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For those interested in metal working machinery

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Those of you with an interest in metal working might be interested in this You Tube video -

It’s a documentary about the fabrication of the Sterling sub-machine gun at the Royal Ordnance Factory at Fazakerley. From the look of the lorry in the opening shots, the machinists clothing and the commentary, it was probably filmed in the late 1940s/early 1950s.

What I found interesting was the number of women employed, the fact that they’re nearly all wearing dresses and that no one was wearing any PPE.

As it happens, the Sterling was my personal defence weapon whilst in the TAVR in the late 1960s. It was also somewhat better engineered than the Sten Mk. 2 that I was originally issued with.
 
Quite fascinating thank you, lots of potential hazards there, the bit I really enjoyed was towards the end where they were assembled and tested, no ear defence either. What a huge huge number of individual actions go into each gun? so not rifled? And then all wrapped up and bolted down in wooden packing cases in 4’s.
Ian
 
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One day someone sat down with a blank piece of paper, thought hard, and laid out the assembly path for each part.

Bod1.
 
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