Old iron nostalgia

[J.d. Popkes]

You older gentleman should fact check this and sort out any bs if there is any. I found it incredibly interesting. Makes me sad that our country used to produce great things, produced great craftsmen, and pioneered so many industries. I KNOW WE STILL HAVE EXTRAORDINARY CRAFTSMEN. But this is cool.

Funny it’s narrated by ai!!!

 

[jackieschmidt]

I learned the Machinist Trade on machines much like the older ones you see in that video.
For a number of years our longest lathe was a 30 foot Monarch that originally ran off of a belt line. As best we could tell, it was built during WW-1.
We still use it to rotate shafts when we apply the fiberglass protection on the exposed surfaces on large propeller shafts.

 

[J.d. Popkes]

I thought the aged iron being seasoned for a couple years in the elements was pretty interesting. Manually heat treated. Scraped by hand. Amazing

 

[ronsatspokane]

Wow, good find.

 

[jmm03]

no BS, just a look into what was once common in American manufacturing. Taken care of, my early 60's SouthBend 10L will probably be making parts for another 50 plus years, hopefully I will be able to pass it on to my grandson. (there's hope for him as long as I can wean him away from the video games that is) Thanks for posting it J.D. Jim