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:) Fascinating, for all the wrong reasons. Look at the way the material cuts/moves when approached by a blunt cutting tool. I think the material box on the crank drawing must have specified 'proprietary cheese'. Ductillity is one thing - that is another. Great find Cam.
 
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I watched it all too - O, H & S all over it - soggy old cardboard screens to keep the sparks in one area, things, you name it. Fantastic - a whole other world ... is that where SFCs were made? Hang on, they're 120 Jota and RGS cranks!! :cool:
 
Crackin' video, turning a crank to one thou of an inch by eye whilst smoking a ciggie and drinking a cup of tea. 'elf and safety would have a nervous breakdown, lets hope the lads continue working like this for years to come.
 
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I had a look through some of the comments on the youtube video. They say that machine shop is in Pakistan and the crankshafts are for a Massey Ferguson 240 tractor. I googled the tractor and it does indeed have a 3-cylinder engine with an identical looking crankshaft. It's a 2500cc Diesel that makes 45HP @ 2250rpm, so it's not a highly stressed crank. The labels on the boxes they pack them in at the end of the video indicate that they're exported to Russia. I assume there are assembly plants in Russia building MF240 tractors under licence.

I reckon those guys have some awsome skills to turn out crankshafts in such agricultural conditions with machines that are probably pre-WW2 vintage. Not a digital caliper in sight. All done with jigs, go-no go gauges, etc. Pretty impressive work.

Not too impressed with the skill level of the bricklayer who built the workshop though, or the electrician who wired it up.

There were a couple of processes I wasn't quite sure about. I presume that big cabinet with the orange door and the shafts on a rotating table is a shot blasting machine, but I could be wrong. Also, when the guy test fitted the crank into an engine block, he bolted what looked like a counterweight onto a web at each end of the shaft. I can't quite see the purpose of that.
 
Yeah, I thought the cabinet might be heat treating, but reckon you're right Cam. Those guys have the sorts of skills that have virtually disappeared from modern western countries. Wonder how they view a big CNC machine?!!
 
😀there are more Perkins and Perkins copy engines in the world that any other 3 cyl - tractors are made in Pakistan for export mostly to Africa - India also has a company Tafe that makes these under license from MF - many 100s of thousands ! I have been Pakistan to the factory and have seen these roadside repair shops - amazing what they can do
 
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I think they do brilliantly - and why shouldn't they have the right to ride like any of us. Bloody good on 'em I say! Fairly demeaning title and laughter coming from the voyeurs is fairly typical of attitudes to a 'disability' people are born with.
 
Yes, couldn't agree more Q. Good skills shown by the rider. Sorry about the commentary. I should have said it's best played with the sound off.
I've occasionally fallen over because my foot couldn't find the ground and I'm 180cm tall.

Reason I posted it is that I saw a little guy like that riding over the Tasman bridge yesterday on a normal sized motorcycle. It made me wonder how he managed starts and stops. Pretty simple really.
 
As I said in the other thread, there is a famous pic of Gaston Ranie{sp} standing next to his Dakar BMW that he won the event on. In those days twin shock dirt bikes had INSANELY high seat heights to allow the newly invented long-travel suspension, usually 300mm of travel and seat heights just above a mitre. He was 5ft nothing but so good off-road. He came to Oz and raced in our National MX championships sometime in the 1970s or 80s I think, that's all in one-day events. 125cc 250cc and unlimited. He won all classes that day on his 125.
 
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