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Well, that was amazing! Thanks for posting it, I found it fascinating and the oh so familiar strains of Barwick Green made me smile.
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I am now suffering from tooling envy!
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Location: Darkest Bedfordshire
Each 1200hp Pratt & Whitney engine attached to the wing by 4 x 5/8" bolts....
And I'm definitely hiring a midget to crawl inside and do the fiddly stuff!
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Now I've seen the film, I notice that non of the presses had guards, ah the days before health and safety. If you had to ditch your aircraft in the sea the B17 fared a lot better than the B24. Whilst some of the the American designs left something to be desired, notably the Sherman tank, they were easy to service, a Sherman engine change took minutes if there was anything left of it. Their production capability was awesome with Kaiser's shipyards turning out liberty ships by the hundred and 50 escort aircraft carriers in 2 years.
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Ruairidh, if you want to experience real tooling envy, even if you're not into firearms, put aside an hour sometime and watch the 'Gunsmith of Williamsburg' documentary on YouTube . See how an 18th Century gunsmithing shop makes a long rifle from a lump of iron [literally] and a slab of wood [literally].
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Location: Melton Mowbray.
Most interesting. My son-in-law is one of the owners of Atkin Grant & Lang, gun and rifle makers since 1821. Equally impressive, incorporating such a wide range of skills.
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I would guess that they are manufacturing holes to let water out after a pre-wash before painting.
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22-02-2020, 02:51 AM
(This post was last modified: 22-02-2020, 02:53 AM by steve anderson.)
What the HELL kind of statement is this FROM BOB CULVER !!!!
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