[TheForge] tow tank Way OT

[Bruce Freeman]

Sounds like the worlds first 3-D "printer".
I wonder whether the technology could be adapted for
that use...

--- Chuck Robinson <robi5515 at bellsouth.net> wrote:

> Yes.
> The process of cranking out test hulls from
> engineering drawings was 
> something else.
> They have a monster pantograph that turns the
> engineering drawings into wax 
> hulls to use in the tanks.
> Chuck
> ----- Original Message ----- 
> From: "Bruce Freeman" <FREEMAB at pt.fdah.com>
> To: <theforge at mailman.qth.net>
> Sent: Thursday, May 31, 2007 2:25 PM
> Subject: [TheForge] tow tank Way OT
> 
> 
> A "tow tank"?  Is that like a wind tunnel for ship
> hulls?
> Bruce
> NJ
> 
> 
> >>> robi5515 at bellsouth.net 5/31/2007 3:17 PM >>>
> Hey Dave,
> If you think it's hard to understand Welsh you
> should try talking to the
> old-time ship yard workers around Clyde Side West of
> Glasgow.
> If you get to Glasgow and have time you might want
> to visit  the Denny Tank
> Museum located at Dumbarton Castle. It is still a
> working tow tank that
> dates back to Victorian times and developed and
> tested the hull models for
> some England's most famous ships.
> Chuck
> 
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