For Jackie

[jackieschmidt]

All set up, ….

 

[Kittitas George]

Will see what i can do. The Navy took photos of setups and the machining of things that didn't come thru the door everyday They would pass out photos of the project taken in the shop to whoever worked on it. I have two more I will look for that show the setup for the rudder.
Everything you see here is gone. It closed shortly after the Vietnam War

In the early 1980s I helped set up some machinery and the 800 ton steam generator in a nuclear plant. We measured the 'torque' on the mounting bolts with an optical level with a micrometer attachment. We 'shot' the bolts before and after the 'torquing' to measure the elongation. The plant was abandoned before completion. I also worked on a 'wing bender' to measure the wing flex of a jet fighter plane. It was a huge triangle of I-beam steel. The wing should flex, not the jig set up. I worked as a surveyor or field engineer on "heavy construction" projects, Structural steel buildings for aircraft manufacture. Good challenging work, good capable ironworkers, engineers and supervision. Also worked on several 'cast in place' multi-story concrete buildings. Wonderful career, worked on many great projects with outstanding people, now enjoying more than 23 years of retirement, looking back with a big smile.

 

[durand mortenson]

The rudder blade is hollow. What you see them boring is a huge cast steel frame that welds to the rudder blade.
Before they attach the frame, it is open on that forward edge.
The actual rudder stock will plug into the hole that they are boring. The lower square is where the pintos pin mounts.

I was talking about the welding inside the bore i was cutting. It was 360 degrees of build up material..
You can see the stairs leading up to the inspection panel. Hollow but still heavy.

 

[durand mortenson]

All set up, ….
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Watching this machine run is cool. I think Jackie has a video somewhere.