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Impressive pictures!
With the number of heads facing the camera this event must have been talk
of the day :-)

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:23:37 -0700, Chester Copperpot wrote:

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On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:12:59 +0200, wrote:

Impressive pictures!
With the number of heads facing the camera this event must have been talk
of the day :-)

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:23:37 -0700, Chester Copperpot wrote:


I'm trying to identify some of the tools on the bench. Almost every
station has what looks like a little clay pot with lid. Could it be
glue?

Some work stations also have a jar with clear liquid and a screw lid
on it. Water?

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On Tue, 20 Oct 2009 18:30:13 -0700, Chester Copperpot wrote:

On Wed, 21 Oct 2009 00:12:59 +0200, wrote:

Impressive pictures!
With the number of heads facing the camera this event must have been talk
of the day :-)

On Mon, 19 Oct 2009 17:23:37 -0700, Chester Copperpot wrote:


I'm trying to identify some of the tools on the bench. Almost every
station has what looks like a little clay pot with lid. Could it be
glue?

Some work stations also have a jar with clear liquid and a screw lid
on it. Water?

A lot of work is spent on coil windings (power supply transformers), so I
guess there would be insulating/fixating varnish at hand. The jars with
screw lid could then be solvent to rinse.

One of the pictures shows individual bench lighting. I suppose this
is gas lighting, judging from the distributing pipes?

The "large version" picture shows numerous coil winding equipment, driven
from the floor. This must have been a stunning noisy environment to work
in...

Regards,
Herman

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wrote in message
...
One of the pictures shows individual bench lighting. I suppose this
is gas lighting, judging from the distributing pipes?


I believe those to be electrical track lighting. If you look closely, you
can see that rather than pipes, they look to be tracks similar to the ones
used for vertical blinds.

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"Chester Copperpot" wrote in message
...

The photos are great. Some of these, if not all of them, are on the
"Shorpy" photo site...
http://www.shorpy.com/

The photos on the site range up from the Civil War or earlier,
thru WWII and later, on all phases of American life, and there are
some fascinating insights into life as it was in the infancy of radio,
among other things.
Nelson

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Chester Copperpot wrote:
I'm trying to identify some of the tools on the bench. Almost every
station has what looks like a little clay pot with lid. Could it be
glue?

Probably flux.

Some work stations also have a jar with clear liquid and a screw lid
on it. Water?

And most likely shellac or varnish for fixing coil windings in place.
(or touching them up after assembly)

Jeff



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