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morrisman
18th Feb 2019, 12:43 PM
https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060013115?_ga=2.152541113.1038805512.1550453158-1184073649.1550453158


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https://www.iwm.org.uk/collections/item/object/1060006285?_ga=2.156031035.1038805512.1550453158-1184073649.1550453158

YBAF
10th Apr 2019, 09:32 PM
There's some big timber in them boats.

And they were still using an adze..:cool:

eskimo
16th Apr 2019, 11:14 AM
why did the production line workers wear ties?

also the router at 10:03...the commentator said it spun at an astronomical rate of rpm's yet it looks like a standard TEFC motor..or are they brushes at the top of motor??

Chas
16th Apr 2019, 07:15 PM
why did the production line workers wear ties?

also the router at 10:03...the commentator said it spun at an astronomical rate of rpm's yet it looks like a standard TEFC motor..or are they brushes at the top of motor??

Can't help about the ties, but there is a possibility the router is powered by 400HZ which was popular in the WW2 period. The motor certainly looks like an induction motor.

Chas.

morrisman
17th Apr 2019, 10:29 AM
The English have a thing for ties. My ex neighbour told me as a 16 year old appremtice at a power station in the early 1960s , he wore a tie . Ties were worn when gardening , fishing and just about any outdoor activity . Times have changed though, its less formal these days.