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“The Companion” By Bulova Model-206 Portable AM Tube Radio

Image by Andrew Pilling
This Teal Blue &quotCompanion&quot by Bulova transportable AM radio, model 206 was a good (curbside) uncover. The physique was in fairly very good condition, so I opened the back of the radio and noticed that the two (ancient) D batteries have been corroded and brought on mild staining with no apparent harm to the interior. I also noticed that one particular of the four vacuum tubes, a (1U5) tube was MIA. Right after a appear-see in the tube bible which informed me that there were comparable tubes with different pin allocations but, there weren’t any identical substitution tubes. I was in a position to locate and replace the (1u5) vacuum tube. Subsequent without having performing any type of tests, I rolled the dice and turned it on. &quotEUREKA&quot as soon as again an additional roadside discover started up and worked, then the inevitably dreaded (par for the course) obligatorily telltale HUM of all HUMS became really apparent. So I turned on and warmed up my favorite and trustworthy VTVM-voltmeter (the Hewlett Packard 410B). With voltmeter probes in hands, I went appropriate to the usual suspect, The infamous electrolytic filter capacitor. It was shot so I left it in place, being that they are a Royal discomfort on my patience to desolder, take away, disassemble and gut out the filter caps fragile cylindrical cardboard housing to be stuffed with three new electrolytic capacitors, then reassemble and solder the component back into location, So I performed a bypass using 3 new e-caps, carefully tucking them inside of the tightly cramped beneath carriage of the chassis. I turned it on and the HUM was no longer noticeable, &quotVOILA&quot it functions. This Bulova &quotCompanion&quot portable radio will be a nice addition to my collection.

Google’s Master Program

Image by jurvetson
The Master Strategy has several paths. Some turn to the dark side of Skynet, and most lead to user happiness…

(Text is a lot more readable at full size, or subsequent frame)

Laboratorium Solaris: back into action

Image by Sergei Golyshev (reloaded 🙂
06.01.2015, 11:45 (UT+3), clear cold winter day, -17&degC, the Sun is eight&deg above horizont and looks like as if being observed by way of the flowing water.

The image looks satifactory at 500 pix size.

WARNING! Sun is hazardous, use suitable filters for observing and imaging!

Canon 60Da by way of BP Hyperion Zoom eight-24 mm eyepiece on Coronado PST more than photo-tripod.
Aperture 40 mm
Native focal length 400 mm
Projection focal length 24 mm
Television = 1/200 s
Av ~f/20
ISO 200
Capturing application: NA
Exposures: 7 out of 28 (poor seeing, extremely poor). RAW pictures were converted into monochrome and adjusted for some more contrast in Canon DPP and exported as 16 bit TIFF. Each and every frame was calibrated with master dark made of median of 10 dark frames and master bias produced in the same way from 20 offset frames.
Master calibration frames, substraction and pre-alignment had been made in ImageJ.
Frames were analysed and stacked in Autostakkert2! 2.3.021alpha (specially for stacking H&alpha photos, ha-ha :), resulting image was subjected to Richardson-Lucy deconvolution (Cauchy type PSF, 3,six units, 7 iterations) and was sent to Photoshop for &quotcreative&quot clean-up, downsampling and coloration.

Note: this is quick exposure image, so the red channel dominates, which is right. But I have followed the effortless way of turning raw images into monochrome in raw converter. This algorithm behaves like as if it makes a sum of all channels and somehow weights the contribution of red and blue in relation to green. But green channel includes largely its personal noise and other junk elements. Perhaps it really is greater to not to do this, but extract red from color image and then down-sample it ,5x to smooth de-Baeyring artifacts? Hmm…

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: south hangar panorama, such as Vought OS2U-3 Kingfisher seaplane, B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay”, among other people

Image by Chris Devers
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Vought OS2U-three Kingfisher:

The Kingfisher was the U.S. Navy’s main ship-primarily based, scout and observation aircraft during World War II. Revolutionary spot welding methods gave it a smooth, non-buckling fuselage structure. Deflector plate flaps that hung from the wing’s trailing edge and spoiler-augmented ailerons functioned like additional flaps to allow slower landing speeds. Most OS2Us operated in the Pacific, exactly where they rescued a lot of downed airmen, which includes World War I ace Eddie Rickenbacker and the crew of his B-17 Flying Fortress.

In March 1942, this airplane was assigned to the battleship USS Indiana. It later underwent a six-month overhaul in California, returned to Pearl Harbor, and rejoined the Indiana in March 1944. Lt. j.g. Rollin M. Batten Jr. was awarded the Navy Cross for creating a daring rescue in this airplane beneath heavy enemy fire on July 4, 1944.

Transferred from the United States Navy.

Manufacturer:
Vought-Sikorsky Aircraft Division

Date:
1937

Nation of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
All round: 15ft 1 1/8in. x 33ft 9 1/2in., 4122.6lb., 36ft 1 1/16in. (460 x 1030cm, 1870kg, 1100cm)

Materials:
Wings covered with fabric aft of the principal spar

Physical Description:
Two-seat monoplane, deflector plate flaps hung from the trailing edge of the wing, ailerons drooped at low airspeeds to function like added flaps, spoilers.

