Thread: Interesting, Odd or Funny Pics II.

Hi,
Amazing stuff.
Cheers

Reminds me of when I was a 'lad' back in the '70's. The 6 storey building I worked in had diesel generators in the basement with heat exchanger cooling systems feeding radiators on the roof with electric fans. The generators were test run monthly and one of the jobs for the 'young bloke' was to go to the roof and clamber along the pigeon **** encrusted parapet (no guard rails) to access the fans/radiators and check the coolant level and fan operation. One slip and a 6 floor drop to the cobblestone lane below. Certainly a sphincter tightening experience.

Deano

Originally Posted by Homestar

Not a single pair of safety glasses in sight - or any CNC machines!

Originally Posted by donh54

Not a single pair of safety glasses in sight - or any CNC machines!

Bit short on things like belt guards as well. But, to me at any rate, a surprising level of automation in the sense of carrying out a lot of operations simultaneously with one machine - the operation that struck me in particular was the tapping of all the head stud holes in the block in a single operation.

This film makes it clear why manufacturers like to continue with the existing model, or only make small changes. With numerically controlled machines, a lot of it can be done in software - but the machines are expensive, especially if you already have this sort of machine in service (and paid for!).

Originally Posted by DeanoH

Reminds me of when I was a 'lad' back in the '70's. The 6 storey building I worked in had diesel generators in the basement with heat exchanger cooling systems feeding radiators on the roof with electric fans. The generators were test run monthly and one of the jobs for the 'young bloke' was to go to the roof and clamber along the pigeon **** encrusted parapet (no guard rails) to access the fans/radiators and check the coolant level and fan operation. One slip and a 6 floor drop to the cobblestone lane below. Certainly a sphincter tightening experience.

Deano

Thanks for this. As a person of non heights images that this invokes are enough to cause vertigo. Similar to those taken of the high steel workers of the depression era. Scuse me as I pray to the porcelain throne !

Fabrication or art - this guy blurs the lines his attention to detail is so good.

Moving on from vids...


Hmm,now i know you want it fixed straight away,but to work on it,your going to have to drain the pond