That is exactly what I told my brother earlier. He said why don't they cut further through?
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Dieselman 63
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Ok grandad, back to bed now
this is how they used to do rod rolling (the hot working of metal ingots to reduce it in diameter to between 1/2" to 1" for wire drawing later). these are the local companies that were involved with English Card Clothing and wire production in the local area
due to the quality of the video (Im thinking in would have been 1930's/40's) these pics are as good as it gets, its alot clearer on the video when you can watch the movement of the shapes,
and the modern process is like this (pulled at random off youtube)
or how about making rebar for concrete re-inforcement (not sure what they're making at the end of the video
due to the quality of the video (Im thinking in would have been 1930's/40's) these pics are as good as it gets, its alot clearer on the video when you can watch the movement of the shapes,
and the modern process is like this (pulled at random off youtube)
or how about making rebar for concrete re-inforcement (not sure what they're making at the end of the video
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yeah think you could be right, as they seemed to be a bit straight, and I'd hate to think what the metallurgy would be like for the finished rods
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We had a metalwork school trip in the early sixties to Parkgate steelworks in Rotheram, watched the men in the rolling mill turning billets into RSJ's by passing them through rollers, catching them in a pair of tongs and flipping them into the next roller to shoot back to the other side at breakneck speed while the rollermaster adjusted the gap! It looked unbelievably dangerous! 30 ft lengths of glowing red RSJ !
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My first job was in a plate mill. Seeing the guys dance on top of sheets that had barely stopped glowing was an experience I'd no desire to replicate. Luckily, I wasn't doing that job.
yes its an old thread I know but............
...the industrial museum have uploaded the video to Youtube recently or rod rolling for making wire, not the sort of job I'd want to be doing in the recent warm weather
it really is an eye opener for some of the visitors at the museum
