An old machine shop (and much more)

[fjrob1300]

I worked in a shop like that in high school. Machines were a little newer but not much. I went to General Motors to do tool and die but ended up working the line instead.

There is a lumber yard in my town that is still run today by belt and pulley. If I get a chance I will video it for y'all.

Rob

 

[Niehart]

There is a lumber yard in my town that is still run today by belt and pulley. If I get a chance I will video it for y'all.

+1

 

[08FJR4ME]

I started out cranking handles by hand and counting numbers on a dial. I have seen shops with the belts but never worked in one. If any one ever has the time there is a great museum in Worcester MA. They have some amazing stuff in an old mill building that has been all cleaned up and restored. Worth the trip for those that were a machinist at one time or still are. Heck, any machanically inclined human being would appreciate it.

That being said I just got back from a 2 day summit for J&J on Additive manufacturing. It seems they want to get the word out and see how much more they can do with the technology. Time will tell.

Dave

 

[FJRay]

For you guys in the Seattle area. Go to the museum of flight and check out the ship building stuff. It's all run by flat belts driven by a Fairbanks Morse single cylinder engine. It came out of the boatyard I worked in on San Juan island. We were still useing it when it was donated to Boeing. The airplane builder started building boats.

 

[majicmaker]

If you guys are ever in the Fort Myers, FL area. Go to the Thomas Edison summer estate which is next door to the Henry Ford estate where Edison had a full work shop with all belt driven equipment to built all the things he invented. It all still works. He had the first all electrified house in Florida that still has all the original light bulbs in it that sill work. It's a must see for all of us who remember that stuff.

 

[Panman]

For you guys in the Seattle area. Go to the museum of flight and check out the ship building stuff. It's all run by flat belts driven by a Fairbanks Morse single cylinder engine. It came out of the boatyard I worked in on San Juan island. We were still useing it when it was donated to Boeing. The airplane builder started building boats.

Ray is right about the Museum of Flight they have lots to see! Great Radial Engine cut aways just lots of cool stuff, well worth the visit.

 

[Bounce]

So, when he reached in that box for the soda pops, how many of you half expected him to pull out 6 ounce glass bottles like I did?

i was surprised it had water in it. the place we stopped at on the way home from my Granddad's farm each day had a chest like that but it was a dry chest. nothing like a bottle of Orange or Grape Crush with bits of ice floating in it after a hot day on the (cabless) tractor pulling a disc, plow, or chisel.

 

[steveoreno]

I grew up next to a machine shop. Me and the owner's son used to play in the metal shavings!

 

[garyahouse]

I grew up next to a machine shop. Me and the owner's son used to play in the metal shavings!

I worked at an old shop in the Chicago area in the early 80's. We had an old belt driven drill press that had been converted to run with it's own electric motor. Looking up at the pullies, I often wondered what it was like back in the day.

-We also had an ancient Bridgeport there that was so worn out it was dangerous. No table locks. What an experience watching that cutter bounce around while trying to cut a straight line...

-The surface grinder they had was the strangest contraption (and biggest hunk-a-junk) I ever ran. It also was dangerous. It did fine as long as ya kept the table in the center and only ground small stuff (no wider than 2 inches).

But then there was Mikey. We had this shop cat. He'd come in the doors at night while we were trying to get some fresh air. He loved the chip piles. He layed in them, and played in them. And the strangest part of all... he loved to chew on the chips. Don't think he actually swallowed them, but we laughed and laughed watching that goofy cat sitting on the chip pile chomping on metal shavings and lathe curlycues.

HEY MIKEY!!!!

Gary

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[Fred W]

If you guys are ever in the Fort Myers, FL area. Go to the Thomas Edison summer estate which is next door to the Henry Ford estate where Edison had a full work shop with all belt driven equipment to built all the things he invented. It all still works. He had the first all electrified house in Florida that still has all the original light bulbs in it that sill work. It's a must see for all of us who remember that stuff.

Yeah, that was the next thing that old Tom invented, a filament that only lasts 1000 hours. Can you imagine if they made light bulbs that would last 100 years today? Then we wouldn't have the greenies jamming CFLs down our throat. Reference

 

[dcarver]

For you guys in the Seattle area. Go to the museum of flight and check out the ship building stuff. It's all run by flat belts driven by a Fairbanks Morse single cylinder engine. It came out of the boatyard I worked in on San Juan island. We were still useing it when it was donated to Boeing. The airplane builder started building boats.

If you guys are ever in the Fort Myers, FL area. Go to the Thomas Edison summer estate which is next door to the Henry Ford estate where Edison had a full work shop with all belt driven equipment to built all the things he invented. It all still works. He had the first all electrified house in Florida that still has all the original light bulbs in it that sill work. It's a must see for all of us who remember that stuff.

For you guys in the Seattle area. Go to the museum of flight and check out the ship building stuff. It's all run by flat belts driven by a Fairbanks Morse single cylinder engine. It came out of the boatyard I worked in on San Juan island. We were still useing it when it was donated to Boeing. The airplane builder started building boats.

Ray is right about the Museum of Flight they have lots to see! Great Radial Engine cut aways just lots of cool stuff, well worth the visit.

I'm feeling a road trip.....

 

[Old Guy]

For you guys in the Seattle area. Go to the museum of flight and check out the ship building stuff. It's all run by flat belts driven by a Fairbanks Morse single cylinder engine. It came out of the boatyard I worked in on San Juan island. We were still useing it when it was donated to Boeing. The airplane builder started building boats.

If you guys are ever in the Fort Myers, FL area. Go to the Thomas Edison summer estate which is next door to the Henry Ford estate where Edison had a full work shop with all belt driven equipment to built all the things he invented. It all still works. He had the first all electrified house in Florida that still has all the original light bulbs in it that sill work. It's a must see for all of us who remember that stuff.

For you guys in the Seattle area. Go to the museum of flight and check out the ship building stuff. It's all run by flat belts driven by a Fairbanks Morse single cylinder engine. It came out of the boatyard I worked in on San Juan island. We were still useing it when it was donated to Boeing. The airplane builder started building boats.

Ray is right about the Museum of Flight they have lots to see! Great Radial Engine cut aways just lots of cool stuff, well worth the visit.

I'm feeling a road trip.....

Me too. I always seek out the museums on my road trips. This thread's a keeper.

 

[rickysnickers]

Very nice video. We need more places like that rather than fewer. I'll bet their customer service is awesome!

Rick