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Re:Epicyclic Gearing by joe_bleau on Thursday July 19, 2012 @01:43PM (#4267151)
Speaking of gorgeous, if you're ever in a machine shop and get a chance to look inside the headstock of a top end 1940-1970s vintage engine lathe, do it. The quality and precision makes automotive stuff look like hammered pot metal.
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Re:Epicyclic Gearing by HeyLaughingBoy on Thursday July 19, 2012 @02:37PM (#4267439)
I hang out on a couple of online machinist fora and I agree. Even the outsides of something like, e.g., a Monarch 10EE are beautiful. Sculpted in a way that just doesn't seem to happen anymore.

Two of my favorite machine porn photos are from WW2 - a woman at a beautiful Warner & Swasey turret lathe: http://www.shorpy.com/node/1809 There's another one on that site of a woman using a Heald Borematic that I can't find right now, but it's even more amazing. I need to find it so I can order a large print.

Yeah, I love machine tools :-)

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Re:Epicyclic Gearing by joe_bleau on Thursday July 19, 2012 @04:21PM (#4267879)
The EE is just about the ultimate, isn't it? I'm also a fan of the smooth flowing industrial design of the old Cincinnati horizontal mills.
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