“Mechanical Principles” – Simple gear actions from 1930 by Ralph Steiner, set to classical music. From the UToobage comments:
Some of the mechanisms featured:
0:16 Positive displacement pump
0:26 Four-stroke engine piston;
0:50 Simple steam engines or pumps;
2:00 Steam engine reversing gear as on ships;
3:10 Differential gear;
4:05 Worm gear;
4:10 Archimedes screw;
5:22 Geneva gear;
5:32 Pawl and ratchet;
5:55 Grasshopper escapement;
7:15 Scotch yokes;
8:07 Positive displacement pump (same as 0:16);
9:29 Wheel and disc integrator used in analog computers;
9:54 Possibly a turbine.
So let’s all crank it, turn it and pump it up on The Overnight Open Thread.
Tags: 1930, film, gears, History, mechanical principles, Overnight Open Thread, Ralph Steiner, Retro, Technology, Video
LMAO,
A mechanical porn film. “Vibrators and Dildos -- The Early Years”
Calo managed to watch the first 23 seconds of that and then she melted like a Popsicle in a microwave. Turned into a puddle.
*Gone…..*
Love me some cams.
This is interesting even without moving parts.
@ Mongoose:
And the ding meter pegs at nonsense. But, of course.
O wait, the rodent is gone so any response is je ne sais quoi
@ Mongoose:
Baaastard, I’m still watching it.
It;s actually quite beautiful. Almost as breathtaking awesome as bridges.
@ song_and_dance_man:
。げっ歯類はOKです。彼らはtravません。……………
@ Calo:
The term came from early English, and the French may have been in the works from a hybid rat angle. Mechanical foreplay. It’s some werod word that was nomered. And we now use it with many devices. Autoplay.
@ Calo:
This is what I mean. I can go with eating out with Chinese Nachos. But when the menu is incomprehensible, that is when I’m shooting for In’N'Out.
@ Bob-Crotchit:
Sorry Bob, I forgot what blog I was posting on.
So, Foster is still racing around the field looking for brown Nazis? Or DarkFalcon is busy reading the comments here tonight looking for his girlfriend to pen him his next loveletter on DoD?
Pedal on, mate!
Bob-Crotchit wrote:
That was lunch today. Yum.
That was a cool video. The thought of the engineering that went into the design is awe-inspiring, especially when you consider that those guys were doing that with slide rules and drafting tables. Some very elegant, intricate mechanical devices were built back then.
AZfederalist wrote:
Yeah, OK. I’ve heard they have outlets in AZ. Why they don’t move one more state east…like here, is frustrating. NM does have some half assed equivalent, but is no where near what INO does.
@ AZfederalist:
And adding to that. I have no idea where the tools come from with precision engineering when it comes to clock making, but some have been making amazing machines that were eventually transferred to mass production in the industrial age.
@ Suki Wong:
I’m hoping we will be signed by a new company. Maybe Blogmock radio.
@ song_and_dance_man:
The thing is that back in the 1930′s, intricate mechanical devices were the elegant engineering of the time. Electronics were vacuum tubes, large power supplies and equally large discrete components. Even devices with smaller vacuum tubes were clunky relative to the performance available in the package size compared to the mechanical devices, that could be built to great precision and intricacy.
@ Mongoose:
Yeah, I deliberately avoided posting the 4 minute version. Bet you posted all the UToob comments there, eh?
Hubba hubba and a Ding Ding Ding!
Did someone whisper sweet nothings in my ear about Nachos?
What’s the skinny on the BlogMock Contract, Bob? Is this a fart in the wind, or are we going to rock the house?
[I think that's how the hep kids say it.]
What was Obama doing on his flight back from Colorado Springs wildfire sightseeing trip?
http://michellemalkin.com/2012/07/01/what-was-obama-doing-on-his-flight-back-from-colorado-springs-wildfire-sightseeing-trip/
Unbelievable. He is a tasteless peasant. A pig.
Now here is really great poem by the late Robert W. Service, famous for “The Cremation of Sam McGee” and “The Shooting of Dan McGrew”. And I never even knew this poem, “The Ballad of Lenin’s Tomb”, existed until tonight. No wonder the Soviets didn’t like old Robert very much, LOL.
Take the time to read it, you will enjoy!