• • • • •

Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Boeing B-29 Superfortress &quotEnola Gay&quot:

Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of Planet War II and the first bomber to property its crew in pressurized compartments. Even though made to fight in the European theater, the B-29 discovered its niche on the other side of the globe. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a range of aerial weapons: conventional bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons.

On August six, 1945, this Martin-constructed B-29-45-MO dropped the first atomic weapon used in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. 3 days later, Bockscar (on show at the U.S. Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio) dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather reconnaissance aircraft that day. A third B-29, The Wonderful Artiste, flew as an observation aircraft on each missions.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Co.
Martin Co., Omaha, Nebr.

Date:
1945

Nation of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 900 x 3020cm, 32580kg, 4300cm (29ft 6 5/16in. x 99ft 1in., 71825.9lb., 141ft 15/16in.)

Components:
Polished overall aluminum finish

Physical Description:
Four-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and high-aspect ratio wings. Polished aluminum finish general, regular late-Globe War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and serial quantity on vertical fin 509th Composite Group markings painted in black &quotEnola Gay&quot in black, block letters on lower left nose.

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Montblanc Watches

Image by antefixus21
Montblanc Flagship Boutique 151 Bloor Street West Toronto ON Canada.

Montblanc Wrist Watch wall display case.

Chronograph – Nicholas Rieussec time piece.

Swiss created.

Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Automatic Watch Assessment
WRIST TIME Reviews
20 COMMENTSJANUARY 3, 2011 BY ARIEL ADAMS

This watch assessment is going to be a bit different than how I normally do them. Why? Simply because shortly before the evaluation I was really capable to pay a visit to the manufacture producing the movements of this watch. That encounter offered me some specific insight that allowed me to comprehend this timepiece far more.
I know there is a lot of talk on the &quotmanufacture&quot movement. In fact, a current panel discussion I had with fellow watch specialist journalists allowed me to recognize that there is no strict definition of &quotwatch manufacture&quot or &quotmanufacture movement.&quot This definitional ambiguity hurts my potential to clarify issues appropriately, but let it be stated that Montblanc tends to make the movement in each of the Nicolas Rieussec watches themselves. Of course there is some help from suppliers, but this is about as &quotin-house&quot a job as most men and women want it to be. My understanding is that the elements of the movements are produced at the Valfleurier facility in Buttes Switzerland. The pieces are then sent to Montblanc Le Locle for assembly and testing.

What fascinated me most about the Montblanc manufacture in Le Locle Switzerland was just how modern it was. I mean it is accurate that several watch manufactures feel like you are in some combo of a hospital and science lab, but the machinery available to the watch makers at the Le Locle facility was impressive. I have a bigger function length post on this topic that will come out quickly – but in short, when it comes to the Nicolas Rieussec line of timepieces, Montblanc relies on a clever atmosphere that combines the human approach of watch makers with the precision help of machines.

A handful of instance of this synergy among man (or lady) and machine? Right here are two. 1 of the pictures here is of a machine that robotically applies lubricant to designated spots in a watch. Such lubricant need to be precisely applied with an precise amount. The more consistently applied the greater. Even though a human assembles the movement, a robot is used to apply the lubricant better and with more precision in terms of quantity than any human can do regularly. One more example is a machine that allows a watch maker to adjust the screws on a balance wheel and test the accuracy of the rate in genuine time. Generally the machine combines a magnifier, pc controlled screw driver, and a watch movement price tester in one particular. Even though it is operated by a individual, the machine makes it simple to adjust a traditional weighted balance wheel to its most precise weight distribution in the escapement assembly.

One particular of my favourite pictures right here that illustrates the culture of the manufacture is the image of the watch tools with the pc mouse. If you appear closely you’ll also notice the presence of a Montblanc pen. Each perform station provides watchmakers a laptop terminal as effectively as watch generating tools. Whilst I have observed this prior to, it surely is not common.

With their movements all produced in Switzerland by Montblanc, the Nicolas Rieussec collection presently consists of a few watches. My main concentrate here is on the Automatic Chronograph that also has a GMT and date complication (that I tested). The movement is known as the R200. The two manually wound variants (with slightly diverse functions) are the R100, R110, and R120 (a restricted edition that utilised a silicium escapement). I am not going to go overboard with technical information, but the movements represent an intriguing medium between the ultra-higher finish, and mass manufactured pieces.

The R200 has a lot of impressive functions on paper. Notable to the watch nerd is that it has a column wheel primarily based chronograph that uses a vertical clutch. These functions offer you far more durability and precision when utilizing the chronograph. There are very few European chronographs that function both of these features. I must also note that some of Seiko’s greater-end chronograph movements also feature column wheels and vertical clutches, as do pieces by brands such as Patek Philippe and (the former) Daniel Roth. Why all the focus on the chronograph? Effectively that is the new signature complication of Montblanc. The brand latched on to the complication for good explanation (as well as to Mr. Nicolas Rieussec). &quotChronograph&quot literally signifies &quottime writer.&quot What is Montblanc identified for? Yes, creating pens. Sound as well very good to be accurate to have a watch in your collection that is a &quottime writer?&quot So the emphasis on this complication make perfect sense. Nicolas Rieussec is guy credited with &quotinventing the chronograph.&quot Montblanc adopted him.

