2020 New Random Pics

[GH85Carrera]

[rockfan4]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

That 914 had a strong roll cage for sure. RIP little 914.

That looks more like a Miata than a 914.

[GH85Carrera]

[Steve Carlton]

[rcooled]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

In case anyone should ever ask, ↑ that feature in the corner of a sail is called a 'cringle'

[GH85Carrera]

Two workers at a Rolls-Royce factory in Britain fit the Crankshaft Assembly into the Crank Case of a Merlin engine, 1942.






BATTLE OF TARAWA.
A wet sandblaster built in the Boat Pool shops on Tarawa Atoll, Gilbert Islands, invented by Lieutenant Junior Grade Arthur J. Howe, USNR. This machine is used very effectively for removing old paint and scale from the hulls of small craft. Photograph released December 4, 1944. National Museum of U.S. Navy.

[masraum]

Originally Posted by GH85Carrera

The corner of a hand-stitched sail made in the 1800s. Canvas sails were made of hemp. Hemp is 3 times stronger than jute and was preferred because it was unaffected by salt water.

Funny, I saved a copy of that pic Sun or Mon because I was going to post it here, but hadn't gotten around to it yet.

[masraum]

L S Starrett measuring tools


Disston saw from the 1800s, lambs tongue handle and intact nib on the blade




Wm Marples brass and ebony Ultimatum brace from the 1800s

[masraum]

Calipers/dividers


corner brace


brass framed wooden brace from the 1800s



post WWII German chisel

[masraum]

couple of old, small oil cans


tarantula crossing the road during mating season near our home.


skew bladed rebate plane with missing nicker


>100 year old "planking plane". This is essentially a plane that makes the "tongue" part of tongue and groove, but for thicker lumber, so it seems to have been marketed as one of a pair of planking planes vs one of a pair of tongue & groove planes.




L S Starret precision ruler set, 1/4", 3/8", 3/4", 1" rulers in 1/32" and 1/64" graduations with the holder

[GH85Carrera]

SEABEES - IWO JIMA.
Seabees unload cargo onto the black sandy beaches of Iwo Jima, pictured here in February 1945. (U.S. Navy Seabee Museum)


BATTLE OF IWO JIMA - SEABEES.
Rock crusher for surfacing airstrips, set up by the 3lst Sea Bees on Iwo Jima in the Bonin Islands. Work was started on it about twenty days after D-Day (19 February 1945) and it is capable of treating about 150 tons of rock per hour. 25 March 1945. (N.A.)

[daepp]

The saddest message I get on my phone - every morning I drive my truck to work lol

[masraum]

Originally Posted by daepp

The saddest message I get on my phone - every morning I drive my truck to work lol

Dude! That's horrible! I'm betting you shed a tear most days.

This is my commute 2 days a week. I take the boxster every time. I do go in early and leave early to miss traffic. It's ~1:10 when I go in and 1:15 when I'm coming home.





My commuter car the day that I bought it


w/hardtop in front of previous commuter (turbo miata)

[GH85Carrera]

This works just like my 911 computer hookup.

[Steve Carlton]

Originally Posted by masraum

This is my commute 2 days a week. I take the boxster every time. I do go in early and leave early to miss traffic. It's ~1:10 when I go in and 1:15 when I'm coming home.

Short work day!

There’s a song Elvin Bishop used to sing, part of it went something like “Go to work at twelve, get off at one. An hour for lunch, and my day’s work’s done.”

I’d love to find that song again.

[john70t]

[GH85Carrera]

Arthropleura is a genus of extinct huge millipede arthropods (over 2.5 m long) that lived in what are now Europe, central Asia and North America during the late Paleozoic (Carboniferous-Permian). This is a life size model in polyurethane resin made by me and my collaborators of the University of Cagliari in Italy.

I am glad they are extict. I am glad I don't have to try to squash some bug that big!




This is the surface of a comet
The dramatic cometscape viewed by Rosetta from a distance of just 8km from the surface.
ESA/ROSETTA/OSIRIS TEAM

[masraum]

Originally Posted by Steve Carlton

Short work day!

There’s a song Elvin Bishop used to sing, part of it went something like “Go to work at twelve, get off at one. An hour for lunch, and my day’s work’s done.”

I’d love to find that song again.

LOL. I'm in the office for 8 hours 6am until 2pm. But the drive takes an hour and 10 mins or an hour and 15 mins except for that one day that it took almost 4 hours.

It was dark when I started, but I did eventually get a few sunrise pics...

[daepp]

Originally Posted by masraum

Dude! That's horrible! I'm betting you shed a tear most days.

Hahahah - fair enough. Was just having a little fun, but it does make me think every time I see it... But as it is, I have a '72 911 and I religiously drive it 3 days a week - weather permitting. Friday to work, then as much as possible - even for errands - on the weekend.

[Bill Douglas]

Not very complimentary about his own technology.