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tinker
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Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...
05/09/12 12:30 PM

While acquiring properties during a facility tour at a Naval Air Station I was led to an 'old vault' which had been used to store precious metals for electronic components.

Upon inspection it was revealed to be a Cincinnati Explosive Forming Press
Very cool machine, and very rare as it was nearly fully intact. It seems Cincinnati had recalled all of them, banning them from use (removing and disposing of the 'door') as they were found to self-destruct catastrophically. The process was akin to hydro-forming, but was focused on heavy sectioned parts.

Really neat process, neat to have seen one of the old-school machines back then.

I'm sure the modern process is similar, but done on more robust equipment.

Cheers
Tinker

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Subject	Posted by	Posted on
Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	Ripp	05/09/12 11:46 AM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	Viking338	05/09/12 12:03 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	tinker	05/09/12 12:30 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	MikeRowe	05/09/12 12:24 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	500Nitro	05/09/12 12:30 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	tinker	05/09/12 01:14 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	500Nitro	05/09/12 01:25 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	MikeRowe	05/09/12 01:40 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	500Nitro	05/09/12 02:02 PM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	DarylS	06/09/12 12:28 AM
Re: Explosive bonding used for 1911 rails and feedramps...	tinker	05/09/12 01:51 PM

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