Topic: Making Motorcycle Gas Tanks in Pakistan

[CycleRanger]

I love these videos. How they've done it for years I'd imagine. 1950's-'60's technology.

[BomberMann650]

The norton got a tank from Delhi, India.  It was decent.  Could have spent 5x more on a tank to only accomplish the same things.

Don't know what it is with people thinking there isn't real craftmanship outside the borders of their country.

[Gurp]

In parts of the world without all the modern tech widely available like here in the USA, Wow is all I can say. Modern day craftsmen are in abundance it seems. All though years perfecting a handmade craft.

I follow a guy named Topboxer that makes boxing equipment out of Pakistan. Some of the best gloves I've ever worn and he makes custom orders!!!



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[jlh3rd]

I understand cubans make parts for their late '50's chevys .

[ekpent]

Thanks for posting ,that was interesting seeing from start to finish. That guy on the cutting wheel knows his craft well, I'd make a hot mess quickly with that thing ! 

[Medyo Bastos]

no PPE required


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[ofreen]

OSHA would have a field day in that place.

[grcamna2]

That is an excellent craft shop;those guys look like they could build tanks in their sleep. 

[Don R]

 In 1973 I worked in a press/shear department making plates for welded I beams. At lunch the first day I noticed out of around 30 guys there were approximately enough fingers for 25 guys. I moved to the nut and bolt picking department my first chance.

[Gurp]

In 1973 I worked in a press/shear department making plates for welded I beams. At lunch the first day I noticed out of around 30 guys there were approximately enough fingers for 25 guys. I moved to the nut and bolt picking department my first chance.

Wow. Lol

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[ofreen]

At lunch the first day I noticed out of around 30 guys there were approximately enough fingers for 25 guys.

I worked at a place called Pacific Car and Foundry in Renton, WA when I got out of high school and while going to college.  They built railroad cars, among other things.  There were a lot of guys missing fingers and toes due to a great variety of ways to get that accomplished there.  I had the ends of my middle and ring fingers on my left hand cut off one memorable night shift while chasing an overhead crane due to a miscommunication between me and the crane operator.  They took me to the emergency room at Valley General where they stitched them back on.  The doc told me there was only about a 20% chance that they would reattach, but as it turned out, they did.  You heal better when you are young.  The company was afraid of OSHA and lost time injuries, so the foreman clocked me out at the end of my shift and I got a call 8 am the next morning asking if I was going to come to work that afternoon.  My hand hurt like hell, but went in and was on "light duty" punching washers and reading for the next couple of weeks.  Sounds like good duty, but I was bored out of my mind and asked to go back to real work, working one handed for awhile.

[Stev-o]

At lunch the first day I noticed out of around 30 guys there were approximately enough fingers for 25 guys.

I worked at a place called Pacific Car and Foundry in Renton, WA when I got out of high school...

I worked at a small machine shop too, never lost any fingers. 

I remember loading nickels into a press, it would smash them into the size of a quarter. Then we could use them in the vending machine to gets drinks at a discount price!

[gpzkat]

My N15CS tank is made of such thick steel, it's crazy.

Love how they just throw them in a pile!

The norton got a tank from Delhi, India.  It was decent.  Could have spent 5x more on a tank to only accomplish the same things.

Don't know what it is with people thinking there isn't real craftmanship outside the borders of their country.

[Bankerdanny]

There are a ton of videos on YouTube of Indian and Pakistani companies building tanks, fixing heavy trucks, remanufacturing batteries, building wheel barrows. Frankly I am shocked that Pakistan doesn't have a cancer rate that is off the charts.

[vfourfreak]

At lunch the first day I noticed out of around 30 guys there were approximately enough fingers for 25 guys.

I worked at a place called Pacific Car and Foundry in Renton, WA when I got out of high school and while going to college.  They built railroad cars, among other things.  There were a lot of guys missing fingers and toes due to a great variety of ways to get that accomplished there.  I had the ends of my middle and ring fingers on my left hand cut off one memorable night shift while chasing an overhead crane due to a miscommunication between me and the crane operator.  They took me to the emergency room at Valley General where they stitched them back on.  The doc told me there was only about a 20% chance that they would reattach, but as it turned out, they did.  You heal better when you are young.  The company was afraid of OSHA and lost time injuries, so the foreman clocked me out at the end of my shift and I got a call 8 am the next morning asking if I was going to come to work that afternoon.  My hand hurt like hell, but went in and was on "light duty" punching washers and reading for the next couple of weeks.  Sounds like good duty, but I was bored out of my mind and asked to go back to real work, working one handed for awhile.

THAT is a story !

Kev

[74cb750]

definitely interesting.