OT but interesting (old box factory)

[OMB]

The old equipment is neat, and a treat to all us old gearheads. There are also quite a few other web sites that go along with the same basic theme for an additional buzz.

[Gordon Shumway]

That was interesting to watch. Thanks for posting!

[Ashton Crusher]

Don't tell OSHA about it.

[The Daring Dufas]

Very cool, added to my link list. ^_^

TDD

[harry]

Amazing. Some bugger will get killed in there. I see the dog had lost his tail. Can't see how it can possibly be commercially viable these days.

I wonder if it's still running?

[Ed Pawlowski]

Sure it is.

[harry]

It would have been closed down years ago here. All those open belts and unguarded machines.

My wife's uncle was decapitated by a belt system like that sixty odd years ago.

It must take all day to raise stem from cold and a couple of hours from an overnight shutdown.

I suppose they were running on free wood waste.

[harry]

There are lots of places similar in the UK (and much older) but they are run as tourist attractions by volunteers. I din't see how anyone could make a living with that equipment.

[Jon Danniken]

I cringed when I saw the long-haired fellow casually walk around with the end of his hair several inches from the belt-driven pulleys. Guys like that don't last very long in a production environment, and I hope someone gets him to tie it up, out, and away before he gets scalped.

Jon

[clare]

The equipment is all depreciated. The energy is free.They make a "boutique" product. All adds up to profitability - although not on a huge scale.

[gregz]

There is a small garage in a town near Pittsburgh hand making these things. They are still going strong. You have to have seen one of these.

[clare]

I own one. Fantastic little piece of equipment -Early model 25

[gregz]

I was watching one of the many shows local Mr. Rodgers station, WQED pittsburgh. This guy does many Pittsburgh shows as well as national shows, Rick Sebic. Here is a clip from that show.

Greg

[harry]

"World's only/oldest" bollocks. There are a couple of companies in the UK.

There's a German outfit too. I forget the name

[Ed Pawlowski]

Right Harry.It was started in 1932, five years before Mamod. Turner started earlier, but it is gone so he does not count. It also states America's "only" maker , not the worlds only one.

Don't you guys read and comprehend English over there?

[The Daring Dufas]

Cousin Harry doesn't speak American except for what he may have picked up from Hollywood movies. ^_^

TDD

[krw]

No, it's been clear for a long time that English isn't harry's first language.

[harry]

"Quote" A decision was taken in the late 1980s to separate Stuart Turner Ltd. into two separate operations with the larger side of the business making pumps staying at Henley-on-Thames, Oxfordshire, England and the Steam Engine section moving to Cheddar in Somerset. In 1991, Stuart Models underwent a change of ownership with the production and sales departments moving to Guernsey. "Unquote" I see you suffer from dyslexia

[Ed Pawlowski]

So it is a new company dating to the 1980s.

[clare]

Harry - you are proving AGAIN you either cannot or will not read and understand the English Language. It IS the OLDEST such company in the world - older than Mamod and older than any British or European manufacturer - constantly in production and family owned - and also the ONLY one in North America. And their product is superior in quality to Mamod and any other small live steam equipment in production today. Some of the home engineer KIT product can be superior if carefully made.