Little bit of Titusville Iron Works history

[Ballenxj]

Woodworking can be dangerous, I speak from experience:

Looks like what might happen when a table saw kicked back?
I've got a bit of experience around wood shops as well. Albeit many years ago.
And let's not mention the accident reports that were hung in the hallway as a warning. You should have seen some of them.

 

[cut it out]

OSHA would have a field day in there wouldn't they?

Woodworking can be dangerous, I speak from experience:

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I. Am in that area a lot. Tidioute mostly. And case cutlery isn't that far either. A lot if good knife history around them parts. Rockon hope you heal up. Looks like that might have hurt!!

 

[Rockon75]

Oh, I'm good. Thank you though. I have a scar to remind me that red oak scraps do not make good push sticks, especially when the piece your ripping falls off the back of the table and your push stick engages the saw teeth. I figure it hit me doing 80 mph.

Since this

 

[Ballenxj]

Good to hear you'll be OK. That looked incredibly close to your eye.

Oh, I'm good. Thank you though. I have a scar to remind me that red oak scraps do not make good push sticks, especially when the piece your ripping falls off the back of the table and your push stick engages the saw teeth.

^^ This answered my question in post 21. ^^

We used to make a dedicated push stick complete with notch to lock down the back of the piece being ripped.

 

[Bigbaldy]

I'll admit it... Blade Forums is not the only bit of the internet I frequent. Amazing.

However, sometimes strange crossovers do happen. I ran across this on Reddit /history:

Workers pose for a photo inside the pattern shop at Titusville Iron Works in Titusville, Pennsylvania - 1906. Found this photo tucked away in a box at work.

I work at a newspaper in a small town. We have a photo archive with thousands of excellent photos. Here's one of my favorites:

 

[Bigbaldy]

https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=1695727213803890&id=1107372609306023

 

[Bigbaldy]

This is a video of what titusville iron works built. Pretty cool steam engine.

 

[ea42]

Given that Titusville Iron Works was a well known manufacturer of steam boilers and engines, it's far more likely that the driveshaft got its power from a steam engine at the end of the building.

Cast iron pieces were done in very fine oil-impregnated sand. The patterns were made of wood (which is why this is clearly a woodshop) and placed in a frame (the name of which escapes me - it's been 30 years since I played with casting); the sand would be rammed around the pattern, then the pattern removed and the molten iron poured (I am greatly simplifying the process, but it's not a tremendously technical endeavor.) The "face frames" you see are actually patterns for the cast iron faceplates which go on boiler fireboxes, the openings being for loading wood or coal; sometimes a stacked opening would provide for fuel and cleanout. The openings would be covered during operation by matching cast iron doors. They are easily identified as such due to the hinge bosses on the patterns.

Looks like that three door faceplate would have fit the boiler on the right:





Great video Bigbaldy!!

Eric

 

[Rookie82]

I'm always trying to learn more about the history here where I live. Titusville is less than 30 miles away from me, and I am there quite often. Some of the photos of what the town looked like during the oil boom are amazing. Every tree as far as the eye can see in every direction was cut down, and 100's and 100's of oil derricks set up everywhere. Everyone trying to get rich quick.

 

[Duper]

I'll admit it... Blade Forums is not the only bit of the internet I frequent. Amazing.

However, sometimes strange crossovers do happen. I ran across this on Reddit /history:

Workers pose for a photo inside the pattern shop at Titusville Iron Works in Titusville, Pennsylvania - 1906. Found this photo tucked away in a box at work.

I work at a newspaper in a small town. We have a photo archive with thousands of excellent photos. Here's one of my favorites:

I notice that every man is wearing a hat as was common for the times. I read a favourite quote years back over on The Fedora Lounge forum.
Never leave home without a nice hat, a good watch and a sharp knife.

,,,Mike in Canada