Boy, there’s dead, and then there’s this. Time for a gun thread? Car thread? Something, anything…
Okay, car thread it is… Anybody see one of these yet?
http://www.subaru.com/vehicles/brz/index.html
Haven’t driven it yet, but did get to sit in the very first one my dealer got in before they put it in the showroom. Not the world’s most practical vehicle, and a bit of an odd duck (a rear wheel drive Subaru?), but definitely pretty spiffy. A poor man’s Vette, or a ressurection of the original 240 Z -- whatever. Cheap by today’s standards.
‘Course, I’m still jonesing for a Mini Countryman S All 4 myself…
http://www.miniusa.com/#/learn/FACTS_FEATURES_SPECS/Top_Features-s
But it has one of those prone-to-go-bad turbos and the nearest dealer is about 50 miles away. Still… Drove one last year, and it is a stone hoot. And you can lash the Christmas tree to the roof rack crossbars and get it to the house.
Elephants visiting Mfume lodge every year between October and December. They remember the mango tree in the garden
@ Guggi:
Yer harshing my buzz…
Good morning from the Chicago area, sho am hot out.
A dew rag day.
This actually is the directive from the Obama DHS.
They do allow throwing things at the gunmen though.
Not making that up.
@ Alberta Oil Peon:
Always enjoyed Robert Service.
@ Mike C.:
The don’t make a convertible in it. I have to have a convertible. I’ll be in th emarket for a new car in the next year or two. I am looking at a Camaro or a Mustang right now, but I can be converted to something else. Has to be convertible, though. Got to be in the wind…
@ Iron Fist:
I assume you mean the Subaru. Both a ragtop and a turbo are likely coming at some point. The chassis was designed to be rigid with a convertible top, and there’s plenty of room in there for a turbo. Not going to be as cheap, of course…
@ Iron Fist:
Here is a convertible you should look at: yes there really IS such a beast!
@ Mike C.:
PS -- go for the ‘Stang. That new Camero looks like a Dodge -- fell out of the Ugly Tree and hit every branch on the way down.
I’ve never understood the attraction of limiting outward visibility -- doesn’t make any sense.
Good Mornin All…make it a great day
@ Macker:
Now that’s what I’m talking about! Nice, nice, nice! I bet it runs $100 grand, though. It is out of my price range for sure.
@ Mike C.:
I’ve driven the Mustang, and they are nice. Haven’t driven the Camaro, though I’ve heard some complaints about the visibility in it. I’ll have to see. The Mustang is more expensive than the Camaro, though, and money is unfortunately not only An object, but sometime is the object…
Vote on federal spending cuts
@ Iron Fist:
Get a Miata -- the MG that works!
@ Mike C.:
The wife doesn’t like a Miata. Otherwise it would be inconsideration. I like the way they look.
Iron Fist wrote:
I would like to have one
of the Corvett DP’s. Bad
ass is all I can say!
@ mawskrat:
saw them race a few weeks ago
cottage ham. potatos and green beans in
the crock pot now.
and let me tell yahs it was hot yesterday
picking them thar beans
Iron Fist wrote:
Iron Fist wrote:
My wife and I fell in love with the Pontiac Solstice. The problem was that it was a Pontiac, and I read that they’re crap with no place to so much as put an overnight bag or even a large purse if you have a passenger.
@ MacDuff:
Mini ragtop? The S version, of course.
Saturn made a cute if anemic little two-seater, but like the Pontiac, they’re hostory.
@ Mike C.:
Did you know your blog page has been reported as a security risk?
may be one of the best dobro players ever
Mike C. wrote:
Yesterday, I saw my first Chevy Volt. I have to admit, it’s not a bad looking car at all, but no thanks. For that kind of money, though, I’d buy a loaded Camry and at least take a real nice vacation with what was left over.
mfhorn wrote:
Yeah, we got attacked somehow. Luckily for the members, we have two admins who actually now their asses from holes in the ground (not me) and that’s been cleaned up. Google has us as clean now, but it takes a while to propagate through the system. It was a bad link in one post.
@ MacDuff:
I just don’t fancy electric cars in areas where it gets cold (batteries don’t like cold), and since I put about 2500 miles a year on my personal car, I don’t give a damn about gas mileage. I lean towards small cars because I’ve always liked small cars (although I have owned trucks and SUVs), not because they’re good on gas.
Mike C. wrote:
Yeah, they’re all looks and nothing more…..like automotive Kardashians.
Mike C. wrote:
I hear ya man. I have a 2002 Camry with 21K miles on it.
@ MacDuff:
1996 Geo Metro -- 41 K miles. Somebody else put the first 12 K on it in the first 2 years. 40 mpg in town, 45 on the highway. And me in the oil biz -- tsk, tsk, tsk.