A although ago Rieussec designed a device that looks like an early seismograph. It was a clock with a stop and begin function that pulled a disc of paper along a smaller sized writing tip. This device was the very first known &quotchronograph.&quot It was meant to measure time in horse races and actually &quotwrote.&quot The appear of the chronograph on the watch is taken from this early device. Montblanc keeps replicas of them about the manufacture for inspiration. Each and every Nicolas Rieussec watch makes use of two discs that move along stationary hands to show the chronograph time (up to 30 minutes). These are also monopusher chronographs that use a single pusher to cycle by way of &quotstart, stop, and reset&quot functions for the chronograph. The pusher is large, simple to find, and placed at the 5 o’clock position on the watch. Do not miss the exposed synthetic palette rubies exposed on the top of the chronograph dials.

This chronograph style is the signature look of the Nicolas Rieussec collection. The time is displayed on an off-centered dial at the leading of the face. Whilst little, Montblanc really helped that dial standout and be legible. It utilizes that fancy searching font that you are going to locate on most Montblanc Star watches. I actually do enjoy that font.

On the manually-wound versions of the Nicolas Rieussec, the time dial has a third hand used for the date. On the automatic, the third had is GMT hand. Operating just like you would assume, the major time hour hand can be independently adjusted to alter the time when moving through time zones when traveling. To the left of the dial is a day/night indicator linked to the GMT hand. This beneficial complication aid you know if it is day or evening on your second timezone provided that it is displayed on the 12, versus 24 hour scale. Who’d a although this would turn out to be such a helpful travel watch? Both time zones share the minute hand. I was usually impressed by the GMT functionality of the watch and feels that the R200 movement’s use of the third hand is better than having it be a date indicator.

While the left of the dial has the day/evening indicator, the right has a date wheel. For symmetry Montblanc utilizes a window of a comparable shape, but I never much care for &quotopen&quot date windows. It also does not look spectacular with the upper and decrease date getting partially under the dial – though that does in fact support with maintaining your focus on the actual date. Whilst the windows that flank the time dial look nice, I have a feeling Montblanc might perform to revise or polish the design and style in future generations of the watch.

Coming in a handful of tones, the dial of the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec is an interesting creature. It took me a although to warm up to it, but I am enjoying the design. Even though entirely distinct than other collection Montblanc provides, the Nicolas Rieussec does share the brand’s DNA nicely. Of course the crown has that lovely white Montblanc star, and the case is really a lot inspired by the Star collection. To produce visual depth, the energy element of the dial is partially &quoteclipsed&quot by a plate of Geneva stripe polished metal – plus, the dial appears to be produced up of a handful of layers. The chronograph dials are covered with a sort of want-bone like bridge that makes use of blued steel screws (blued steel is also utilized for some of the hands). This is a nice element, but I had 1 suggestion for Montblanc. Although this may possibly improve the price a bit, I feel it would be actually welcome. The bridge is produced from stamped steel. What if it could be produced from milled and hand-polished steel? It would supply a wonderful visual cue and reminder that this is a hand-assembled watch. Perhaps in the future.

Let’s visit the R200 movement once again. It is an automatic version of the R100 with a handful of addition complications (as talked about above). You can see the rotor placed over the movement, with the little Montblanc star shaped hole that is made to pass right more than the column wheel opening window. The movement has two mainspring barrels for a power reserve of 72 hours. The movement operates at 28,800bmp and can be adjusted to be very accurate. I saw a movement at the manufacture that was adjusted to operate inside significantly less than one second of deviation a day. I enjoy that the movement combines contemporary technology and traditionalism. Like I mentioned, it uses a free of charge-weighted balance spring and column wheel, enjoys helps from extremely sophisticated machinery in its assembly and manufacture.

The Nicolas Rieussec watch case is 43mm wide and 14.8mm tall. It is not a little watch, but it does put on like a medium one. Its height is visually lowered by the extremely curved lugs. Front and rear crystal are sapphire (with the front crystal possessing double AR coating), even though it is water resistant to 30 meters.

Montblanc has assured me that their dedication to the Nicolas Rieussec collection is intense. The collection will acquire far more interest in the future, which is aided by the fact that the watch is a advertising good results. One particular of the motives for this is the pricing. Whilst the watches are not inexpensive they are a lot more reasonable that you’d expect. The pieces come in gold, platinum, and steel. The gold models are in the ,000 range. Not inexpensive, but Montblanc is not asking for ,000. In fact, their platinum version is about ,000 – which in the luxury market isn’t that a lot for a platinum watch. In steel the watch retails for about ,200. It comes in a steel bracelet or an alligator strap (black or brown). I am told that quickly Montblanc will create a brand new metal bracelet for the Nicolas Rieussec collection.

