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| Subject: | Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? |  |
| Date: | Mar 21, 2001 |
| From: | Kurt Isbrecht | |
I worked in the old General Steel Industries plant in Illinois back in the mid '60's. We cast the hulls for the M48 series of tanks. That company had in the casting department several craftsmen with the job title of "Mold Finisher". It was their job to examine each sand mold before the molten steel was poured into it. Any rough spots were removed and filled with fresh core sand and sprayed with a special kind of hi-temp coating. It was yellow in color and would make any imperfection show up. After the steel was cast
they were examined again for blemishes. If any were found a worker with a grinder would smooth them flush. Any gouges or pits were welded over. Later, while serving as a Marine Corps tank crewman I spent many hours washing,scraping and painting M103's and M48's. In my experience with these two tanks they had quite a smooth surface finish. I remember the paint as having an egg shell kind of sheen. At least until they went to Viet Nam. Then the sand, mud and sun took it's toll.
Just my two cents...... |
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 | Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Yc. Wang - Mar 14, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 13, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - - Mar 13, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Hmmm, any really good examples online? - - Mar 14, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Steve Tegner - Mar 14, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 15, 2001 |
| . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Kurt Isbrecht - Mar 21, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 21, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: - Kurt Isbrecht - Mar 23, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . Casting symbols - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 24, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Casting symbols - Kurt Isbrecht - Mar 25, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Casting symbols - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 25, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Casting symbols article - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 27, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Casting symbols article - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 28, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . Re: Kurt's article on Sherman Register - Christophe Jacquemont - Mar 29, 2001 |
| . . . . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Nemanja Pavlovic - Mar 22, 2001 |
| . . . . . . . . . Re: Armor texture, how rough is ROUGH? - Kurt Laughlin - Mar 23, 2001 |
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