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  1. 25th April 2010, 11:19 AM #1
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    Thumbs up Small lathe built in a war prison camp

    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/resource...mp%20Lathe.pdf . Quite Daring and Ingenious those Prisoners.

    All The Best steran50 Stewart

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  3. 25th April 2010, 11:33 AM #2
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    thanks Steran


    a great read
  4. 25th April 2010, 12:45 PM #3
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    Ty amazing work
  5. 25th April 2010, 07:46 PM #4
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    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,
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