Steel Bench
Click image to view larger. I had a great phone conversation last night with my good friend, Jacques Gudé. It was a long conversation that pulled me away from a couple of things I wanted to get done, but didn’t really want to sink my teeth into. That’s a good thing (procrastination, thy name is Bob!). Our chat twisted and [...]
Bolton Emerson Americas: Carbide
I never took shop in High School and I’m not much of a handy man, so I wouldn’t know carbide from carbon. But from what Frank tells me, carbide is the grade of steel that does the cutting. Evidently it’s also the grade that drill bits are made of. The day I shot these images, Frank showed me the little [...]
Many Tanks
Well, three tanks, to be exact. This is, I think, the third of four images I have of these tanks I found near the Wilmington, NC port. Well, technically I didn’t ‘find’ them. They were there all along. They were in the open for all to see. Except for the barbed wire fence around the place that screamed, “don’t even [...]
Bolton Emerson Americas: POSITIVELY NO SMOKING
Welcome to the Woodworking Shop at Bolton Emerson Americas. Yes, I said woodworking. I was a little surprised myself, until it was explained to me. The “knives” that are made in the heat treat area are forged, sharpened and shaped to fit the specifications of a wide variety of pulping machines. The knives are the blades that grind the wood [...]
Bolton Emerson Americas: Getting it Straight
I got the impression that this machine is not used very often. It sits kind of isolated from the rest, distant from what appears to be a natural workflow. Bobby, a fixture at Bolton Emerson Americas for the past 49 year, told me, “if any of the bars need straightening, we use this machine.”
