old school engine building
Aug 23, 2009 | 01:39 PM
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From: cardiff
old school engine building
Aug 23, 2009 | 02:24 PM
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From: Scunthorpe
Thats superb, great to see no CNC or plasma cutting just good old engineering
Aug 23, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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From: Glasgow
Aye the plasma cutter using a template on the other side was smart, they had alot of machine men in there lol
Aug 23, 2009 | 02:42 PM
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From: Wirral
Some of them Lathes and Planes look state of the art compared to my old work ones
Cool link, will be showin the old man it.
Aug 23, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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From: South Shields
That place is/was just along the road from where i live, excellent to see the engineers doing it the old school way
but with next to no PPE at all
Aug 23, 2009 | 02:43 PM
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From: Wirral
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KnoxyGtt
Aye the plasma cutter using a template on the other side was smart, they had alot of machine men in there lol
Our old welding shop had one of them, if the lead wasn't heavy on the drawing then it would wander off
Aug 23, 2009 | 02:48 PM
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From: upside down in a field
and not a single high vis or safety goggles/gloves in sight.how did they ever make it out alive?
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Aug 23, 2009 | 03:05 PM
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From: South Shields
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fuzzy
and not a single high vis or safety goggles/gloves in sight.
Its strange seeing activities like this going on but with nobody wearing any PPE apart from a boiler suit!
Aug 23, 2009 | 03:06 PM
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From: upside down in a field
maybe they wore steel lined flat cloth caps instead of hard hats.
Aug 23, 2009 | 03:28 PM
Too many posts.. I need a life!!
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lol, great pictures showing the best of brittish engineering,
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old school engine building
but with next to no PPE at all 
