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Retlaw · 14-03-2011, 20:51

Whillst serving my apprenticeship at Lang Bridges, I helped make the patterns for an 18 colour printer for Steiners, it was reputed to be the biggest colour printer in England, took 3 months to make the sides, was quite a struggle to manouver it into the moulding shop, both furnaces were required to melt enough cast iron for one side,
all the blokes in the pattern shop who worked on it, were there to see it cast, took 4 days to cool, before it could be lifted out of the mould.
Retlaw.

14-03-2011, 20:51	#11
Retlaw I am Banned Join Date: Jun 2004 Location: Accrington. Posts: 4,627 Liked: 601 times Rep Power: 0	Re: Printed Textiles Whillst serving my apprenticeship at Lang Bridges, I helped make the patterns for an 18 colour printer for Steiners, it was reputed to be the biggest colour printer in England, took 3 months to make the sides, was quite a struggle to manouver it into the moulding shop, both furnaces were required to melt enough cast iron for one side, all the blokes in the pattern shop who worked on it, were there to see it cast, took 4 days to cool, before it could be lifted out of the mould. Retlaw.