You guys wanna see a really big lathe?

[tallhair]

I talked to the owner today and he said it was made in 1948

I can't recall for sure but I think he said it was like 32,000 lbs or something

 

[CanCritter]

built to last....quality tools for quality work.....

 

[commando1]

That is really neat. I could surfpics of industrial machinery all day and not having enough.
Were you at the machine shop??

 

[tallhair]

built to last....quality tools for quality work.....

That's for sure .. very neat old building and lot's of cool stuff in there.

that's a pretty HD drill press next to it in the first picture

 

[commando1]

built to last....quality tools for quality work.....

We made stuff that was the standard for the world. More than anybody. WTF happened...

 

[67Monaco]

We made stuff that was the standard for the world. More than anybody. WTF happened...

Here we go again....

 

[commando1]

Forget it.
How about them Patriots, huh?

 

[commando1]

BTW, that's all you'll hear in Florida, don't forget. There's a million me's down here.

 

[patrick66]

One could make a really long table leg with that!

 

[commando1]

At the top of this thread, the banner ad is for this place:
http://www.benderus.com

Not joking. Really.

 

[thrashingcows]

That is an amazing machine....Can't imagine what they would machine on that thing...but I bet it was cool as all hell though!

Could you imagine the whirls of metal coming off that thing? It would be a friggin forest of razor wire around it!

 

[twostick]

I delivered this a few years ago.

It was almost 40 feet between centers and it would swing 7 feet. It weighed 92,000 lbs.

Kevin

 

[detmatt]

Very big gun barrels.

 

[commando1]

. It weighed 92,000 lbs.

Wow. Needed a few extra axles, huh?

 

[BIGBARNEYCARS]

Funny you should say that Matt. I delivered the contents of a 40' container to a German company in Toledo back in the mid 80's that had a lath in that building that had 3 bridges between the Chuck and the Collit that they told me was built in 1939 in the Fatherland for the coming war. Anybody ever hear of ah few howitzers that the Nazis had that they called Big Ben that were mounted on Rail Road Carz? That'z what these guyz told me, I'm just passin' it on, Jer

 

[Big_John]

I see a lot of machine tools like that in my travels. I don't take pictures as that is usually frowned upon. One place had about a half dozen lathes that size and bigger. BTW, Monarch is still in business just south of me in Cortland, NY.

http://www.monarchmt.com/history.htm

The largest machine tool I've seen was a gantry type machining center that was large enough to drive a tractor trailer on to the table. It impressed me... and it takes a lot....

 

[70NPORT]

Jeezus. I thought my pipe wrench was big.

 

[1978 NYB]

We made stuff that was the standard for the world. More than anybody. WTF happened...

That is what Milwaukee was all about.....and beer!

 

[1978 NYB]

Funny you should say that Matt. I delivered the contents of a 40' container to a German company in Toledo back in the mid 80's that had a lath in that building that had 3 bridges between the Chuck and the Collit that they told me was built in 1939 in the Fatherland for the coming war. Anybody ever hear of ah few howitzers that the Nazis had that they called Big Ben that were mounted on Rail Road Carz? That'z what these guyz told me, I'm just passin' it on, Jer

Are you talking about Anzio Annie??? It was at Aberdeen Proving Ground until a year ago. It's been moved to Ft. Lee, Va now.

 

[1978 NYB]