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Mark Rand24/01/2019 23:38:27
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And while we're posting pics, Here's the 14 foot swing 1948 Craven sliding bed lathe that was at work. I actually took this picture because of the 'chuck guard' that H&S made the factory fit. In my time at work, this was used to grind the blade tips of turbines with a 5hp toolpost grinder. Its turning duties had been taken up by the larger Waldrich Siegen further down the shop.

 

And here's the crane that serviced the bay that it was in. The bay was originally the 'Erecting Shop', where steam turbines were assembled and tested. Later it was called the '100 ton bay' (the crane got uprated to 120 tons 10-15 years back), There's a second 100 ton crane in 16 bay further down the factory. That's the Royce that later partnered with a Mr Rolls. Another bit of engineering heritage!

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Colin Heseltine25/01/2019 16:37:39
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dsc_5629.jpgBack to the big tools. Earlier this week spotted this set of rather large rolls by the old Dry-Dock on Suomenlinna island just a short boat ride from Helsinki. It was about -25 degrees at time so snapped quick photo and then found a cafe for a hot drink.

Colin

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