All round these are enjoyable watches. The Montblanc identity is a main good, and I appreciate the visual style and functionality of the R200 movement. While special in its appears, this is an straightforward watch to wear day-to-day. Montblanc is not generating a mere collector’s piece right here. Developed to avoid boredom but preserve utility the Nicolas Rieussec watch collection is intended for all types of watch lovers to worn day-to-day.

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: principal hall panorama (SR-71, Space Shuttle, et al)

Image by Chris Devers
See far more images of this, and the Wikipedia article.

Information, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Lockheed SR-71 Blackbird:

No reconnaissance aircraft in history has operated globally in far more hostile airspace or with such total impunity than the SR-71, the world’s fastest jet-propelled aircraft. The Blackbird’s overall performance and operational achievements placed it at the pinnacle of aviation technology developments during the Cold War.

This Blackbird accrued about 2,800 hours of flight time during 24 years of active service with the U.S. Air Force. On its final flight, March six, 1990, Lt. Col. Ed Yielding and Lt. Col. Joseph Vida set a speed record by flying from Los Angeles to Washington, D.C., in 1 hour, 4 minutes, and 20 seconds, averaging 3,418 kilometers (2,124 miles) per hour. At the flight’s conclusion, they landed at Washington-Dulles International Airport and turned the airplane more than to the Smithsonian.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Lockheed Aircraft Corporation

Designer:
Clarence L. &quotKelly&quot Johnson

Date:
1964

Nation of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
General: 18ft five 15/16in. x 55ft 7in. x 107ft 5in., 169998.5lb. (5.638m x 16.942m x 32.741m, 77110.8kg)
Other: 18ft five 15/16in. x 107ft 5in. x 55ft 7in. (5.638m x 32.741m x 16.942m)

Supplies:
Titanium

Physical Description:
Twin-engine, two-seat, supersonic strategic reconnaissance aircraft airframe constructed largley of titanium and its alloys vertical tail fins are constructed of a composite (laminated plastic-sort material) to decrease radar cross-section Pratt and Whitney J58 (JT11D-20B) turbojet engines feature massive inlet shock cones.

• • • • •

See more photographs of this, and the Wikipedia report.

Specifics, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Space Shuttle Enterprise:

Manufacturer:
Rockwell International Corporation

Nation of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
General: 57 ft. tall x 122 ft. long x 78 ft. wing span, 150,000 lb.
(1737.36 x 3718.57 x 2377.44cm, 68039.6kg)

Supplies:
Aluminum airframe and physique with some fiberglass attributes payload bay doors are graphite epoxy composite thermal tiles are simulated (polyurethane foam) except for test samples of actual tiles and thermal blankets.

The 1st Space Shuttle orbiter, &quotEnterprise,&quot is a complete-scale test vehicle used for flights in the atmosphere and tests on the ground it is not equipped for spaceflight. Though the airframe and flight manage components are like those of the Shuttles flown in space, this car has no propulsion system and only simulated thermal tiles due to the fact these attributes have been not necessary for atmospheric and ground tests. &quotEnterprise&quot was rolled out at Rockwell International’s assembly facility in Palmdale, California, in 1976. In 1977, it entered service for a nine-month-extended approach-and-landing test flight program. Thereafter it was utilised for vibration tests and fit checks at NASA centers, and it also appeared in the 1983 Paris Air Show and the 1984 World’s Fair in New Orleans. In 1985, NASA transferred &quotEnterprise&quot to the Smithsonian Institution’s National Air and Space Museum.

Transferred from National Aeronautics and Space Administration

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Montblanc Boutique 151 Bloor Street West Toronto Ontario

Image by antefixus21
Nicholas Rieussec Chronograph.

Chronograph – Nicholas Rieussec time piece.

Swiss developed.

Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec Chronograph Automatic Watch Overview
WRIST TIME Critiques
20 COMMENTSJANUARY 3, 2011 BY ARIEL ADAMS

This watch overview is going to be a bit distinct than how I typically do them. Why? Just because shortly ahead of the overview I was genuinely capable to verify out the manufacture creating the movements of this watch. That expertise provided me some particular insight that permitted me to recognize this timepiece far more.
I know there is a lot of speak on the &ampquotmanufacture&ampquot movement. In reality, a recent panel discussion I had with fellow watch specialist journalists allowed me to comprehend that there is no strict definition of &ampquotwatch manufacture&ampquot or &ampquotmanufacture movement.&ampquot This definitional ambiguity hurts my capability to explain factors properly, but let it be stated that Montblanc tends to make the movement in each and each of the Nicolas Rieussec watches themselves. Of course there is some help from suppliers, but this is about as &ampquotin-property&ampquot a job as most folks want it to be. My understanding is that the elements of the movements are created at the Valfleurier facility in Buttes Switzerland. The pieces are then sent to Montblanc Le Locle for assembly and testing.

What fascinated me most about the Montblanc manufacture in Le Locle Switzerland was just how modern day day it was. I imply it is precise that numerous watch manufactures really feel like you are in some combo of a hospital and science lab, but the machinery accessible to the watch makers at the Le Locle facility was impressive. I have a larger feature length report on this subject that will come out speedily – but in fast, when it comes to the Nicolas Rieussec line of timepieces, Montblanc relies on a clever environment that combines the human strategy of watch makers with the precision assist of machines.

