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Championnat Européen de DRIFT – Bordeaux Mérignac Gironde 13 et 14 septembre 2014 – BMW M3 – Moteur Engine Puissance Power Car Speed Vitesse Explorer Explore Circuit Champion – Picture Image Photography King of Europe KOE turbo www.supercar-roadtrip.fr

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Bordeaux race track makes its return on the calendar with a very nice and curvy layout. France is a big motorsport nation and with this event running just 1 week before the final, it means all the best drivers will be in attendance on this demanding circuit.
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La M3 e30 en compétition
BMW M3 E30 en course.
BMW M3 E30 en DTM (ici lors du Essen Motor Show 2011).

Parmi les nombreux préparateurs qui la développèrent et l’engagèrent, l’équipe britannique PRODRIVE de David Richards, connu son heure de gloire avec cette voiture.

Elle gagna à 4 reprises la fameuse course d’endurance des 24 Heures de Spa (1987, 1988, 1990 et 1992).

En rallyes, elle remporta la première manche du championnat du monde à laquelle elle participa : le Tour de Corse 1987, entre les mains du français Bernard Béguin (avec plus de deux minutes d’avance sur son compatriote Yves Loubet). Avec la M3, Béguin fut vice-champion de France des rallyes en 1987 et 1988.

Toujours en rallye, citons aussi :

ses deux titres en Championnat de Belgique des rallyes (BRC): en 1988 avec Patrick Snijers, vice-champion d’Europe la même année et 1989 grâce à Marc Duez. ;

ses deux titres en Championnat de France des rallyes (CFR) : en 1989 et 1990 pour François Chatriot.

Courses sur glace : les deux victoires aux 24 heures sur glace de Chamonix en 1991 et 1992 avec Marcel Tarrès (2), Christian Debias (1) et B. Béguin (1) et les trois autres victoires de M. Tarrès -seul cette fois- à la Ronde de Serre Chevalier en 1991, 1992 (version 4×4) et 1993 (4×4) dans le cadre du Trophée Andros.

Au final, la M3 e30 remporta 16 victoires en CFR entre 1987 et 1990, 7 en BRC ,et 9 en ERC avec des pilotes français (6 avec des belges). Dans la foulée Pascal Thomasse obtint deux podiums en Championnat de France D2, en 1990 et 1994.

Elle était déclinée tant en version "Groupe N" qu’en "Groupe A".

Elle est à l’heure actuelle toujours utilisée par de nombreux pilotes amateurs, partout en Europe (entre’autres en Coupe de France des rallyes, où elle s’est imposée sans discontinuer entre 1990 et 1995, puis en 1998 (E30 et E36): Hugues Delage obtint les coupes 1990, 1993 et 1994, et Dominique de Meyer celle de l’année 1991 et la finale de 1995 (Christophe Lapierre vainqueur de la coupe 1992, et Patrick Rouillard de celle 1998 pour la dernière fois de l’évolution M3); au Liban Nabil Karam s’est imposé en 1991).

En Championnat d’Europe de course de côte, elle a remporté le titre de Catégorie I à cinq reprises consécutives avec Francis Dosières entre 1989 et 1993 (voiture homologuée Gr.A); s’en suivirent de nombreux autres titres toujours de Catégorie I pour les versions ultérieures de la M3 Gr.A, avec le tchèque Otakar Krámský (1995, 1997 et 1998), le croate Niko Pulić (1999, 2000 et 2001), le tchèque Robert Šenkýř (2003 et 2004) et l’allemand Jörg Weidinger (2005 et 2006), soit 15 titres de championne d’Europe entre 1989 et 2006. Le Challenge international de la montagne (FCHA) de la FIA ne lui a pas non plus échappé, avec le hongrois László Hernádi (2006, 2007 et 2008).

