and a V8 cylinder head was used for the cross slide. The tailstock seems to be the only non-automotive part on the machine. We’d love to see a video of it in action, but there are ample pictures ...
KURE, Hiroshima Prefecture--A massive lathe used to precision shape the main gun barrels of Japan’s mighty World War II battleship Yamato is now on public display at the Kure Maritime Museum here.