COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT FACTORY. THE STEEL, BRASS OR ALUMINIUM WHICH IS CUT WITH SUCH UNCANNY ...

Accession Number 005022
Collection type Photograph
Object type Black & white
Physical description Black & white
Maker Cranstone, Edward Lefevre (Ted)
Place made Australia: Victoria, Melbourne
Date made c January 1941
Conflict Second World War, 1939-1945
Copyright

Item copyright: Copyright expired - public domain

Public Domain Mark This item is in the Public Domain

Description

COMMONWEALTH AIRCRAFT FACTORY. THE STEEL, BRASS OR ALUMINIUM WHICH IS CUT WITH SUCH UNCANNY RAPIDITY AND ACCURACY, IS GUIDED IN THE MACHINES BY "FIXTURES", WHICH HAVE TO BE SPECIALLY MADE FOR EVERY SEPARATE OPERATION. THE FIXTURE SHOWN HERE GUIDES ONE OF THE OPERATIONS IN TURNING AN AERO ENGINE CRANKSHAFT. (NEGATIVE BY CRANSTONE).