BBC Technical Studies Capstan and Turret Lathes

[@clinkerboats]

Takes me back. I was an apprentice at H W Ward in Worcester, where most of this was filmed, from 1979 till the factory shut in 1984. Worked on the electrical design for the NC capstan machines with the 'Anilam' controllers that you see towards the end of the film. Happy times and a good start in engineering for me whilst there as a teenager. A shopping centre was built on the site of the Worcester factory after they pulled it down.

[@ActiveAtom]

Thank you Bill for sharing this memory with us, the machines you got to work on are amazing and we are so thankful to be able to see this captured on video. Lance & Patrick.

[@james9311]

I was an apprentice at Mazak in Worcester, done me training at Worcester Group Training on Sunnyside road, plenty of old lathes and mills like these on there. I’m from Newcastle and now a CNC service engineer

[@joneye1]

I was one of the Training instructors working in the H.W.Ward Apprentice Training centre in Worcester at the time this was filmed. The BBC film crew were filming with us for several days; it really was great seeing how they set all the cameras and sound equipment up. Looking back at it now it really looks outdated and how things have progressed into the CNC world of today.

[@haavard1989]

Been running CNC Turret lathes for almost 10 years now, but THIS was amazing to watch. Damn they were brilliant back in the day, paving the future for us kiddo's.

[@HMS1Blake]

Fab! Takes me back - the combination of Pathé News-style commentary and synth incidental music was an incongruity we laughed at in college but the nostalgia rush now is immense.

[@metalboxman99]

Turret lathes are the best! I love working with them!

[@grvcdes]

stunning music!

[@NskLabs]

24:00 Achievement, George Fenton

[@adamibrahim6273]

The old stuff remains wonderful and enjoyable

[@porkerthepig]

I remember watching this in the late 90s at college

[@allandesoer7672]

That brought back memories from over 50 years ago, happy days on c/lathes , Herbert 9C then Warner and Swazy and Mazak CNC machines. I could even smell the compo !

[@Alex_M_Creations]

I’m new to machining and I’m learning on cnc equipment, but these old machines are so cool. I’d definitely want to run some of these old machines.

[@SeaWolfEntertainment]

Find someone who knows what they’re doing. Most like will be the old guys in the shop and if they do agree to teach you remember turn the phone off, shut up except to ask a question that’s pertinent to what is being said/taught, and when you are running a manual machines (lathe/mill etc.) you must give it %1001 of your concentration because manual lathes and mills can/will kill you. Takes one lapse of your concentration. I have had a co-worker have a lapse of concentration and he left the chuck key in the chuck. It ended up being thrown about 20 feet and embedding in the drywall seven inches from my head. I am not trying to scare/dissuade you from learning how to use manual machines but to make you aware that when something goes wrong on a manual machines including a tool breaking it can be bad. Manual machines are typically not enclosed like a modern cnc machines. Wishing you the best of luck

[@Alex_M_Creations]

@@SeaWolfEntertainment Exactly, these old machines are definitely not something to play with due to many of them lacking safety guards. They must be respected at every point during their operation. I happen to restore old tools as well so I’ve seen how some of the more basic ones are designed.

[@prinzeugenvansovoyen732]

my collage still has these exact CNC machines for training sudents for the "real life with old machines in crapy workplaces"

[@sergio29552]

man it make me remember my time in the school jajajajaja they all ways use this kind of videos or movies VHS

[@ActiveAtom]

WOW what a great historic video, thank you so much for sharing it with us we actually run a set of Levin capstan turret lathes currently, so to us this is like being on the shop, only on a much smaller scale. These are great production lathe working machines allowing us 8 steps in a single set up to make hundreds to thousands of fine watch movement fasteners. We just love our work and we have a great time making parts for our products. Thank you so much for this fine example and share, Lance & Patrick.

[@vishnusuresh5450]

The good Explanation...

[@1ginner1]

All us turners wear ties, and the posh amongst us , prefer cufflinks to the usual pearl buttons.

