Who Invented the First Assembly Line - Page 3

hotrodpc · 10-22-2009, 02:37 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by crabtruck

A trifecta...

Don't have his name but he was best friends with the guy
who invented the first assembler's bar.

Uhh, I am not sure I get it. What do you mean by assembler's bar? Are you saying they invented a bar? As in a place to drink liquor? I am not doubting you, just trying to understand it.

bradrhale · 10-22-2009, 06:57 AM

wasnt it Olds?? if not, still makes me wonder. REO motorworks. REO Speedwagon. one in the same, maybe??

Crmzendrgone · 10-22-2009, 08:26 AM

Oooh I think some one got it???

hotrodpc · 10-22-2009, 09:06 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by bradrhale

wasnt it Olds?? if not, still makes me wonder. REO motorworks. REO Speedwagon. one in the same, maybe??

Like me and guessing Black only on the color of the Ford. Shoulda made your guess and shut up. Yep, Brad gets it.

Ransom E. Olds as in the Oldsmobile was the first auto assembly line. Henry Ford made it better with a moving conveyer belt, and increased his production from some figure like 600 cars a year to over 2500 a year by improving on Olds idea.

crabtruck · 10-22-2009, 10:41 AM

Quote:

Originally Posted by hotrodpc

Uhh, I am not sure I get it. What do you mean by assembler's bar? Are you saying they invented a bar?

I thought a good place to use an assembly line
would be in an assembler's bar.

Maybe a place for easy pick ups ?

hotrodpc · 10-22-2009, 10:44 AM

Ahhh, OK now I get it. I think those are reffered to as "Cat House" back in the day.

hotrodpc · 10-22-2009, 10:46 AM

So Brad got the auto related assembly line figured out. Any guesses to the very first mass production idea? A hint would be, it pretty much kicked off the American Industrial Revolution or was during that time anyway. Way way back. I am wanting to say the early 1800's, possibly late 1700's.

hotrodpc · 10-22-2009, 11:27 AM

I'll give it up, cuz I just did a bit of research, and the info I get it just a tad different than what I was taught in school. I was thinking this guy actually was the inventor of the assembly as what I was taught in elementary school. Amazing I can still remember some of that. Now days looking at research, Ransom E. Olds does get credit for the first assembly line. But this inventor gets credit for the first mass production and manufacturing using "interchangeable parts". The inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney is his name. He also went on to make Muskets in large quantities faster than anyone could have expected and for much less in cost. He had lots of enemies because he put lots of people out of a job by use of machines for manufacturing where most things were hand made back then. There were even claims the cotton gin made the cotton bad when actually it did not. But people made this claim to keep the cotton gin from replacing people jobs. Clothing was even labeled, Not made from cotton cleaned by a cotton gin. Those were the things I was unaware of, and not taught in school.

vansdonk · 10-22-2009, 11:54 AM

I have an answer, but it has nothing to do with autos or the US. I think the first assembly line was created and used by the Egyptians. Cut rock, roll rock to destination, lift rock, seal rock. Voila, the pyramids.

bradrhale · 10-22-2009, 12:04 PM

they didnt build the pyramids. aliens did.

10-22-2009, 08:26 AM	#23
Crmzendrgone Senior Member Join Date: Apr 2009 Location: Arizona Posts: 1,420	Oooh I think some one got it??? __________________ ENGINES PRODUCE POWER. MOTORS RECEIVE POWER. https://lastroundbestround.com/Home_Page.html

10-22-2009, 10:44 AM	#26
hotrodpc Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,149	Ahhh, OK now I get it. I think those are reffered to as "Cat House" back in the day. __________________ *Winners NEVER Quit , Quitters NEVER Win !!!*

10-22-2009, 10:46 AM	#27
hotrodpc Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,149	So Brad got the auto related assembly line figured out. Any guesses to the very first mass production idea? A hint would be, it pretty much kicked off the American Industrial Revolution or was during that time anyway. Way way back. I am wanting to say the early 1800's, possibly late 1700's. __________________ *Winners NEVER Quit , Quitters NEVER Win !!!*

10-22-2009, 11:27 AM	#28
hotrodpc Senior Member Join Date: Jul 2008 Location: OKC, OK Posts: 3,149	I'll give it up, cuz I just did a bit of research, and the info I get it just a tad different than what I was taught in school. I was thinking this guy actually was the inventor of the assembly as what I was taught in elementary school. Amazing I can still remember some of that. Now days looking at research, Ransom E. Olds does get credit for the first assembly line. But this inventor gets credit for the first mass production and manufacturing using "interchangeable parts". The inventor of the cotton gin, Eli Whitney is his name. He also went on to make Muskets in large quantities faster than anyone could have expected and for much less in cost. He had lots of enemies because he put lots of people out of a job by use of machines for manufacturing where most things were hand made back then. There were even claims the cotton gin made the cotton bad when actually it did not. But people made this claim to keep the cotton gin from replacing people jobs. Clothing was even labeled, Not made from cotton cleaned by a cotton gin. Those were the things I was unaware of, and not taught in school. __________________ *Winners NEVER Quit , Quitters NEVER Win !!!*

10-22-2009, 11:54 AM	#29
vansdonk Senior Member Join Date: Sep 2009 Location: NW Washington Posts: 94	I have an answer, but it has nothing to do with autos or the US. I think the first assembly line was created and used by the Egyptians. Cut rock, roll rock to destination, lift rock, seal rock. Voila, the pyramids. __________________ '69 Series IIA 109 '74 MGB '04 Disco II

10-22-2009, 06:57 AM	#22
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,025	wasnt it Olds?? if not, still makes me wonder. REO motorworks. REO Speedwagon. one in the same, maybe??

10-22-2009, 12:04 PM	#30
bradrhale Senior Moderator Join Date: Apr 2006 Location: Texas Posts: 8,025	they didnt build the pyramids. aliens did.

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