Hi
The film on YouTube was done by a crystal manufacturing company. The
production of the film
was paid for by the US Government. The company made a chunk of money off
of making the film and then
preceded to use it as advertising for the next 20 years.
If you dropped in to a crystal manufacturing plant at any point over the
next 30 years after that film
was made, the styles of dress had changed. The crystal holders had
changed. Most of the processes
were still the same and some of the gear was still the same ….
Bob
On Sep 25, 2016, at 1:00 AM, Cube Central <cubecent...@gmail.com> wrote:
I watched this video totally in awe at how much "hands-on" processing
was required. I am not sure what I thought before, but I suppose this
level of work was done for most every technical thing back then. I really
got a huge kick out of seeing every step of the process. I was also in awe
of the machines that were made specifically for the manufacturing process -
the testers, the vacuum chamber, the meters, the cold box! However, I was
a bit concerned at the somewhat relaxed attitude and working conditions,
specifically around the X-RAY devices and found myself hoping that they
were well shielded! I couldn't imagine wearing rings (or nail polish) on
my fingers and working with oil, water, abrasive grit, soap, etching acid,
neutralizer, etc. every day and not wearing gloves - my hands would have
been wrecked! I got such a great sense of not only how these things were
made, but also how the working environment must have been. I couldn't
imagine doing any of those tasks for more
t
han a month straight before I would go batty. I have a ton of respect
for the women and men who hand checked every single sliver of quartz and
who tested, retested, etched and re-etched thousands of crystals.
Would you please expand more on what controversy you are referencing? I
didn't really see anything controversial there, except maybe the working
conditions/safety hazards! Maybe I need to watch it again and not be so
engrossed with the technical and working aspects?
Thanks for your thoughts, and thank you to whomever linked it - I really
enjoyed it! Any others I should see?
-Randal R
(at CubeCentral)
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From: time-nuts [mailto:time-nuts-boun...@febo.com] On Behalf Of Bob
Camp
Sent: Saturday, 24 September, 2016 09:53
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Subject: Re: [time-nuts] Vintage Quartz Crystal Manufacturing
Hi
It’s interesting how much controversy that film stirred up. Literally 30
years after it was made, you could get a fairly excited conversation going
about it at the FCS.
On one side were the people who felt it was a sweetheart deal to Reves
at a point that other companies were being prosecuted for “excess profits”.
On the other side were the guys with Reves badges and those who believed
it did serve an honest purpose.
Bob
On Sep 24, 2016, at 6:04 AM, Bryan _ <bpl...@outlook.com> wrote:
May find this old video interesting.
https://youtu.be/Iy23Us3nrX8
-=Bryan=-
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