at the big wind tunnel? I was there once about 20 years ago and got a glimpse from a distance. Really, really cool.

everettengr · Dec 12, 2019

marka12161 said:
Did you get a look at the big wind tunnel? I was there once about 20 years ago and got a glimpse from a distance. Really, really cool.

yes, i did and have pictures of everything too.
i went into all of them. the supersonic was the coolest with the big vertical drop on the downstream section.
i also got to look at the main fans, motor, etc.
it is amazing that it was built in the 50s and still going strong.
they literally do notify the power company and schedule operation times because the motors use so much power :-)

everettengr · Dec 12, 2019

bll230 said:
Sikorsky in Stratford, Ct. was/is the same. 4x4 sections on end. Had been there since WW 2 or so.

yeah, this floor looks original...

everettengr · Dec 12, 2019

marka12161 said:
Did you get a look at the big wind tunnel? I was there once about 20 years ago and got a glimpse from a distance. Really, really cool.

also, a little off topic from machining, but also went through the supercomputer facility as well as the quantum computer. this is all really amazing stuff...

John S01 · Dec 13, 2019

I work there, and I am proud to know a few of the machinists that work in building N220. Some real old timers, I'm sure they are a national treasure.

jwearing · Dec 13, 2019

How do you get a tour there?

How do you get a job there?

AlfaGTA · Dec 13, 2019

Yan Wo said:
That floor looks like the one my dad described being installed in the Martin plant near Denver in the early 60's.

Yep that style floor is really great, till there is a leak in the roof!
Seen those floors swell up and become mountains where the wet got in, and become absolutely useless. It will move a Monarch EE like it was a floating cork....

Cheers Ross

phm87 · Dec 13, 2019

jwearing said:
How do you get a tour there?

How do you get a job there?

How do you get a large truck in there!!!!!!!!!!

everettengr · Dec 13, 2019

jwearing said:
How do you get a tour there?

How do you get a job there?

tour: my kids work there and set them up. they know their old-man likes this kind of nerdy tech stuff.
job: apply to the various job openings.

9100 · Dec 13, 2019

Several 10EEs at least originally were MGs. Are they still?

Bill

rklopp · Dec 13, 2019

How much of the equipment originally was part of Moffett Field NAS, which is the location of NASA Ames?

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John S01 · Dec 13, 2019

jobs - no problem, go to https://astronauts.nasa.gov/astro_lp.htm

All of the 10ees I have seen were pre-modular.

220swift · Dec 13, 2019

John 501
In the #4 photo, the green one on the right is a modular 10ee.

Hal

John S01 · Dec 13, 2019

220swift said:
John 501
In the #4 photo, the green one on the right is a modular 10ee.

Hal

You're right, that could be a good parts machine for me.

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