Some cool China machining images:
Mystery Machine
Image by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
This is a Grinding Machine in Dawson’s, Maynooth, Co. Kildare. This photo was taken circa 1910, but because of the make and patent, bet we can narrow the date more… Not entirely sure where Dawson’s was, or what type of business either.
One plate says "T. McKenzie & Sons, Ltd., Dublin", and the other says "Bentall’s Patent Combined Mill for Crushing & Grinding".
Thanks to Woesinger who found a similar Bentall’s Grinding Mill or grain grinder, so "Dawson’s may have been a flour mill".
Date: Circa 1910
NLI Ref.: EAS_2591
Octo-Machine
Image by jbdenham
View On Black
Canon EOS Rebel XSi, EF-S 18-55mm f3.5-5.6 IS, f16, ISO100, 18mm, HDR, 5 Exposures
OK, I’m no machine expert – far from it actually – but I’m pretty sure that learning to operate this machine might take quite a bit of training! There are so many levers on this guy that it’s hard to tell where one stops and the other begins!
This is another machine at Rubber City Machine Corporation in Akron, OH. Other than the abundance of controls on the machine, the minor color contributions were also interesting, such as the first layer of paint and bare metal showing through in some spots and the rusty colored liquid flowing down form the top right portion of the machine. The carpet of metal shavings offers some added texture as well.
These darker, grungier images are a lot of fun to process. It’s a different process trying the bring out the details and feel of a, for lack of a better term, ugly image in comparison to processing a scenic landscape. Composing them is a bit different, too, mainly from trying to determine what needs to be in and out of the photo, being that there are, in some cases, many elements to deal with.
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fisheye washing machine
Image by Ikayama
new washing machines are pretty inside. Although this one sucks ass because it seems like it doesnt have any POWER like the other violent washing machine that is sitting outside rotting.