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Re: Ahem, onwards to rtl16, thank you
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Mon, 9 Feb 2004 21:34:24 GMT
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In lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto, Ralph Hempel wrote:
> The machine made spring-rings - the little clasps on gold chains that
> are so damned hard to open and close, and it made them fully automatically
> on demand.
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> In other words. This thing was all cam driven, with 4 axles going all round
> the machine and something like 140 cams. There was a nice 6, or was it 8 position
> geneva mechanism for holding the spring ring tube as the little ring was
> soldered on, the spring was inserted, and the plunger inserted after.
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> It was unbe;lievably complicated, and when it worked, it crancked out 30 to
> 40 spring rings a minute, dpending on moon phase.
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> Man, THAT was toolmking.
: shiver :
The thought of having to machine parts that are small enough to handle THOSE
parts make me want to hide. That's frightening.
> SO what do you expect from German toolmakers. If you're asking them to change their
> machine, you are doing something wrong! :-)
I expect their damn sales team to send me the right .DXF drawing when I ask for
an 85VHRB with LIGHT CURTAIN operator guarding, not a stupid safety gate!!!
This causes me unbeliveable stress.
So, no one wants to do dragsters. Damn. :( I thought that was something I
might actually be able to handle.
Iain
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| Iain, I sense deep frustration in this post. (...) Why not call them a WAAAAmbulace. Or get them some (cheese or cork) to go with that whine. (...) You would have LOVED to see the machine my Dad and this other German toolmaker designed. It took in (...) (21 years ago, 9-Feb-04, to lugnet.org.ca.rtltoronto)
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