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15th May 2018, 04:45 PM #1GOLD MEMBER
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Making Big Wooden Propellers
This video shows making BIG wooden propellers for the wind tunnels at Langley in the US where nearly all the aeronautical R&D happened during WW2. It is interesting to see the precision they worked too.
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15th May 2018, 05:18 PM #2Woodworking mechanic
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Maybe it’s just me, but there’s no link or video?
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15th May 2018, 05:58 PM #4Woodworking mechanic
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15th May 2018, 06:48 PM #5Taking a break
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Love the powered spokeshave at 15:05
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15th May 2018, 07:50 PM #6
Worked for me, Firefox.
Thank you for that, fantastic how they did it. I liked the profile planer that looked like a rolling pin. Just goes to show what was done with manpower and skill and to high tolerances compared to modern cnc technology (undoubtedly cnc is even more accurate) but still very impressive.
Notice the difference between OH & S then compared to now, all those pneumatic power tools and no hearing protection.The person who never made a mistake never made anything
Cheers
Ray
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That was amazing to watch, such craftsmanship and massive!
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15th May 2018, 08:35 PM #8Senior Member
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And the workers - most looked as if they had only just completed their High school education. Maybe not old enough for military service.
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15th May 2018, 08:37 PM #9Senior Member
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Great stuff.
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15th May 2018, 08:43 PM #10Woodworking mechanic
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Cleared cache and it’s now working.
Fascinating video - thanks Chris
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15th May 2018, 09:37 PM #11Taking a break
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Same same, but different. Turn on captions for commentary.
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15th May 2018, 11:22 PM #12GOLD MEMBER
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Thanks for the clip Chris, top stuff. Amazing how things was made back then.
Thanks also Elan, amazing work.
KrynTo grow old is mandatory, growing up is optional.
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Didn’t get any captions but loved the “Ride of the Valkyrie” used as background.
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