Sorry for the thread necro, but I believe you'll agree that it was for a good cause when you look below.
So I was in Alamogordo on some business today and decided to take a side trip to the Space Museum.
Well how about that - there's a Saturn V F1 Engine on display! I remembered this thread and I decided to get some pics - particularly some up-close pics.
And I put my hand in there on purpose just so you could see the actual scale of the welds.
Holy crap.
If you look in the large picture below. Then dead center and just above the bell (to the right of it since it's horizontal) is that "three-pronged" structure featured in one of the images in one of the above posts.
(There are links to the full-size images (HUGE) after each pic if you really want to zoom in)
![[Image: TqfX6dG.png]](http://i.imgur.com/TqfX6dG.png)
http://i.imgur.com/NjSMT5K.jpg
This pic with my hand in it is along the "bell" of the engine.![[Image: vxiixS6.png]](http://i.imgur.com/vxiixS6.png)
http://i.imgur.com/cd28ymz.png
I actually have fairly large hands - so take that into account when looking at the scale here. And realize that this entire section is welded with something like a 1-1/2 Inch wide LAYERED weld that is at least 2 or 3 layers deep. And if it's not "machine precision", then it's only because they decided to brute force the heck out of the structural integrity on this one.
These guys were NOT messing around here!
![[Image: nGi09su.png]](http://i.imgur.com/nGi09su.png)
http://i.imgur.com/gY3o7Vb.png
Here's "the business end". I wasn't sure if this was going to come out well with the exposure, but it turned out beautifully. So much so that you can actually see the pinholes in the fuel separation/dispersion plate at the far end! (click on the link below the pic for the REALLY large version to see what I mean)
![[Image: tzQDHXY.png]](http://i.imgur.com/tzQDHXY.png)
http://i.imgur.com/6DjCI5O.jpg
Anyway - thought you guys might appreciate some hard-core machine geekery. ^_^
So I was in Alamogordo on some business today and decided to take a side trip to the Space Museum.
Well how about that - there's a Saturn V F1 Engine on display! I remembered this thread and I decided to get some pics - particularly some up-close pics.
And I put my hand in there on purpose just so you could see the actual scale of the welds.
Holy crap.
If you look in the large picture below. Then dead center and just above the bell (to the right of it since it's horizontal) is that "three-pronged" structure featured in one of the images in one of the above posts.
(There are links to the full-size images (HUGE) after each pic if you really want to zoom in)
http://i.imgur.com/NjSMT5K.jpgThis pic with my hand in it is along the "bell" of the engine.
http://i.imgur.com/cd28ymz.pngI actually have fairly large hands - so take that into account when looking at the scale here. And realize that this entire section is welded with something like a 1-1/2 Inch wide LAYERED weld that is at least 2 or 3 layers deep. And if it's not "machine precision", then it's only because they decided to brute force the heck out of the structural integrity on this one.
These guys were NOT messing around here!
http://i.imgur.com/gY3o7Vb.png
Here's "the business end". I wasn't sure if this was going to come out well with the exposure, but it turned out beautifully. So much so that you can actually see the pinholes in the fuel separation/dispersion plate at the far end! (click on the link below the pic for the REALLY large version to see what I mean)
http://i.imgur.com/6DjCI5O.jpgAnyway - thought you guys might appreciate some hard-core machine geekery. ^_^