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Now THAT is a drill!
Oct 15, 2010
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customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew
ne is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it i= s a great spare parts business.Lew
Did you notice this?
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Did you notice this?
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like the creeping crud, it's getting to be everyplace.
Lew
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customer who built tunneling machines.Very interesting business.A machine is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a great spare parts business.Lew
Not only are they built for a specific tunnel, they're scrapped at the completion of the tunnel.
I went on a geological field trip to Yucca Mountain, NV a few years ago. The tunnelling machine used to drill the nuclear repository is still there. It's used as a photo-op background.
They did a lot of goofy things at Nellis AFB/Yuccan Mountain back duirng the Cold War.
-Zz
ne is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it i= s a great spare parts business.Lew
That was funny. Thanks for the laugh. Marc
sually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is a gre= at spare parts business.Lew
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Never mind that, you should see the battery pack behind it! . . . and thanks and you're welcome.
is usually designed and built for a specific tunnel project.Usually it is = a great spare parts business.Lew
When the TBM's that bored the "Chunnel" were done, they just drilled off to the side of the tunnel bores and left them. They're still there, entombed forever.
Norm
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