A few instance of this synergy in between man (or lady) and machine? Here are two. 1 of the pictures here is of a machine that robotically applies lubricant to designated spots in a watch. Such lubricant ought to be precisely applied with an precise amount. The a lot much more frequently applied the far greater. Even though a human assembles the movement, a robot is utilized to apply the lubricant far much better and with far more precision in terms of quantity than any human can do often. One much more instance is a machine that makes it attainable for a watch maker to adjust the screws on a balance wheel and test the accuracy of the price tag in true time. Fundamentally the machine combines a magnifier, laptop controlled screw driver, and a watch movement rate tester in 1. While it is operated by a individual, the machine makes it simple to adjust a normal weighted balance wheel to its most precise weight distribution in the escapement assembly.

A single of my favourite images here that illustrates the culture of the manufacture is the image of the watch tools with the computer mouse. If you appear closely you are going to also notice the presence of a Montblanc pen. Each function station gives watchmakers a computer terminal as efficiently as watch generating tools. Though I have noticed this prior to, it undoubtedly is not frequent.

With their movements all created in Switzerland by Montblanc, the Nicolas Rieussec collection at present consists of a couple of watches. My main concentrate here is on the Automatic Chronograph that also has a GMT and date complication (that I tested). The movement is identified as the R200. The two manually wound variants (with slightly diverse functions) are the R100, R110, and R120 (a restricted edition that used a silicium escapement). I am not going to go overboard with technical details, but the movements represent an fascinating medium amongst the ultra-higher finish, and mass manufactured pieces.

The R200 has a lot of impressive characteristics on paper. Notable to the watch nerd is that it has a column wheel primarily primarily based chronograph that utilizes a vertical clutch. These characteristics offer you considerably much more durability and precision when making use of the chronograph. There are really handful of European chronographs that function each of these functions. I ought to also note that some of Seiko’s larger-finish chronograph movements also function column wheels and vertical clutches, as do pieces by brands such as Patek Philippe and (the former) Daniel Roth. Why all the concentrate on the chronograph? Effectively that is the new signature complication of Montblanc. The brand latched on to the complication for good explanation (as properly as to Mr. Nicolas Rieussec). &ampquotChronograph&ampquot actually implies &ampquottime writer.&ampquot What is Montblanc recognized for? Yes, producing pens. Sound too wonderful to be precise to have a watch in your collection that is a &ampquottime writer?&ampquot So the emphasis on this complication make excellent sense. Nicolas Rieussec is guy credited with &ampquotinventing the chronograph.&ampquot Montblanc adopted him.

A despite the fact that ago Rieussec developed a device that appears like an early seismograph. It was a clock with a cease and commence function that pulled a disc of paper along a smaller sized writing tip. This device was the really first identified &ampquotchronograph.&ampquot It was meant to measure time in horse races and really &ampquotwrote.&ampquot The appear of the chronograph on the watch is taken from this early device. Montblanc keeps replicas of them about the manufacture for inspiration. Each and every Nicolas Rieussec watch uses two discs that move along stationary hands to show the chronograph time (up to 30 minutes). These are also monopusher chronographs that use a single pusher to cycle through &ampquotstart, cease, and reset&ampquot functions for the chronograph. The pusher is enormous, straightforward to find, and placed at the five o’clock position on the watch. Don’t miss the exposed synthetic palette rubies exposed on the leading of the chronograph dials.

This chronograph style is the signature look of the Nicolas Rieussec collection. The time is displayed on an off-centered dial at the prime of the face. While tiny, Montblanc really helped that dial standout and be legible. It utilizes that fancy looking font that you will uncover on most Montblanc Star watches. I genuinely do adore that font.

On the manually-wound versions of the Nicolas Rieussec, the time dial has a third hand employed for the date. On the automatic, the third had is GMT hand. Functioning just like you would assume, the principal time hour hand can be independently adjusted to alter the time when moving by indicates of time zones when traveling. To the left of the dial is a day/evening indicator linked to the GMT hand. This valuable complication help you know if it is day or evening on your second timezone supplied that it is displayed on the 12, versus 24 hour scale. Who’d a even although this would turn out to be such a helpful travel watch? Both time zones share the minute hand. I was normally impressed by the GMT functionality of the watch and feels that the R200 movement’s use of the third hand is considerably better than having it be a date indicator.

Whilst the left of the dial has the day/evening indicator, the correct has a date wheel. For symmetry Montblanc utilizes a window of a associated shape, but I don’t substantially care for &ampquotopen&ampquot date windows. It also does not appear spectacular with the upper and lowered date becoming partially beneath the dial – though that does really aid with maintaining your concentrate on the actual date. While the windows that flank the time dial appear good, I have a feeling Montblanc may function to revise or polish the style in future generations of the watch.

