Anchoring a Lathe to a Slab

[Butch Lambert]

Well designed grade beams are a serious PITA to remove.

The rebar gives the composite beam the same strength in tension
as the concrete has in compression.

We had a very large vibration table.
About 10 feet by ten feet.

We used it for testing entire racks of U-2 equipment.

The concrete base under it wend down to bedrock.

When it was running the whole building vibrated.

Most larger test had to be run at night when
the place was pretty empty of employees.

So you worked with the Lockheed folks at Plant 42 out of Palmdale.

 

[alinwa]

I've poured private concrete shooting assemblies at 7 different sites. At one site the floor/supports/bench assembly is one 30-ton hunk of concrete and is very stable, like dance-on-the-table stable. Another site, also 30+ tons, on similar ground, on a similar bed of compacted free-draining fill vibrates from foot traffic behind the benches.

The last 4 I've done I do multiple pours and isolate the walking surface from the shooting supports.

 

[brickeyee]

So you worked with the Lockheed folks at Plant 42 out of Palmdale.

Site 2 was home for many months when we delivered a new SIGINT system.

Did a little work on the SR. AKA the 'lead sled.'

Space shuttles built at Site 1.

Bombers at Site 3.
Actual armed Lockheed guards at the perimeter fence and the inner fence.

 

[Butch Lambert]

My youngest Son's permanent station was Beale AFB for 18-20 years with the TR1-U2 program. Most of his time was around the World supporting them. His last 4 or 5 years he was in Palmdale at the Lockheed rebuild facility. He was liaison between the Air Force and Lockheed over QC. Chad shot with us at Tomball 25-30 years ago.

 

[Zebra13]

Site 2 was home for many months when we delivered a new SIGINT system.

Did a little work on the SR. AKA the 'lead sled.'

Space shuttles built at Site 1.

Bombers at Site 3.
Actual armed Lockheed guards at the perimeter fence and the inner fence.

Brickyee,

Did you ever work with a chrome dome with the last name of O'Donohoe out there in Palmdale in the late 50's early 60's?

Justin

 

[brickeyee]

Brickyee,

Did you ever work with a chrome dome with the last name of O'Donohoe out there in Palmdale in the late 50's early 60's?

Justin

I was there in the late 70s to early 90s.
Mostly U2-R.
My Company made all of the Prime Mission Equipment at one point.
We had bought up the other vendors and subbed out to only a very few.

I worked with a few of the older 'ships electricians' that had been there sine the 1950s.
George Muntz

He had actually retired, gotten bored sitting at home, and was hired back about instantly.
He wold me when he applied, they called him at home and said "When do you want to start?"

He was a great guy.