Talk about some big machines...

[showbizkid]

Check out these photos from William Doxford & Sons Shipyard in Pallion, England. Most of them are from the machine hall, taken in 1957-58.

http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/William_Doxford_and_Sons

It wasn't until I was nearly through that I realized exactly what the components these men were making were part of.

[skyway]

...and not a hard hat in sight!

[kmac530]

Studebaker crankshafts?

[Chris Pile]

The ones I used to run weren't quite that big!

[Flashback]

One of those cranks looks like the stroker that was in my old Stude. drag car.

[kmac530]

Extreme strokers there....slow reving motor, but once its up to revs...look out. LOL

[clonelark]

I.ve ran lathes most of my life, never got to run one that big, but prefered the larger lathe's. you can just watch it cut for hours one one part. but if you make a screw up, its a costly one.

[rockne10]

but once its up to revs...

I believe most modern freighters do their cruising in the 100rpm window.