Coming in a couple of tones, the dial of the Montblanc Nicolas Rieussec is an intriguing creature. It took me a even though to warm up to it, but I am enjoying the style. Although completely numerous than other collection Montblanc provides, the Nicolas Rieussec does share the brand’s DNA nicely. Of course the crown has that lovely white Montblanc star, and the case is incredibly considerably inspired by the Star collection. To make visual depth, the power component of the dial is partially &ampquoteclipsed&ampquot by a plate of Geneva stripe polished metal – plus, the dial seems to be developed up of a couple of layers. The chronograph dials are covered with a sort of want-bone like bridge that utilizes blued steel screws (blued steel is also utilized for some of the hands). This is a nice element, but I had a single suggestion for Montblanc. Even although this might effectively enhance the price a bit, I feel it would be actually welcome. The bridge is created from stamped steel. What if it could be designed from milled and hand-polished steel? It would give a great visual cue and reminder that this is a hand-assembled watch. Perhaps in the future.

Let’s go to the R200 movement once more. It is an automatic version of the R100 with a handful of addition complications (as described above). You can see the rotor placed more than the movement, with the modest Montblanc star shaped hole that is produced to pass correct more than the column wheel opening window. The movement has two mainspring barrels for a energy reserve of 72 hours. The movement operates at 28,800bmp and can be adjusted to be really correct. I saw a movement at the manufacture that was adjusted to operate within considerably less than a single second of deviation a day. I enjoy that the movement combines modern day technologies and traditionalism. Like I stated, it utilizes a totally free-weighted balance spring and column wheel, enjoys assists from hugely sophisticated machinery in its assembly and manufacture.

The Nicolas Rieussec watch case is 43mm wide and 14.8mm tall. It is not a tiny watch, but it does wear like a medium 1. Its height is visually lowered by the hugely curved lugs. Front and rear crystal are sapphire (with the front crystal getting double AR coating), though it is water resistant to 30 meters.

Montblanc has assured me that their dedication to the Nicolas Rieussec collection is intense. The collection will obtain far far more focus in the future, which is aided by the reality that the watch is a advertising and advertising great final results. A single of the motives for this is the pricing. Although the watches are not low price they are a lot more inexpensive that you’d anticipate. The pieces come in gold, platinum, and steel. The gold models are in the ,000 variety. Not low expense, but Montblanc is not asking for ,000. In fact, their platinum version is about ,000 – which in the luxury marketplace spot is not that significantly for a platinum watch. In steel the watch retails for about ,200. It comes in a steel bracelet or an alligator strap (black or brown). I am told that quickly Montblanc will generate a brand new metal bracelet for the Nicolas Rieussec collection.

Common these are enjoyable watches. The Montblanc identity is a significant great, and I appreciate the visual style and functionality of the R200 movement. Even even though distinctive in its appears, this is an straightforward watch to put on day-to-day. Montblanc is not creating a mere collector’s piece correct here. Created to avert boredom but sustain utility the Nicolas Rieussec watch collection is intended for all varieties of watch lovers to worn each and every day.

Nice Turning Elements pictures

Klarm Machining

A couple of nice turning components pictures I discovered:

Utilizing the metalwork lathe, turning down, taper turning, drilling, knurling and threading utilizing taps and dies.

Image by Jordanhill School D&T Dept
We find that Craft &amp Design and style pupils frequently have difficulty remembering the sequence of operations involved when producing a straightforward screwdriver deal with. These photographs depict this process.

We begin with the preparation of the 25mm aluminium blank. After this the blank is held in the three jaw self centering chuck. A series of turning operations is then carried out. For the following we set a higher spindle speed and utilised a slow feed speed for greatest benefits. Shown right here we show facing off. Then turning down or parallel turning. Next taper turning. Following that the Slocombe bit or centre bit is mounted in a Jacob’s chuck and a pilot hole is drilled. A HSS twist drill or jobber bit is then mounted in the Jacob’s chuck and a blind hole is drilled to a depth of 30mm. The depth gauge is employed to judge this.

Taps and dies are used to cut the internal thread on the screwdriver blade and the internal thread on the deal with.

Ultimately both components are assembled and the manage is knurled or provided a textured grip pattern. This is completed at a extremely low spindle speed and a slow automatic feed speed.

Element Components for a Custom Slitting Saw Holder

Image by tudedude
Getting purchased some stained but sharp slitting saw blades. There is a need to make a Blade Holder to suit.

The steel blanks are two.25&quot and have been turned on the faces soon after cutting off.

How a ball pc mouse functions

Image by explainthatstuff
Here’s a closeup of the mechanism that permits an old-style ball mouse to detect your hand movements. There’s a light beam operating among the transparent square (an LED-style light emitter) and the black square (a photocell/light detector). As you move your hand, the mouse ball moves too. It pushes against a roller that turns the spoked wheel, breaking the light beam repeatedly. Counting the quantity of occasions the beam is broken provides a precise measurement of how far your hand has moved.

This photo is from our write-up on how pc mice function.

For a bit more context, see the photo of the very same mouse taken from overhead.

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Cool Turned Elements Manufacturer photos

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A few nice turned components manufacturer photos I found:

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Photomontage of Overview of the south hangar, which includes B-29 “Enola Gay” and Concorde

Image by Chris Devers

TRIUMPH TROPHY TR5. REAR IN HUB SUSPENSION. 500 CC TWIN CYLINDER.

