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1st September 2016, 11:56 PM #1Taking a break
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- Aug 2008
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Beautiful cotton mill and metalworking gear
I've recently returned from a holiday in Japan and thought I'd share some of the old machinery in the Toyota Museum of Industry and Technology.
Cotton milling and weaving:
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Cincinnati mill
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600 ton (yes, 600 ) press
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Toyota milling machine
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Scraped guideways are for amateurs
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They scraped the WHOLE TABLE
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Apparently the 600t press was for amateurs as well...here's a 2500t monster
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Glad I'm not paying the power bill for it
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Could have spent the whole day there, preferably with a better camera to get up nice and close to see the detail...next trip
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2nd September 2016, 12:03 PM #2Woodworking mechanic
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- Jan 2014
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Magnificent. I spend 2 hours just in the steam section of the British Science museum. Could have spent more time but had the wife and grandkids with me.
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2nd September 2016, 02:14 PM #3Member
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- Sep 2014
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Thanks for that. Will have to consider going if I'm ever in that part of Japan.
The cotton mill made me recall that I visited Waverly Woollen Mills as a school child. I'm not sure that they do tours anymore though... which is a shame.