En Tourisme et Grand Tourisme, le titre mondial Tourisme 1987 (le seul attribué durant 18 ans) revint à l’italien Roberto Ravaglia (victoires de la M3 à Jarama, Dijon, aux 24 Heures de Spa, et à Silverstone), le Championnat d’Europe FIA des voitures de tourisme fut remporté en 1987 par Winfried Vogt (plus titre constructeurs) et en 1988 par Roberto Ravaglia, le Deutsche Tourenwagen Masters (D.T.M.) pilotes (Tourisme) fut gagné en 1987 par Eric van de Poele et en 1989 encore par Roberto Ravaglia (plus les titres constructeurs de 1987 à 1990), le BTCC (British Touring Cars Championship) le fut par deux fois avec Frank Sytner (1988) et Will Hoy (1991, et titre constructeur), le Championnat de France de Supertourisme le fut aussi par deux fois grâce à Jean-Pierre Malcher (1989 et 1990; plus Dayraut en 2001 sur la version Silhouette), et le titre national Belge Grand Tourisme 1996 revint à l’équipage Hubert/Hubert/Duez; la voiture remporta notamment les 24 Heures du Nürburgring en 1989 (avec Ravaglia), 1990, 1991 et 1992 (Duez alors lauréat), puis 1994, 1996 et 1997 (E36 pour les deux dernières dates), et les 24 Heures de Spa en 1987, 1988 (avec Ravaglia), 1990 et 1992.

Ravaglia a ainsi pu obtenir le WTCC (1987), l’ETCC (1988) et le DTM (1989) avec la M3. Dans la foulée il a aussi remporté le Campionato Italiano Superturismo en 1990 et 1991 (16 victoires en deux ans). Sa première grande victoire sur M3 avait été au Grand Prix automobile de Macao, en 1987.

M3 E36 (1992-1999)
M3 E36
BMW M3
Marque BMW
Années de production 1992-1999
Production 71 242 exemplaires
Classe Sportive, GT,
Moteur et transmission
Moteur(s) S50B30 (3.0l) / S50B32 (3 2 l)
Puissance maximale 210 kW soit 286 ch (3 l) et 236 kW soit 321 ch (3,2 l) ch
Couple maximal 350 Nm à 3 200 tr/min Nm
Transmission propulsion
Poids et performances
Poids à vide 1 460 kg pour la 3.0l et 1 474 kg pour la 3.2l kg
Vitesse maximale 290 km/h
Accélération 0 à 100 km/h en 5,4 s pour la 3.2l et 5,7 s à 6 s pour la 3.0l s
Consommation mixte Ville/route/mixte : 16,9 / 7,5 / 11,0 L/100 km
Châssis – Carrosserie
Carrosserie(s) coupé (2 portes), sedan (4 portes) et cabriolet (2 portes)
Suspensions Pseudo MacPherson avant/ multi bras arrière
Dimensions
Longueur 4 430 mm
Largeur 1 710 mm
Hauteur 1 340 mm
Chronologie des modèles
Précédent BMW M3 E30 BMW M3 E46 Suivant
modifier Consultez la documentation du modèle

La M3 E36, commercialisée à partir de 1992 n’a plus grand-chose à voir avec la version précédente : l’E30. En effet, d’un point de vue esthétique, la ligne est entièrement revue.

Mais c’est au niveau du moteur que la division "M" de BMW a effectué les plus gros changements : le 4 cylindres de l’E30 est remplacé par un 6 cylindres en ligne de 3 L et gagne ainsi, dans un premier temps, plus de 50 chevaux pour atteindre, sur la première version d’E36, 286 ch. D’autre modifications apparaissent en 1996 avec un 6 cylindres de 3,2 l équipé d’une épure binaire circulaire variable grâce au « vanos », qui lui confère un couple incroyable de 350 Nm. La puissance atteint les 321 ch accouplés à une boîte 6 vitesses, deuxième changement majeur de cette nouvelle version d’E36 M3. Elle a d’ailleurs été élue voiture du XXe siècle par le magazine Auto Plus, et voiture la plus maniable de l’époque par Car and Driver Magazine.