Image by ronsaunders47
The Triumph TR5 Trophy was a British motorcycle produced by Triumph Motorcycles at their Meriden factory. Primarily based on the Triumph Speed Twin, the TR5 was a trials machine designed for off road use with a higher level two into one particular exhaust and great handling on public roads. [1] The name ‘Trophy’ came from the 3 ‘specials’ that Triumph constructed for the Italian International Six Day Trials in 1948, which went on to win 3 gold medals and the companies group trophy.[two] Featuring prominently in the AMC &quotClass C&quot racing until 1969, the American export models included elements from rhe Triumph Tiger 100 to produce a motorcycle for desert competition.[3]

From 1951 the 498cc engine (used as aircraft generators throughout Planet War II was updated with a new alloy barrels and heads. The TR5 was replaced with a new variety of unit construction twins in 1959.[two] The Trophy name was resurrected for the Triumph TR6 Trophy in 1970 and the Trophy 500 (T100C) in 1971, which in turn was replaced by the Triumph Trophy Trail (TR5T) in 1973. The Hinckley Triumph business utilized the Trophy name for the Triumph Trophy 900 and Triumph Trophy 1200 models.

Popular Riders
The Fonz , a character played by Henry Winkler in the well-known and long running American sit-com Pleased Days rode a Triumph TR5 Trophy. Both the character and bike had been obtainable as an MPC model kit in the 1970s.

In an try to ape Marlon Brando and his 6T Triumph Thunderbird, James Dean bought a Triumph TR5 Trophy. Phil Stern’s popular series of photographs of Dean show him upon this bike which even though sold right after the actor’s untimely death, was recovered and restored ahead of getting displayed at the James Dean Museum in Fairmount, Indiana.

Good Manufacturer Of Precision Machined Elements photos

Good Manufacturer Of Precision Machined Elements photos

Klarm Machining

Some cool manufacturer of precision machined elements images:

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” panorama

Image by Chris Devers
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Boeing B-29 Superfortress &quotEnola Gay&quot:

Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of World War II and the 1st bomber to residence its crew in pressurized compartments. Although designed to fight in the European theater, the B-29 identified its niche on the other side of the globe. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a assortment of aerial weapons: conventional bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons.

On August six, 1945, this Martin-constructed B-29-45-MO dropped the first atomic weapon utilised in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, Bockscar (on display at the U.S. Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio) dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather reconnaissance aircraft that day. A third B-29, The Great Artiste, flew as an observation aircraft on both missions.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Co.
Martin Co., Omaha, Nebr.

Date:
1945

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
All round: 900 x 3020cm, 32580kg, 4300cm (29ft six five/16in. x 99ft 1in., 71825.9lb., 141ft 15/16in.)

Components:
Polished general aluminum finish

Physical Description:
Four-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and higher-aspect ratio wings. Polished aluminum finish all round, standard late-Planet War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and serial number on vertical fin 509th Composite Group markings painted in black &quotEnola Gay&quot in black, block letters on lower left nose.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: B-29 Superfortress &quotEnola Gay&quot panorama

Image by Chris Devers
Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Boeing B-29 Superfortress &quotEnola Gay&quot:

Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of Globe War II and the very first bomber to home its crew in pressurized compartments. Even though created to fight in the European theater, the B-29 identified its niche on the other side of the globe. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a selection of aerial weapons: standard bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons.

On August 6, 1945, this Martin-built B-29-45-MO dropped the very first atomic weapon utilized in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. Three days later, Bockscar (on show at the U.S. Air Force Museum near Dayton, Ohio) dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance weather reconnaissance aircraft that day. A third B-29, The Fantastic Artiste, flew as an observation aircraft on each missions.

Transferred from the United States Air Force.

Manufacturer:
Boeing Aircraft Co.
Martin Co., Omaha, Nebr.

Date:
1945

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
All round: 900 x 3020cm, 32580kg, 4300cm (29ft six five/16in. x 99ft 1in., 71825.9lb., 141ft 15/16in.)

Supplies:
Polished general aluminum finish

Physical Description:
4-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and higher-aspect ratio wings. Polished aluminum finish all round, normal late-Planet War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and serial number on vertical fin 509th Composite Group markings painted in black &quotEnola Gay&quot in black, block letters on reduce left nose.

Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden Kai “George”

Image by Chris Devers
See a lot more images of this, and the Wikipedia write-up.

Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy | Kawanishi N1K2-Ja Shiden (Violet Lightning) Kai (Modified) &quotGEORGE&quot:

GEORGE is the unlikely Allied nickname for the greatest Japanese naval fighter made in quantity during Globe War II. The official Japanese name and designation was Kawanishi N1K2 Shiden (Violet Lightning). This outstanding land-based fighter sprang straight from a floatplane fighter design and style, the N1K1 REX (see NASM collection).

A lot of countries utilized floatplanes for scouting and reconnaissance duties, and to hunt submarines and surface ships, but only Japan built and fielded fighters on floats. The Japanese Imperial Navy intended to use these specialized aircraft to achieve air superiority above a beachhead to support amphibious landing operations where carrier or land-based fighters have been unavailable. The Kawanishi N1K1 (Allied codename REX) was the only airplane designed particularly for this purpose to fly throughout World War II.

