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7th December 2014, 01:35 AM #1
Not metalwork - but a machine tool for granite turning
Came across this article and thought it was sufficiently amazing to be of interest.
http://vintagemachinery.org/mfgindex...l.aspx?id=5265Cheers,
Joe
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7th December 2014, 02:05 AM #2
Amazing, especially for the time it was constructed. Our modern safety inspectors would have a fit at those exposed gears though.
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truely amazing
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7th December 2014, 04:29 AM #4
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The results.
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7th December 2014, 02:31 PM #6Senior Member
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Joe,
Thanks for the interesting article. You may be interested in a smaller local stonemason's lathe from 1881 which still exists, and which produced the granite columns for many of the old Sydney buildings.
http://www.practicalmachinist.com/vb...1881-a-208878/
Regards,
Frank.
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On the smaller scale is Frank Rusconi's marble masterpiece at the Gundagai tourist information centre.
The relevance to this thread discussion is the lathe, which may be seen here; http://www.flickr.com/photos/8620035@N03/4286598479
Look up images of the scuplture via 'Gundagai marble masterpiece'- it is an impressive effort in the vein of BaronJ's comment.
regs,
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