Popular Post kmealy Posted June 14, 2017 Popular Post Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) Some friends and I had this discussion a couple of weeks ago. I think this settles it. Edited November 19, 2017 by Ron Dudelston Added tags HARO50, p_toad, Dadio and 2 others 5 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
lew Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 That's a neat video! One of my former students's Dad was a pattern maker for T.B.Woods, when their foundry was still in operation. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HandyDan Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 Hmmm. Not a single woman woodworker in the whole film. John Morris 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
DAB Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 no hardhats, no glasses, no steel toe boots..... Dadio 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
kmealy Posted June 14, 2017 Author Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 (edited) A good friend (and a mentor when I started woodworking) of mine is a retired pattern-maker. When he was active, he used to show me some of the patterns he made and the castings. I think one of the last things he did was a helical agitator for a food processing plant. In the middle, it had a straight beam, then another 180degree helix on the other side. Rotation in one direction drew the material to the center, reversing drew to the outside. Some of the complications - It was about 8' in diameter and 12' long - Two castings were made so that they worked together - without any interference. - Cast in stainless steel, so like all metal castings shrinkage from hot to cold has to taken into account ("shrink rules") - It had to have a core mold so that the center was hollow and hot or cold liquids could be put in to heat or cool the stuff being mixed The geometry of that thing blew my mind. ---- And when I went to high school there were three career paths for most women - homemaker (took home ec) - secretary (took shorthand, typing and bookkeeping) - teacher or nurse (took college prep) My wife did Candy Striping in HS and thus decided to be a teacher, just like her two older sisters. In college, in a lecture class of 100 or so in physics or chemistry, one or two women. So happy that all changed by the time my girls were in school. Edited June 14, 2017 by kmealy HARO50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 31 minutes ago, HandyDan said: Hmmm. Not a single woman woodworker in the whole film. Not a single active woman woodworker in our community here either, I'd sure like to change that. HARO50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Stick486 Posted June 14, 2017 Report Share Posted June 14, 2017 did you see the quality of the materials??? Dadio, p_toad and HARO50 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Gene Howe Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 They don't make wood like that, anymore. HARO50 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Cal Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 Cool video Keith, Cal Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
HARO50 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 That brought back memories! On my mother's side of the family, one uncle was a pattern maker (ended up at G.M.), one built travel trailers (all wood back then), and one had his own custom wood shop (furniture and such). I was supposed to apprentice in that wood shop, but decided that I preferred the north Ontario bush to the big city of Munich, so that never happened! John Grandpadave52 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Grandpadave52 Posted June 15, 2017 Report Share Posted June 15, 2017 16 hours ago, Gene Howe said: They don't make wood like that, anymore. Well it's not like it grows on trees or something HARO50 and p_toad 2 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
BillyJack Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 (edited) My mother and aunt worked for Playskool in the 50-70's My mother only worked their for a few years but my aunt retired from Playskool. My mother says her bad hearing was due to loud bandsaws. She brought other toys home from Playskool other than Lincoln logs... Edited October 1, 2017 by BillyJack John Morris, p_toad and Cal 3 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
John Morris Posted October 1, 2017 Report Share Posted October 1, 2017 20 minutes ago, BillyJack said: My mother and aunt worked for Playskool in the 50-70's My mother only worked their for a few years but my aunt retired from Playskool. My mother says her bad hearing was due to loud bandsaws. She brought other toys home from Playskool other than Lincoln logs... What a neat story Billy, I have forgotten that there actually was human behind the fabrication of all those wood playschool toys, real elves. Very cool. p_toad and Cal 1 1 Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Recommended Posts
Join the conversation
You can post now and register later. If you have an account, sign in now to post with your account.
Note: Your post will require moderator approval before it will be visible.