Ford's River Rouge plant
 

Here is a great video showing Ford's River Rouge plant. In it I don't see any fields of seasoning blocks, but there may have not been shown. Also this is where I saw them casting crankshafts 4 at a time and the breaking them apart to have them machined.

▶ Trip Through The River Rouge Plant - YouTube

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Notice the RPMs during the dyno run? It was running at 4,500 RPM, that should answer the factory "redline" question.

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If anything, this should also answer my crank shaft question. If knocking them over to break them from the mold doesn't bend them, not sure what would.

Loved it. Thanks for sharing.

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Every time I watch this I see something else.
Maybe memory loss has something to do with that.
Bruce

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Thanks, I have not seen this one. Good stuff.
Ed

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On the crankshaft casting...here's a detailed patent on the process shown:
https://www.google.com/patents/US199...ed=0CB8Q6AEwAA
Click on the PDF at top right to see the pictures and whole text.
There is incredible detailed work in there to get a set of cranks as close as possible to design with a minimum of excess to be machined away. They even cured a warping problem by casting the shafts warped the other way so the natural warp returned it all to straight..
Remember, the whole cast crank thing was a revolution when introduced.

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Now that was really cool. Thanks for sharing.

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Great ! We need a time travel machine to go back and grab some parts.

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Cool video. I want the pickup they pulled the roach coach train with.

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Nice thank you

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Wow---that's a lot of work for what about $ 700 bucks per car in 1938

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Awesome!

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Yes, thank you. I've seen this several times, but enjoy it everytime I see it, I too learn something different.