Japanese pow camp lathe

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

[ronan walshParticipant @ronanwalsh98054]

An article about a lathe made in a notorious japanese pow camp.

http://dutchman.rebooty.com/temp/Prison-Camp-Lathe.pdf

[Roger Provins 2Participant @rogerprovins2]

Incredible what some people can achieve under almost impossible conditions!

My father was in Burma and India during WW2 fighting the Japanese but was fortunately never captured.

He would never talk about his experiences.

[Gary WoodingParticipant @garywooding25363]

Absolutely fascinating, but what happened to page 159?

[Neil WyattModerator @neilwyatt]

That makes what we do in our workshops seem so inconsequential!

Yet without the practical skills and knowledge…

Neil

Edited By Neil Wyatt on 29/11/2014 10:39:28

[John HaineParticipant @johnhaine32865]

This article appears to have been scanned from Guy Lautard's Machinist's Bedside Reader, judging by the page numbers, at least that's where I first saw it. It's slightly odd that the last page is a bit different, in this scan there's an extra bit about aluminium welding that's not in my copy. Guy's books are excellent, highly recommended, I guess he might be a bit cross about this copyright breach.

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