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George Eyston's Thunderbolt

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Great little story on George Eyston's Thunderbolt.

14min long.
[youtube]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OTY0shFj_C4[/youtube]
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Re: George Eyston's Thunderbolt

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worth the watch ,
now THATS a gearbox 😳
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Re: George Eyston's Thunderbolt

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Yeah, one hell of a gearbox and it's sitting "somewhere", you would think someone would notice that in the corner of the shed.
There was some great engineering in that clip.

The same guy has posted some other excellent videos that I watched while working yesterday.
Calls himself Scarf And Goggles
https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCxV6MO ... shelf_id=1
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