[@19MadMatt72]

We generally hire women with long hair, ruffled dresses and lots of necklaces.

[@YerBrwnDogAteMyRabit]

I believe OSHA dictates that a bow tie be worn..

[@MrBradfordchild]

You won’t get me wearing a tie anywhere near a lathe. But then, I’m just an amateur.

[@1ginner1]

@@MrBradfordchild Very wise.

[@bobbythompson3544]

Worked at Flexibox Northern Ireland, mostly Herbert Capstans!

[@PHIL5750]

Spent many years on a capstan 3A now operating and setting CNC

[@crumplezone1]

Ditto Phil, we cut our teeth on old and new Machines, thank god for CNC`s and G code :)

[@roythearcher]

I also ran a 3A capstan during my time as an apprentice as well as a variety of smaller Smart and Brown Capstans from 1981 onwards. I also now use mainly CNC machines but mainly milling these days. The skills you learn on manual machines give you a grounding into processes that are now used on CNC machines giving solutions that todays apprentices simply don't get taught now and leave them staring at you in awe when you can produce a screw thread on a manual lathe!...! And not one of them knows how to sharpen a drill!

[@TrPrecisionMachining]

very good video

[@EngelUniverse]

liked & subbed! cool to see all these different levels of technologies

[@BartolomeoPestalozzi444]

VERY interesting!

[@nectouxpierre4634]

In few years and lot of developpement, the cnc lathe was born.

[@axnbjsbdudbydvydubu9355]

wow

[@latheengineering3337]

This is most beautiful job in the world,, I love my job,,

[@amiralozse1781]

19:19 software is NOT the program medium, e.g. punchcard or floppy disk. then alright, must have been somewhen during the 1970ties - well, at least they tried to make that software / hardware distinction.

[@paultarshipspeckerwood956]

tracer attachment and tapered jig

[@kimj2570]

That film was from early 80s. By that time Japanese and German companies were mass producing CNC mills and lathes. No need to wonder why British industry faltered.

[@koitorob]

What decade was this filmed in? He mentioned saving on floppy discs!

[@arunmohan9379]

1981_83

[@glennmoreland6457]

I've a Herbert No.4 turret lathe from around WW1... Runs off flat belts... 🇬🇧😐

[@achirabdirzak8010]

Niiice

[@savedbygodsgrace.9058]

Cut my teeth on a ward 7 and the Herbert in 1970.

[@raymonddarmanin5647]

I have a ward 7 lathe for sale

[@WordUp2That]

" I'm getting my associates degree in Technical Studies please post if you have any jobs available. "

[@martybadboy]

23:45 “in many areas traditional lathes still have a roll to play.” In 2019, those areas are 3rd world countries.

[@DrewLSsix]

Eh, tool rooms job shops specialty shops home/hobby shops, anywhere you want one or a few parts carefully engineered to specific standards.

[@patkcorcoran]

LONG SLEEVES AND NO SAFETY GLASSES, THIS DUDE DOESN'T KNOW THE FIRST RULES. 0:40

[@sandhyarani4617]

Wah what a tecnology acciant time

[@davidschwartz5127]

Technically the first process in making the bolt was the extruding the hex shape.

[@amiralozse1781]

no, it was the creation of the universe, i.e. the big bang ;-) (the late Carl Sagan would have confirmed that)

[@1ginner1]

@@amiralozse1781 , You bugger, I was just about to comment the same thing, well done. lol

[@MonirIslam-cr1ho]

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[@kevinp860]

I so happy I am smarter!!!!

[@rajab2123]

RS

[@frankbritt2172]

That operator has long sleeves shirt....🤔

[@willslow7291]

Not really a shirt, more an overcoat. I wear one exactly the same and never had an issue, when red hot swarf flies a long sleeve is much appreciated.

[@bigsmoke6189]

He would be a well trained operator well aware of what he's doing.

[@КонстантинЧуркин-м1к]

Тьфу я дума СВДП СССР.

[@kevinp860]

send it to china