by Lorgar » 05 May 2015, 2:32 pm
I love this kind of stuff.
We're so dependant on technology these days I reckon most engineers etc. wouldn't know how to make something if they couldn't type the numbers into a computer and have a mill do it for them.
Just things like how they used the single size square reamer to polish the barrel. Peoples first though these days would be some high precision machinery, instead the guy just uses a hickory backing as strength and adds a sheet of paper between it and the reamer to 'increase' the diameter. So simple and effective, yet I reckon 99% of people wouldn't come to the solution like that.
We're losing that kind of lateral thinking ability I reckon.