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)
-----Original Message-----
From: time-nuts [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Bob Camp
Sent: Saturday, 24 September, 2016 09:53
To: Discussion of precise time and frequency measurement <[email protected]>
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 _ <[email protected]> wrote:
>
> May find this old video interesting.
> https://youtu.be/Iy23Us3nrX8
>
> -=Bryan=-
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