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Post by atlex on Dec 13, 2019 11:54:49 GMT
Testosterone situation..
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Post by atlex on Dec 15, 2019 21:21:12 GMT
More fun that testosterone and chemicals..  Ice Gokarting. I kinda need to do this, it looks like an even bigger rush than skiing. |
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Post by atlex on Dec 18, 2019 12:03:18 GMT
Fun story about Nintendo..
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Post by atlex on Dec 18, 2019 12:39:47 GMT
Visit to Tomei's facilities..
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Post by atlex on Dec 19, 2019 16:39:45 GMT
Watching this it looks like it's on 2x fast forward lol...
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Post by atlex on Dec 21, 2019 23:43:32 GMT
Been on the go today since 9am. I'm so tired.
Machining Videos to chill out however..
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Post by dadbif on Dec 22, 2019 15:09:05 GMT
Lot of unnecessary fannying about....
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Post by dadbif on Dec 24, 2019 9:25:20 GMT
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Post by atlex on Dec 25, 2019 20:57:25 GMT
50 grand for a watch. but, it's really macro porn |
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Post by Zed. on Dec 25, 2019 21:59:08 GMT
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Post by dadbif on Dec 26, 2019 9:57:03 GMT
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Post by martiny on Dec 26, 2019 16:09:03 GMT
50 grand for a watch. but, it's really macro porn Very impressive but I kinda wish they had told us a bit more about the clever movement rather than the Kayakellery stuff like the diamond dust finish on the dial. So far as I can make out, it's almost a conventional automatic mechanical movement except that the escapement is replaced by some form of rotating magnet which is regulated by interacting with a quartz oscillator. Reminds me a bit of Bulova's 1960s Accutron watch movements (worth a Google). They use tiny electromagnets to keep a steel tuning fork vibrating and that motion turns a little cogwheel by tiny steps. (That gives them an almost entirely smoothly sweeping second hand.) It's the opposite of the Seiko idea, since in Bulova's design it was the electrics which provided the power (battery) and the mechanical part which provided the regulation (tuning fork). Lovely things, rendered immediately obsolete in the '70s by much cheaper, reliable and more accurate quartz movements. <edit> Blimey. The language filter seems to be set to super-fierce. It took me a moment to work out that it had stuck a "kayak" into the innocent word "j e w e l l e r y". |
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Post by atlex on Dec 26, 2019 18:50:21 GMT
50 grand for a watch. but, it's really macro porn Very impressive but I kinda wish they had told us a bit more about the clever movement rather than the Kayakellery stuff like the diamond dust finish on the dial. So far as I can make out, it's almost a conventional automatic mechanical movement except that the escapement is replaced by some form of rotating magnet which is regulated by interacting with a quartz oscillator. Reminds me a bit of Bulova's 1960s Accutron watch movements (worth a Google). They use tiny electromagnets to keep a steel tuning fork vibrating and that motion turns a little cogwheel by tiny steps. (That gives them an almost entirely smoothly sweeping second hand.) It's the opposite of the Seiko idea, since in Bulova's design it was the electrics which provided the power (battery) and the mechanical part which provided the regulation (tuning fork). Lovely things, rendered immediately obsolete in the '70s by much cheaper, reliable and more accurate quartz movements. it's apparently a brake system - the movement is designed to run a wee bit fast and the brake acts to regulate it to be slower per the difference with the oscillator. |
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Post by atlex on Dec 29, 2019 21:48:01 GMT
Mmm.. Machining a true flat service on an intake mani.
I know I've posted his stuff before but his use of old machine tools are so sweet.
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Post by Zed. on Dec 29, 2019 23:25:14 GMT
shapers & slotters are some of the most dangerous tools in a workshop, dangerous as in un-predictable if operated by fuc kwits  seen some interesting work completed on these strange tools as they can reach into places that conventional turning or milling cannot reach  always oil the clapperbox...... Rich. |
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le sigh
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le sigh
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