fciron Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Ooops, 1934. The first ten minutes cover steel-making, rolling, wire drawing, forging, drop-forging and a bunch of other cool stuff with glowy hot metal. All in French, but a pictures worth a thousand words. Lewishttp://www.louisrena...index.php/films Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
dimenickel Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 very interesting ! but damm dangerous work around those rolls.... can't believe how fast that spits the wire out... you'd think they coulda just used a piece of curved pipe to direct the wire into the next rolls.... Wow Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
fciron Posted January 26, 2012 Author Share Posted January 26, 2012 even better they could have put all the rolls in a line. (I think the side by side arrangement let them all run off the same drive easily.) Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mcostello Posted January 26, 2012 Share Posted January 26, 2012 Wonderful to see, but, not any safety protection at all. If that wire would jamb up somewhere someone's ankles would have been badly burned, no hearing protection either. I am not a safety nazi, those were wild times. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ted T Posted February 3, 2012 Share Posted February 3, 2012 I watched every interesting second of that film. After seeing that massive operation and realizing the mind power that had to figure out the "order of operations" that was set in place over-whelms my mind. We are all carried in on the backs of highly intelligent and very hard working people. None of what I saw in the film looked like an easy way to make a living. After watching that Huge Operation it made me feel like a very small piece of sand that is found about 10' deep somewhere along the coastline of California and Oregon. Makes my place look like nothing! Thank Goodness! Thank you for that video. It help keeps my feet on the ground and my head looking upward! Ted Throckmorton Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Marksnagel Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 I just watched the whole video. It is amazing how things are/were made. Some of the women in the upholstery shop kept the tacks in their mouths. Safety was not a major concern. I did see some wearing goggles. What amazes me most is the machines that make the parts. Thanks for posting, great video. Makes me appreciate my job a little more. Mark <>< Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jimmy seale Posted February 4, 2012 Share Posted February 4, 2012 talk about "old school"!!! bet the UAW would throw a fit having to build one like that.....would make you ready to hear the quitting whistle.. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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