Dovetail Machining...

[ViggoG]

Pete, <img src="graemlins/nono.gif" border="0" alt="[nono]" />
I do not wish to be a bearer of bad news but i see nothing in the picture that COULD NOT have been done in the early 1900 time period on a production basis. [img]rolleyes.gif[/img] One only has to examine the intricate watches made by the Swiss to recognise the fact that, as fine as it was and still is, the Luger Pistol was a very crude peice of equipment "Comparatively Speaking". <img src="graemlins/icon501.gif" border="0" alt="[icon501]" />
In the early days of the Unites States entry into the WW-II conflict, Machine tools were in very short supply and many discarded machines were rebuilt and reentered into Emergency production.
I personally have been called upon to operate machinery from the late 18 th century.
Some of these machines had the latest date of design in the 1880's. <img src="graemlins/r.gif" border="0" alt="[king]" />
I have had to do much more delicate work than I see on the above photo using those same machines.
In fact the hand fitted bronze bearings gave the ability to cut and grind smoother finishes than the ball bearing machines of the early war era.
ViggoG <img src="graemlins/bigok.gif" border="0" alt="[thumbsup]" /> <img src="graemlins/icon107.gif" border="0" alt="[icon107]" />