M3 E46 (2000-2006)
BMW M3 E46
BMW M3
Marque BMW
Années de production 2001-2006
Classe Sportives, GT
Moteur et transmission
Moteur(s) Essence 6 en ligne 3 246 cm3
Puissance maximale 3431 ch
Couple maximal 3652 Nm
Transmission Propulsion
Poids et performances
Poids à vide 1 4853 kg
Vitesse maximale 300 km/h
Accélération 0 à 100 km/h en 5,24 s
Consommation mixte 12.1 L/100 km
Émission de CO2 292 g/km
Châssis – Carrosserie
Carrosserie(s) Coupé et Cabriolet
Suspensions ???
Dimensions
Longueur 4 492 mm
Largeur 1 780 mm
Hauteur 1 370 mm
Chronologie des modèles
Précédent M3 E36 M3 E92 Suivant
modifier Consultez la documentation du modèle

La M3 E46 présente des attributs esthétiques évocateurs : ailes enflées, larges prise d’air, capot bosselé, petit becquet arrière, deux doubles sorties d’échappement, jantes 18" (19" en option), mais l’ensemble se veut haut de gamme et plutôt raffiné. À bord, en revanche, rien de neuf, la M3 se démarque très peu d’un coupé Série 3. Au niveau du moteur, elle possède une mécanique bien peu ordinaire. En effet, le six-cylindres 3,2 L de la version précédente est reconduit mais a gagné 45 cm3, 22 ch et 1,3 mkg de couple, obtenus 1 650 tr/min plus haut. Avec un rendement exceptionnel de 106 ch/litre, ce bloc vient rejoindre le podium des meilleurs « atmos » du moment, juste derrière la Honda S2000 et la Ferrari 360 Modena. Au-delà des chiffres, la disponibilité de cette mécanique sur une large plage d’utilisation réjouit tout autant que sa sonorité sportive à souhait. Un bouton "sport" au tableau de bord améliore la réponse des injecteurs et permet une conduite encore plus active. Au tableau de bord, un compte-tours "thermostatique" vous aide à prendre soin du bijou. Moteur froid, des diodes orange ponctuent chaque 500 tr/min à partir de 4 000 tr/min. Elles s’éteignent ensuite une à une quand le moteur monte en température. Avec ses 343 ch, elle effectue le 0 à 100 km/h en 5"25, 80 à 120 en 5"4 (en 4e). Cette nouvelle version ne fait pas beaucoup mieux que la précédente car elle a grossi et son rapport poids/puissance reste donc inchangé. Niveau consommation, la M3 E46 consomme 11,5 L/100 km, mais peut consommer jusqu’à 60 L/100 km en activant régulièrement le bouton "sport" sur le tableau de bord. En ce qui concerne le freinage, talon d’Achille des BMW M, comme sur l’ancienne version, les quatre grands disques sont suffisants en temps normal, mais leur efficacité est rapidement mise à mal en rythme soutenu pour stopper les 1 500 kg de cette sportive. La M3 E46 perpétue avec brio la réputation liée à son nom. Plus facile et abordable qu’auparavant, elle conserve un rapport prix/performances avantageux.

M3 E90/E92 (2007-2013)
BMW M3 (E92)
BMW M3
Marque BMW
Années de production 2007-2012
Classe Sportive, GT
Moteur et transmission
Moteur(s) Essence V8 4,0 l
Puissance maximale 309 kW soit 420 ch
Couple maximal 400 Nm
Transmission Manuelle 6 rapports
Propulsion
Poids et performances
Poids à vide 1 655 kg
Vitesse maximale 310 km/h
Accélération 0 à 100 km/h en 4,8 s
Consommation mixte 12,76 L/100 km
Émission de CO2 287 à 2927 g/km
Châssis – Carrosserie
Carrosserie(s) coupé 2 portes, berline 4 portes et cabriolet
Suspensions Ressorts hélicoïdaux
amortisseurs à gaz
barre antiroulis
Dimensions
Longueur 4 620 mm
Largeur 1 800 mm
Hauteur 1 420 mm
Chronologie des modèles
Précédent BMW M3 E46 BMW M4 F32 Suivant
modifier Consultez la documentation du modèle

