Milling from a sheet

[TerrydParticipant @terryd72465]

Posted by JasonB on 12/11/2011 07:20:23:

“bringing many a tear to an Old Engineer’s eye”

 

“Couldn’t see a single pair of safety glasses.”

 

Yep, expect those masive bits of swarf bought tears to those engineers eyes as well but not in the same way!!

 

J

In more ways than one Jason. I remember visiting my father in Wolverhampton eye infirmary having several operations on a damaged tear duct from handling swarf without safety glasses. It never fully recovered.

 

The second cause of tears was that he had three months off work as a result. That was in the days before compensation and the Welfare Benefits scheme. I can also remember Mum having to collect orange boxes donated by the local greengrocer to feed our one fire.

 

I for one am grateful for H&S in the workplace.

 

Regards

 

Terry

[Sub MandrelParticipant @submandrel]

I’m sure there’s a set of rolls, just like V8eng’s, outside the Black Country Museum.

 

Neil

[Dave MartinParticipant @davemartin29320]

Posted by V8Eng on 11/11/2011 19:22:49: 

 

Do you think that cafe make’s its own lasagne?

Edited By Dave Martin on 12/11/2011 18:06:21

Edited By Dave Martin on 12/11/2011 18:06:57

[V8EngParticipant @v8eng]

 

 With energy prices now, they probably can’t afford to run the oven anymore!

 

 

Edited By V8Eng on 12/11/2011 21:57:12

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Theres a nice set of rolls in the Kalam? Island museum in Shefield, well there was when I visited in 1984, they were initially used for rolling armor plate for battle ships, later the stainless sheilds for nuclear reactors. Ian S C

[adyParticipant @ady]

That’s an awesome link.

 

They were nearly all sulzers when I was at sea in the 70s 80s

 

On the ‘elf and safety front.

 

My dad worked in places like that around Birmingham in the 1950s.

In winter you had to stand on a wooden board because the concrete sucked the heat out of your feet and you wore fingerless gloves to help with the cold steel of the machines.

 

‘elf and safety heating provisions for employees were met via a 1 kilowatt bar heater, (exactly like those heaters in a bathroom), mounted in the rafters about fifty feet above their heads.

 

Aye.

Them were days lad.

Edited By ady on 13/11/2011 10:35:10

[Billy MillsParticipant @billymills]

The Kelham Island Museum in Sheffield houses the 1905 River Don 12,000 HP Steam engine ( 3 x 41″ bore by 48″stroke) which still runs for visitors at 5 psi air instead of 160 psi steam. It’s appeared all over the place, on Industrial Revelations and on Youtube. I think it might also be the inspiration for the man devouring monster in the 1927 Fritz Lang “Metropolis” film.

 

Apart from the raw power it’s the very quick reversing-even at 5 psi- that impresses. That and that four were made but one went missing!

 

Billy.

[Ian S CParticipant @iansc]

Had some pamphlets from Kalham Island from my visit, but seem to have misslayed them, so I had a look on google, did’nt realise that it had only opened in 1982, just 2 yrs before my visit.

On the site that I looked at, had an interesting bit: The melting shop, childrens play area for children 2 – 9 yrs. The children clock in, are processed like steel, melted,rolled and hammered. Sounds a good idea, theres a good few kids need that! Ian S C

[Joseph RamonParticipant @josephramon28170]

Is this what you mean?

 

Black Country Museum

 

Joey

 

Edited By Joseph Ramon on 14/11/2011 13:21:55

[Steve WithnellParticipant @stevewithnell34426]

Posted by Springbok on 09/11/2011 05:27:25:

Hi lads

Do not think you can get anymore puns out of this one so seriosly

The merriment not too Poplar with you then?

 

 

Steve

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