In September 1940, the Japanese Navy issued a specification for floatplane fighters capable of supporting offensive naval operations. A group of engineers like Toshihara Baba, Shizuo Kikuhara, Hiroyuki Inoue, and Elizaburo Adachi had readied the very first prototype by May possibly 1942, and it flew on May possibly 6. Tests showed that the speed of new airplane was only slightly less than the Mitsubishi A6M Zero (see NASM collection) and the amphibious fighter was practically as maneuverable as its land-based cousin. This was exceptional performance for an aircraft that could not retract or jettison its enormous landing gear.

Long just before the initial Kyofu flew, Kawanishi engineers believed that the standard design and style would also make an excellent land-primarily based fighter. The conversion appeared to entail just replacing the primary and wingtip floats with a conventional landing gear. The organization decided to develop this variant as a private venture. As the project unfolded, the engineers decided to replace the 14-cylinder engine with a new 18-cylinder model expected to create about 2,000 horsepower. The new engine required a bigger propeller and this element, in turn, needed abnormally extended landing gear struts to stop the blade suggestions from contacting the ground. Kawanishi flew the initial N1K1-J land-based fighter on December 27, 1942. The new engine failed to deliver the anticipated energy and the landing gear functioned poorly. The airplane also fell brief of projected speed (649 kph – 403 mph) by 74 kph (46 mph) and could handle only 575 kph (357 mph). This was more quickly than the Mitsubishi A6M Zero ZEKE, nonetheless, and the Japanese Navy badly required an efficient counter to new American naval fighter aircraft such as the Grumman F6F Hellcat and Vought F4U Corsair (see NASM collection). The Japanese Navy ordered Kawanishi to abandon two other fighter projects and begin developing Shidens.

By the end of 1943, Kawanishi delivered about 70 of the new fighters and the Navy employed these airplanes for pilot familiarization and instruction. Expecting Allied amphibious landings in the Philippines, the Navy sent the very first Shiden unit to Cebu in time to challenge Allied air power supporting the invasion of that island in October 1944. Engine, landing gear, logistics, and maintenance difficulties plagued the Shiden units but Allied pilots realized they faced a excellent new Japanese fighter.

With N1K1-J production underway and Shidens flying combat missions, Kawanishi set about refining the style. They lowered the wings from mid-fuselage and the further ground clearance permitted the engineers to install a shorter, a lot more traditional and significantly less-troublesome landing gear, simplified the fuselage structure, and redesigned the empennage. Only the wings and armament remained from the initial style. The engine continued to give problems, but the Navy was impressed with these improvements and ordered the new version into production as the N1K2-J Shiden Kai (modified). In air-to-air combat, seasoned Japanese pilots flying Shiden Kais could far more than hold their own against most American pilots flying F6F Hellcats. In February 1945, a brave pilot, Warrant Officer Muto, single-handedly engaged 12 Hellcats and shot down four of them just before the remainder disengaged. Flying intercept missions against Boeing B-29 Superfortresses above the residence islands, the Shiden Kai was much less effective since of inadequate climb speed and power loss at higher altitudes.

Kawanishi created several other variants and planned much more when the war ended. About 1,500 of the different models have been developed. In battle more than Formosa (Taiwan), the Philippines, Okinawa, and the home islands, Shiden pilots acquitted themselves well but this outstanding airplane was another good design and style that appeared also late and in also couple of numbers to reverse Japan’s fortunes in the air war.

NASM’s Shiden Kai is 1 of three remaining right now. The other two are displayed at the U. S. Air Force Museum in Dayton, Ohio, and the New England Air Museum in Windsor Locks, Connecticut. American intelligence units collected 4 GEORGE fighters from a variety of Japanese airfields and delivered them to Yokosuka Naval Shipyard for shipment to the United States. The NASM GEORGE came from Omura or Oppama Naval Air Station, Japan, and the fighter arrived stateside aboard the escort carrier &quotUSS Barnes.&quot It was almost certainly evaluated at the Naval Aircraft Factory at Philadelphia, and then moved to Willow Grove Naval Air Station. The GEORGE remained outdoors on show and steadily deteriorated along with a group of German and Japanese airplanes until 1983 when the Smithsonian Institution acquired it. The airplane was stored at the Paul Garber Facility till NASM loaned it to the Champlin Fighter Museum in Mesa, Arizona, for restoration in December 1991 and the project was completed in November 1994. The restored Shiden Kai wears the colors and markings of the 343rd Kokutai, a unit stationed at Omura Naval Air Station in 1945.

Transferred from the United States Navy.

Manufacturer:
Kawanishi Kokuki K. K.

Date:
1942

Nation of Origin:
Japan

Dimensions:
General: 400 x 930cm, 2675kg, 1200cm (13ft 1 1/2in. x 30ft 6 1/8in., 5897.3lb., 39ft 4 7/16in.)

Supplies:
All-metal monocoque building

Physical Description:
Single-engine, low-wing monoplane, conventional layout with tailwheel landing gear.