Thread: WWII production of Merlin V12 -20 engines

Thank you Kev.

Thank you Kev.
A wonderful view of machining operations of that time, good memories.
regards
Bruce
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Kev
Wonderful many thanks

HI,
Thank You Kev, I have never come across this Website before. I typed in machining and lathe and came across a number of other Interesting Videos.

Thanks Kev for the link, and the suggestion to check the other links in the side panel out too. I don't know if everyone else had the same experience as me, but if I watched the first part of a multi-part series, I usually found that the subsequent parts were no longer on the available list of clips. My solution was to come back to your link in this forum, click on it again, and pause the original clip which would auto start. I could then click on the part I wanted next. Lots of fascinating stuff /propaganda (depending on your point of view) Now to look for the stuff Steran50 referred to.
Rob.

I playedthat to my my Mum today as she was born in 1942. And surprisingly she really enjoyed it. Many thanks for posting that one.
Matt

I played this to my Dad today, he was born in 1936. Fascinating 1936 Footage Of Car Assembly Line [VIDEO]

Start up of a Pratt and Whitney R-4360. 28 Cylinders 56 spark plugs and 7 magnetos.

Pratt & Whitney R-4360-20 first start on Vimeo

My godfather, just watching that video of the car assembly line, gave me the shivers. All those metal presses, and no guards to be seen. Just one slip or moment of in-attention, and good bye nurse.

Ken

With all the safety guarding there is in Industry today people are still getting injured or killed by Power Pressess.
The opperators in that video both had to have both of there hands on the Button to activate the Clutch.

Good site!

For anyone interested in old aircraft footage, http://www.zenoswarbirdvideos.com/ is a good lurk too!

There's some interesting tech footage, as well as the flight docos. (Admittedly they're trying to sell you DVD's, but there's still a lot of freebies there. )

Originally Posted by neksmerj

My godfather, just watching that video of the car assembly line, gave me the shivers. All those metal presses, and no guards to be seen. Just one slip or moment of in-attention, and good bye nurse.

Ken

Speaking of presses, hammers and suchlike dangerous things, have a look at the text beginning at the last paragraph at the bottom of the first page of the attachment, describing crankshaft forging in the Overland factory in 1912 (from a contemporary 48 page Overland publicity booklet). .....................nostalgia anyone?

If you click on the thumbnail image, then hover the cursor over the enlarged image, you should get a magnifying glass icon with a + in it. Clicking again will bring the document up to an easily readable size - it does for me, anyway!

Frank