Cette génération de BMW M3 se positionne comme la rivale de l’Audi RS4 (pour la E90) et de l’audi RS5 (pour la E92), mais aussi de la Mercedes C63 AMG
Performances

S’offrant pour la première fois un moteur à 8 cylindres en V de série, installé en position centrale avant, cette quatrième génération de M3 développe 420 ch à 8 300 tr/min et abat ainsi le 0 à 100 km/h en 4,8 s. Constitué d’un bloc en alliage d’aluminium et de silicium, le moteur de la BMW M3 affiche une puissance spécifique de 105 ch par litre de cylindrée. Son couple maximum atteint les 400 Nm à 3 900 tr/min, dont 85 % délivré sur une plage de plus de 6 500 tr/min. La M3 se dote en effet d’une distribution variable de 8 papillons de gaz et d’un alternateur débrayable.
Séries limitées

En novembre 2009, BMW lance la M3 GTS limitée à 250 exemplaires. Sur le plan des performances, elle garde son V8 dont la puissance a été amenée à 450 ch. Sur le plan de l’esthétique, elle se pare d’une couleur orange exclusive avec un aileron typé course. À l’intérieur, BMW adapte la recette qui a fait le succès de la Porsche 911 GT3 RS : pas de GPS, ni de climatisation et des lanières en guise de poignées de portes. Enfin, le coupé perd ses deux places à l’arrière, et les remplace par un arceau-cage couleur carrosserie, un extincteur de course, donnant l’impression qu’il s’agit plus d’une bête de course qu’une voiture de tous les jours. Elle est d’ailleurs souvent comparée à la BMW M3 GTR E46.

L’année suivante, BMW dévoile la M3 Frozen Gray. Produite à seulement trente exemplaires, et seulement aux États-Unis, elle se reconnaît par sa teinte grise matte (référencée comme Frozen Gray chez BMW), ses jantes 19 pouces à l’extérieur, et son cuir bi-ton roux et noir à l’intérieur. Le moteur conserve ses 420 chevaux, mais la boîte DCT à double embrayage est fournie de série. Tout acheteur de cette Frozen Gray se verra offrir un stage de la BMW Performance Driving School.

En juin 2011, un modèle encore plus exclusif la CRT (pour Carbon Racing Technology), basé sur la M3 Saloon E90 fait la part belle au carbone, permettant la perte de 45 kg, le tout en gardant les équipements de confort (GPS et climatisation) qui font d’elle une berline de luxe. Elle est produite à seulement 67 exemplaires, le moteur garde ses 420 chevaux, mais il s’agit de la première édition spéciale de la M3 qui n’est disponible qu’en berline 4 portes. Toutefois, il faut noter qu’à l’arrière, ce ne sont plus trois personnes, mais deux personnes qui pourront s’y asseoir, dans deux beaux sièges baquets. Elle se reconnaît par sa teinte grise matte son cuir rouge, et ses jantes Full Black.

En 2012, BMW sort 3 séries spéciales de sa M3 en France. La M3 CS, la M3 Frozen 40 et la M3 DTM Champion Edition. La M3 CS, exclusivement française, se distingue par une teinte bleue matte éclatante (Frozen Blau), ainsi que par son intérieur aux surpiqûres bleues, avec une touche de rouge sur le volant. Il s’agit d’une version dépouillée, spécialement destinée aux virées sur circuit. La M3 Frozen 40, elle, a été créée pour toute l’Europe, et célébrait les 40 ans de BMW Motorsport. Elle se distingue à l’extérieur d’une M3 « normale » grâce à une calandre chromée, ainsi que des sorties d’échappement et des ouïes latérales noires. La version Frozen 40 dispose aussi de 4 coloris spécifiques mats, toutes nommées Frozen, que ce soit en bleu, bleu foncé, blanc ou rouge. À l’intérieur, la sellerie est exclusive, et les surpiqûres sont assorties à la teinte extérieure. Enfin, la version M3 DTM Champion Edition est un hommage à Bruno Spengler, le pilote canadien victorieux du championnat allemand DTM sur BMW M3. Elle est très facilement reconnaissable, grâce à sa teinte matte Frozen Black, ses bandes de pavillon aux couleurs de Motorsport, ainsi que le sticker sponsor sur la vitre de custode. Les jantes full black rajoutent une touche d’agressivité à la voiture. À l’intérieur, les inserts en carbone reçoivent la signature de Bruno Spengler, ainsi qu’une numérotation. Seulement 54 exemplaires seront produits.

