# Worlds largest engine!

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**Category:** Shift518 Automotive\
**Created:** [January 16, 2012, 4:33pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324 "2012-01-16T16:33:38Z")\
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**Author:** ![Boxersix](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/user_avatar/forums.speedlife.net/boxersix/32/6327_2.png) [@Boxersix](https://forums.speedlife.net/u/Boxersix)\
**Post date:** [January 17, 2012, 4:57pm UTC](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/worlds-largest-engine/262324/28 "2012-01-17T16:57:52Z")

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> [@Free dishwasher](https://forums.speedlife.net/t/free-dishwasher/47947/2):
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> Ok Adam you screwed yourself this time! Now you have to post the massive machining tools that are used for this stuff :lol

OK! :excited I’m more into the old shit. In todays machining age, the actual machines don’t look like much, little character to them. Most big machines of the past were one offs specifically built to do their one and only job and had alot of style to them. Also, once OSHA stepped in EVERYTHING got covered up, so not of the cool pulley/gear drives and stuff are seen now.

Here’s some old-school stuff, taken from an old Doxford ship yard. Look at the oxy cutting equipment. Dated long before CNC, you can see how the operator manually guides the tool around a steel pattern/template to cut the actual parts.

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/2/22/Boringoutcrwebs.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/3/83c33ad105f60315e9893b29704b1c02d9430f2b.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/e/ee/Cilinderliner2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/3/f35b03dff84457bfb1c6e0b671769f55398ab131.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/e/e9/CincinnatiMillingMachines.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/1/f1e47c2b3fa963b629e56cb537f41a5976d1c259.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/2/23/Crankshaftshop1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/7/2/72cc9f0991e4924a643f0721b23117a0d0c7ccbc.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/3/3f/Crankshaftshop2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/2/e214bc97137b21c1f21c39592e954dede80c7fdf.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/a/ae/DrillingEntabalure2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/e/debce118ce53c206391e678af14bdaeab515e929.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/2/26/DrillingEntablature.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/b/d/bdee780e596d14add05974a25e152e473eecdf68.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/7/77/Erectinbays.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/7/c739f24c0738c42a48a3b407c3eed9e2fba0a54e.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/7/7a/Flamecutting1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/6/86e73202d87120a4479424963db1471eae7282d7.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/8/84/Flamecutting2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/8/e82d9e4f0ad806125658059b82d8a28979d9c3ce.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/4/4a/Gaugingcrwebs.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/1/2/12fc7313e7c721fd61597590f19211e4e6cac0f9.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/7/76/GaugingDiameterTailShaft.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/8/c/8c67d0b6869d7d8d1299c73734560243701a427a.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/e/e6/Machiningentabalurebottomplate.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/d/9/d9a1fb39f5d60bc94e27fc47609c0d3f48459a85.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/4/4e/Machiningfrwend.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/5/2/520b0fc1861a5be924c7697d3cb30e5eff9a82e1.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/b/b7/Mainjournalsmachined1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/6/d/6d559ce73123d7475d76197cb70ebbbf6f5a7d7d.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/6/6f/Markingcentreconnroad.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/c/8/c85eecd2606bbd4a4f92e47840e9b79d5ce17e2d.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/9/9d/PalmEnd.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/a/3/a35341f89ed1d7c7503b2201a37ac1794d84fa22.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/e/e2/Planingcrsfwebs1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/f/a/fa0e786b415c3c8be2a26164372ce3f869b6a344.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/a/a4/PlaningJointFlangeBedplate.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/e/0e844ccbf3e7df680d24f6874a74bca5e3665ea8.jpeg)  
 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/5/5a/Profileflamecutting.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/9/9/995d3d50d46d23f46e254b6cd94f76771e0c4676.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/8/8d/Shapingcrwebs1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/e/8/e8d975b2aff317ef0b80e95cf5a29e1b7a03b4ab.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/d/dd/Shapingcrwebs2.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/0/8/08c48c74eac8afef31a66469fa8767ff5d222a72.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/d/da/Shrink1.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/4/9/49ff7f445968b07c42b346f4634772c5bb25aa82.jpeg)

 ![http://www.shipsnostalgia.com/guides/images/b/b4/Fabricatedbedplate.jpg](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex034/uploads/speedlife/original/3X/2/1/2197b1ac7de6185a2a6a09ee391b8ce0accaa752.jpeg)

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