tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post6738373286069505561..comments2024-03-28T15:36:03.397-07:00Comments on daily timewaster: A 15 inch naval gun under construction at the Coventry Ordinance Works. September, 1917. c w swansonhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02735507642689652780noreply@blogger.comBlogger6125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-80247237226475748062020-07-22T15:23:28.945-07:002020-07-22T15:23:28.945-07:00Those seem to be awfully small hand tools for work...Those seem to be awfully small hand tools for working on something that makes a behemoth like that. I've been around some pretty heavy machinery but the mind boggles at making something like that gun barrel.<br />TwoDogshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06400034283241205713noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-57427619392091718382020-07-22T08:50:51.405-07:002020-07-22T08:50:51.405-07:00Need to take another 0.010" from the bore!Need to take another 0.010" from the bore!WI Jasonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08458214805975339826noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-18598019213586383182020-07-22T06:50:40.308-07:002020-07-22T06:50:40.308-07:00Think about how they cut the rifling in that thing...Think about how they cut the rifling in that thing.rickn8orhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16911803300343351338noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-13658801006509119772020-07-22T04:15:48.539-07:002020-07-22T04:15:48.539-07:00Notice the stepped, interrupted locking rings. I ...Notice the stepped, interrupted locking rings. I always wondered how they machined them into the breech, and the plug.Steve Skyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00626594557764599205noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-77310350497092001072020-07-22T03:24:15.075-07:002020-07-22T03:24:15.075-07:00"Dude - could you please move this just a smi..."Dude - could you please move this just a smidge to the left ?"Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4533651942397782565.post-36945302751441444472020-07-21T22:57:05.802-07:002020-07-21T22:57:05.802-07:00I remember that works building, it was an amazing ...I remember that works building, it was an amazing place with the remnants of the crane tracks which went the length of the building. I was there in the early 1980’s when it was used as an EU intervention grain store, totally empty except for huge piles of grain.Bursledon Bloggerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14020592383830135476noreply@blogger.com