Small lathe built in a war prison camp

[steran50]

HI ALL:),
I just came across this on the Net. I thought You might be interested in havind a Read. Here it is http://machineshop.olin.edu/resources/documents/Prison%20Camp%20Lathe.pdf . Quite Daring and Ingenious those Prisoners.

All The Best:) steran50 Stewart

The shortest way to do many things is to do only one thing at once.

[eskimo]

thanks Steran


a great read

[wheelinround]

:2tsup::2tsup: Ty amazing work

[joe greiner]

Missing a page (159), but fascinating nonetheless. Not just mechanical engineering, but also manipulating their captors.

FYI, the words "engineering" and "ingenuity" have the same parents.

Cheers,
Joe