[ARC5] Black radios

[J. Forster]

Once you set up a machine or two to make things like those little threaded
blocks, you can turn out barrelfulls per hour. They were NOT made one at a
time by hand, any more than you make screws or nuts one-off.

-John

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> ---- Mike Hanz <aaf-radio-1 at aafradio.org> wrote:
>  However, that may not be enough to
>> sway some folks' beliefs, so your question and its implications are as
>> good as any.  After all, faith is assurance of things hoped for, a
>> conviction of things not seen... :-)
>
> For years I had the opinion that wrinkle paint was popular because it
> helped hide surface flaws, 1930's and 40's manufacturing techniques being
> what they were and all.
> However, when I started trying to paint things with wrinkle paint it made
> me quickly throw that theory out. Wrinkle paint actually amplifies the
> flaw because the flaw upsets the wrinkle pattern in a larger area around
> it. It can make a 1/16" diameter flaw into a 3/8 diameter flaw that draws
> your eye right to it. :-(
> The more I work with this equipment the more I have come to respect the
> 30's and 40's manufacturing techniques actually.
> And as for the cost back then, If you've ever tried to make any of those
> little tiny square blocks that are riveted on and have the 3x48 threads,
> that seem be in these radios by the hundreds, suddenly that cost don't
> seem as bad. I can't imagine standing at a machine all day and being able
> to carry my days production in my shirt pocket.
> I work in manufacturing and I know what it takes to bring something from
> paper to product. It never ceases to amaze me as to what we managed to
> design and build during that time.
> In short, actual experience can change opinions and theories very quickly.
>
> Steve
> KB4DMF
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