Mike C. wrote:
I’m gonna report you to the API for conduct unbecoming.
@ huckfunn:
But I don’t want a pickup truck…
I figure so long as I never turn down a free beer, I’m okay…
@ Mike C.:
I’ve only had two pickups; An 81 Ford F150 (the 302 or 307 was a complete slug) and the current 08 Tundra Crew Max which I really love. It’s really made well and gets a combined 17 MPH. Of course I didn’t buy it to save the planet. Comfort, performance and dependability are the issues that are important to me. Also, it has just about the highest resale value of all the P/U’s.
This is not good. SWAT team attacks house, breaks down door and tosses in a stun grenade while a teenage girl sits on her couch watching the Food Channel.
My deal is I just flat-out don’t need a PU. If I did, I’d buy one. I did peruse the Ford website a year or two back. Those babies are expensive! And they all have automatic trannys, too. Feh on automatic trannys. That’s the major thing wrong with the wife’s Outback, IMHO, although it does have a pretty spiffy auto tranny. Just doesn’t feel right to me, though.
huckfunn wrote:
I saw that story yesterday. I bet that the truth is that
Michelle Obama sent the cops, because the kid was watching
the Food Channel.
huckfunn wrote:
Reason 1,100,245 why I don’t like or trust cops. Teenager watching the Food Channel, let’s blow her up. Police Chief and Mayor say, perfectly justifiable.
RIX wrote:
Heh. Moochelle with her own food SWAT team. Very scary thought! And her with a bum with its very own zip code.
@ huckfunn:
Yeah, she has some serious junk in the trunk.
@ huckfunn:
wonder how much it’s costin’ to feed Momma Mooch?
. . . not a whole lot made of that unusual arrangement
Health care decision:
/God comments…http://www.washingtonpost.com/local/power-outages-could-last-for-days/2012/07/01/gJQA3JVjFW_story.html?hpid=z1
spinmore wrote:
According to Michelles brother, Mama Robinson is a raging
beyotch just like his sister.
spinmore wrote:
It would be interesting to see how the CBO scores her contribution to the food deficit.
@ RIX:
what an upside down world we’re in (wow)
@ huckfunn:
sorry -- i had to run up the street and get my liverwurst and swiss on a kaiser (the princess is a weekend deli jock) lol
spinmore wrote:
Mmmmm… liverwurst. I like mine with Jarlsburg on Jewish rye and a good bold mustard.
“Mmmmm… liverwurst. I like mine with Jarlsburg on Jewish rye and a good bold mustard”
Mmmmm -- got dat right. Maybe i’ll try your combo next time (hahaha)
Sunday shows sure are comic (more then usual) this week
huckfunn wrote:
haven’t had liverwurst in many years, but I grew up on liverwurst & Jarlsburg… makes a fine omelet combo.
Oh, one question… IF, whatever happened to your H-D? I would think that with that, you could forego the ragtop… Not going to get any more wind than you would on that softail.
@ brookly red:
Jarlsburg . . . you and ‘Huck’ are on the same page
i’m sold, gonna try that combo next time on rye
doriangrey wrote:
You’ve apparently had one or more bad experiences. I am of the old school of thought that say 99% of the time, if you’re not doing something wrong or in the vicinity of wrong doing, you have nothing to worry about. Having been an MP in the Army, I know that there are good cops and bad cops. A few of the guys we had were real pricks and couldn’t wait to put the cuffs on somebody. It’s interesting. The draftees were the good ones. The bad ones were invariably the ones who had enlisted. It’s all about the person; good people and prick people. Same goes for teachers, coaches or aerospace engineers. Granted, none of the latter can put you in jail but the concept is the same.
spinmore wrote:
don’t forget the potato salad…
@ spinmore:
@ brookly red:
I also like the little tubes of the Oscar Meyer liverwurst. Great to smear that stuff on a triscuit and top with caraway havarti.
huckfunn wrote:
caraway havarti… yeah that is how my Mom likes it.
@ brookly red:
funny you mention potato salad.
Got a shot of German salad last time, was as much as the bloody sandwich
(i passed this time) limited funds -- lol
spinmore wrote:
I grew up in a German household. You will eat the potato salad and you will like the potato salad.
huckfunn wrote:
now that,(the OM stuff) we grew up on. Haven’t had that in a long while.
brookly red wrote:
Ausgezeichnet, mein herr!
spinmore wrote:
I actually think the OM is better than the Boar’s Head and about half the price.
