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> when ship builders switched from high-skilled artisans to carve each pulley for the sails individually and by hand, to using jigs so that low-skilled carpente

by jopsen 4y ago

> when ship builders switched from high-skilled artisans to carve each pulley for the sails individually and by hand, to using jigs so that low-skilled carpenters could make a lot... Sounds like an interesting story, do you have a link :D

ben_w 4y ago
Sadly not, it was from a TV documentary
hef19898 4y ago
I can recommend the book "Better, faster, cheaper - history of manufavturing" which covers this topic among basically manufacturing going to the, literally, stone age.