The BMW M3 is a high-performance version of the BMW 3-Series, developed by BMW’s in-house motorsport division, BMW M. M3 models have been derived from the E30, E36, E46, E90/E92/E93, and F30 3-series, and sold with coupe, saloon and convertible body styles. Upgrades over the "standard" 3-Series automobiles include more powerful and responsive engines, improved handling/suspension/braking systems, aerodynamic body enhancements, and interior/exterior accents with the tri-colour "M" (Motorsport) emblem. The last M3 coupe was produced in Germany on 5 July 2013. Part of BMW’s renumbering to move the 3-Series coupe and convertible to the 4-Series, the M3 name will remain with the saloon version as the coupe version has ceased production and has been replaced by the M4 Coupe starting with the 2015 model year.

E92 M3 ZCP Competition Package

For 2011, BMW added the ZCP Competition Package to the M3’s lineup. Unlike the ZCP offered on the previous generation E46, the newest package didn’t change very much about the E92. Most of the adjustments were made to suspension components and the computer governing stability control. The changes for the E92 ZCP are as follows:

– The suspension has been lowered by 10mm. The spring rates are the same, but the springs themselves are shorter, to compensate for the shorter stance. The suspension’s shock damping was also adjusted by the M division. This was in order to compensate for the lower ride height, primarily for rebounding damping rates as opposed to actual compression.

– The Electronic Damper Control in the “Sport Mode” has been modified. A quote taken from the Manager of BMWNA’s M Division, Larry Koch: “The Sport Mode before ZCP was locked at 75% of the way to full stiff. It still has that as a default, but is now variable like the ‘Comfort’ and ‘Normal’ modes.” This translates to a stiffer ride whilst sport mode is engaged, aiding heavy cornering on a track at a cost to ride comfort when driving normally on the road.

– Modifications have been made to the computer governing the Dynamic Stability Control (DSC) in M Dynamic Mode. It is reworked and renamed to “Dynamic Traction Control” (DTC) which allows for larger angles of slip in heavy cornering. This translates to the rear end sliding out further than would be allowed on a non-ZCP M3 before the DTC kicks in to stop the tail slide. Also, once the DTC does kick in, instead of cutting power to the wheels in order to correct the slide (which is normal for the DSC on stock M3s), the DTC computer instead applies the brakes to individual wheels in order to keep the car from spinning excessively.

– In addition, forged 19 inch wheels in the same style as those on the E46 CSL are added to the car.
E92 M3 GTS
M3 GTS at the Autosport International Show 2011.

BMW announced the M3 GTS in November 2009. The car is powered by a 4.4-litre V8 based on the 4.0-litre engine found in the standard M3, which produces a maximum of 450 PS (331 kW; 444 hp). The car weighs 300 pounds less than the standard M3 due to various weight savings. A total of only 250 units were produced. This can accelerate from 0-62 mph in just 4.3 seconds and 0-100 mph in 8.5 seconds. In Germany deliveries began in May 2010 while other countries were scheduled for the summer of 2010. The BMW E92 M3 GTS was priced at around €115,000 per unit. All E92 M3 GTS models have been sold.
E90 M3 CRT

The M3 CRT (Carbon Racing Technology) was announced in June 2011 as a 2012 model. It is powered by the same engine as the GTS, but in opposite to the GTS coupe with roll cage and 4-point harnesses, the CRT is a saloon with navigation, high-end sound system etc. as standard equipment. Despite these luxury extras, the car still weighs 100 lb (45 kg) less than a regular M3 saloon. Compared to a saloon with the same luxury equipment, it weighs 155 lb (70 kg) less. The production will be limited to 67 cars, all numbered with a plaque on the dashboard. And it is claimed that it can accelerate from 0 to 62 mph (100 km/h) in just 4.4 seconds.
E92 M3 DTM Champion Edition