@ brookly red:
@ huckfunn:
So, should we be pairing this with a wheat beer?
Liverwurst, cheddar and bacon… aka heart attack on toast.
spinmore wrote:
fify
spinmore wrote:
I like mine with Shiner Boch.
@ brookly red:
hey, that IS better
huckfunn wrote:
hard boiled eggs, herring salad, have a nice day.
I’ll bet this is the only liverwurst thread in the entire blogosphere.
@ huckfunn:
heard of it (never had it) . . . sounds pricey (?)
huckfunn wrote:
I was thinking we may be showing up on the food police radar…
huckfunn wrote:
Great minds (and stomachs) think alike hahaha
spinmore wrote:
Shiner Beer is brewed, coincidentally, in Shiner, Texas. The Boch is the best and it’s moderately priced.
@ Mike C.:
I’ve still got her. I can’t afford the insurance on her right now so she sits in the garage. The wife won’t ride her, though, so My riding time is limited to being by myself. That just won’t do. The wife says she will ride a trike. We’re going to test that out, and if she actually will, I’ll probably be trading the Srpringer nexct year. Money is the problem, really. We need a year to catch up on our finances, and then we’ll be golden.
brookly red wrote:
Hark! I think I hear a black helicopter. They sound completely different from white ones.
Uh-oh. Al Sharpton’s gonna have my waaaaacist kracka ass for that one.
Iron Fist wrote:
Thought about a trike Kit? I may consider one when I get too old to hold up the Voyager XII
huckfunn wrote:
/how do they get the hoddie over the rotor?
there, we can be in the same cell.
@ huckfunn:
Number 1 son likes a good beer. He flys out tomorrow early for Ft.Lewis for his ROTC LDAC training prior to a spring graduation.
I think i’m going to find a case of Boch, and ‘pair it’ with a picnic shouder and kraut when he comes back in August.
. . . i’ll keep ya posted on the results
I’m watching the France 24 equivalent of our Sunday talk shows. They have 4 people (a British host, an American expat who apparently hasn’t lived in the US since the last ice age, and 2 French people) talking about the Obamacare ruling.
They were all (including the American) confused about what the courts had to do with it in the first place, and absolutely amazed that Romney said that his first act would be to repeal it.
They were all saying things like “Of course the government should provide healthcare!”
I guess it would be rude to point out that all the EU countries are broke as a result of giving away free shit…
huckfunn wrote:
That and none of the rest of them can pull a gun on you and threaten to kill you just for disagreeing with them.
What do you mean my drivers license isn’t valid, it says right here on it, valid for the next 4 years.
What do you mean my proof of insurance isn’t valid, it says right here on it, valid until next year, 10 months from now.
What do you mean it’s not valid for this vehicle, here’s the bill of sale, it’s four days old, here the valid registration, it 3 days old, I have 90 days to transfer this policy from the old vehicle to this one.
What do you mean I’m under arrest for refusing to allow you to illegally search my vehicle?
Do you really need to point that gun at me over a front license plate not being on a 4 day old car?
@ lobo91:
the ‘American’ with the French hair doo . . . he is usually his own best fan, isn’t he?
spinmore wrote:
Seems to be
Jack Lew, the white House Chief of staff has been all
over the news this morning.
he has all of the talking points about Obama Care, “The debate
is over” “The Court is final” “Let’s move on and implement”
He also said that the Individual Mandate is not
a tax & that the law is clear it calls it a penalty.
Roberts said Tax, that’s how he was able to vote with the
majority.
@ grambo:
I’ve thought long and hard about that. Money wise it comes out about even. My bike has about 25K miules on it. Certainly, she has a lot of life left in her, but my thought is to trade her in on a new tri-glide. I’ll keep thinking about it, though. I can’t do anything this year. We just got torpedoed with a COBRA payment that is nearly $2000. Ouch. That will eat up our disposable income for a while. I want to save about $5K towards nthe new bike, trade in the old, and have a brand new Harley to love
@ Iron Fist:
Bummer. I understand the money part, having just started my first gig since before last Thanksgiving. Me, I’ve given up on the H-D dream. I haven’t ridden a motorcycle since 1975, and never one as big as even a Sporster. That plus my age dictates I should exercise some common sense and get something I have a chance of surviving. A substitute for that sports car I always wanted and never had. I would like to have one new car of my very own before I die, and the clock is running…
@ RIX:
So “the Court is final,” but they don’t know what they’re talking about?
Where would libs be without cognitive dissonance…
Iron Fist wrote:
Yeow!! I have COBRA -(downsized/early retired a year ago) and it’s “only” $800 for me and Malarkey (Wife 1.0) for full major medical. Two grand would be ….vexing.
@ Mike C.:
Besides, how is one going to pack all the stuff to the range on a motorcycle? Pistols, revolvers, rifles, ammo and magazines, ear and eye protection, targets, etc., etc., etc. -- need a car for that.
lobo91 wrote:
well, yeah, that’s how those euros think. cradle to grave security. and yes, they are all bankrupt -- financially AND morally. poor dumb bastards. i say we let them fight for their own freedom in the next little dustup.
my elderly uncle continues to go on and on about how great he thinks the Japanese health care system is. i haven’t looked into it and don’t know anything about it (anybody?). he saw some program once where they interviewed doctors and socalled regular people and thinks it’s fabulous how some ordinary woman was out doing her shopping one day and got a headache so she just popped into the health clinic, talked to the doctor, got an aspirin, and was on her way. my response -- are you freaking kidding me??? she couldn’t figure out a headache on her own and actually had to see a doctor for that? and she had to be told to take a freaking aspirin??? and then i started to question whether she could even go to a grocery store or a pharmacy and buy aspirin without permission. anybody?
@ grambo:
The wife and I pay a grand/month and are damned glad to have it.
lobo91 wrote:
Their logic is very difficult to follow.
They are betting that their talking points will stick
& people won’t notice the contadictions.
Mike C. wrote:
I can carry my golf clubs on mine.
@ RIX:
the shameless boldface denials are akin to the forced mourning that we saw in N.Korea (if you didn’t see it yourself, you wouldn’t believe it)
@ Kirly:
They just had a segment about generic drugs and patent laws in India. A pharmaceutical company is suing over patent violation for an HIV drug.
People are protesting outside the courthouse, complaining that there shouldn’t be any patents for drugs.
Well of course not…the pharmaceutical company just picks them off the drug tree in their backyard, after all…
RIX wrote:
It saddens me deeply to say they win that bet a majority of the time.
Isn’t that our root problem?
spinmore wrote:
True. And it is amusing that the Dems are all saying
that there should be no more discussion of Obama Care.
They are not dealing with McCain, Romney did not have
so much success in business by being a push over.
@ RIX:
I agree with them.
We don’t need to discuss it anymore.
We just need to rip it out, root and branch, and shove it into one of those big wood chippers.
@ RIX:
not counting my chickens, but -- i smell a bit of fear coming from the Dems. They are still better then the Rs at the game
And it looks like Mexico is poised to return the far-left PRI to power.
That should work out well.
I guess they just decided to turn the country over to the cartels, instead of fighting them…
@ lobo91:
If you’ll remember, the “conservative” (or what’s considered ‘conservative’ in Mexico) win last time was by a razor-thin margin.
@ lobo91:
Yup, repeal it & do it right.
This is an attempt by the Obamanistas to give us a system with rationing & long delays & denial of care.
Of course , not for them.
@ lobo91:
The PRI has a long & corrupt relationship
with the Cartels.
Maybe Holder can walk more guns to them.
@ RIX:
Ultimately, Obamacare is just a waypoint on the path to a government run system like the Brits have.
They plan to bankrupt the insurance companies, after which there will be “no choice” but having the government step in.
@ RIX:
They’ll be able to just fly planeloads to them.
Alberta Oil Peon wrote:
I read that somewhere and thought it was a spoof from The People’s Cube!
lobo91 wrote:
yes, i’ve heard this refrain before. i can’t get those singing it to explain why they think the fruit of someone else’s labor or investment should be free to them! it’s nuts!
@ Kirly:
Why not? They feel entitled to the labor of doctors and nurses for free…
@ lobo91:
exactly! and they HATE the pharmaceutical companies while whining that they can’t get their amazing inventions (life saving medications which may have cost billions to develop) for free! it’s insane! they don’t see the idiocy. they just want freebies and to help people. they don’t see that if the govt takes these tasks over, they’ll get the service and compassion of the post office which won’t even look for a lost letter (which you paid extra to track and guarantee delivery) for a month!
@ lobo91:
Obama Care is a segue to single payer.
@ huckfunn:
I make it a point to enjoy a Shiner Bock whenever I am in the great Sate of Texas. It is indeed very good.