BMW Motorsport returned to the DTM in 2012, and the "DTM Champion Edition" was built to commemorate it winning the championship. The "DTM Champion Edition" was available only in the Frozen Black paint finish with the same M stripes over the roof and boot lid as on Bruno Spengler’s race car. It also incorporated visual clues to the race car, such as carbon flaps and gurney, dark chrome elements and matt black wheels. The interior had some exclusive parts such as interior trim in carbon fibre, Alcantara steering wheel and "M Power" embroidered on the handbrake grip. Each car had a numbered plaque with Spengler’s signature and the text "DTM champion 2012" above the glove box.

As the car was focused on high performance, options as M Drive, M DCT Drivelogic and the M Driver’s Package were fitted as standard equipment. For the car to have everyday usability, options as navigation system, heated seats and PDC were also standard.

The DTM Champion Edition was produced from February 2013, in a limited number of 54 cars, the same number as BMW’s victories in DTM. In Germany, the price started at €99,000.00 including VAT.
E92 M3 Lime Rock Park Edition

The M3 Lime Rock Park Edition was a US specific model, with a production limited to 200 cars, painted in Fire Orange. All 200 of these 2013 vehicles came with carbon fiber performance parts, such as roof, front splitter, rear spoiler, competition package, a lowered ride height in front of .60 inches, track style steering with fewer turns to lock and a lightweight muffler, courtesy of BMW’s MGmbh division. BMW claims the model has no added horsepower, however, when marketing the lightweight Inconel-titanium BMW Motorsports Exhaust to stock M3 vehicles, BMW Claims that the system adds about 5 H.P. The Lime Rock Park editions were equipped with either 6 speed transmissions, or the optional DCT (Dual Clutch Transmission). No changes made to the original 4.0L V8 (414 HP, redline 8300 rpm); however the ECU is programmed slightly differently from standard M3 vehicles with less interference from the dynamic stability control and a less interfering traction control. Each LRP edition’s governor is limited for achieving its natural top speed, which is claimed to be 187 MPH (Roughly 300 kph). Each M3 LRP Edition comes with a numbered plaque and paper certificate, each one reading "One of 200" instead of a numbering sequence. BMW did this to ensure none of the cars were worth more than another.
Racing
Rahal Letterman M3 GT2 racing at the 2009 Petit Le Mans
Schnitzer Motorsport’s BMW M3 GT2 racing at the 2010 1000 km of Zhuhai.
E92 M3 GT2

BMW Motorsport announced in February 2008 that Rahal Letterman Racing will campaign two factory-backed E92 M3s in the American Le Mans Series in 2009, following a two-year absence by the brand. The cars are homologated for the GT2 category. This was the cover car for the simulation racing game Need for Speed: Shift. Schnitzer Motorsport entered 2 cars at the 1000 km of Spa and finished 4th after a move by the Ferrari in the final corner. For 2010, BMW Motorsport has been granted entry in the 2010 24 Hours of Le Mans and in the 2010 24 Hours Nürburgring. BMW Motorsport/Schnitzer Motorsport went onto to take an overall win at the 24 Hours Nürburgring with the #25 M3 GT2 of Jörg Müller, Augusto Farfus, Pedro Lamy, and Uwe Alzen while the top competitors from Porsche and Audi dropped out one by one. In addition, one of the M3 GT2’s that competed at Le Mans (#79) has been chosen as the 17th BMW Art Car, which will be done by American artist, Jeff Koons. At the 2010 24 Hours of Spa, BMW qualified 1st in class (2nd overall) and maintained 1st with the #79 car throughout the race until it succumbed to a suspension failure with just half an hour remaining, forcing them to give the overall lead to two Porsche 997 GT3-RSRs. The M3s still came 1st in the GTN class. The BMW M3s won the GT2 category in the ILMC 1000 km of Zhuhai. In 2011, the BMW achieved a 1-2 finish in the 12 Hours of Sebring. In the 2011 American Le Mans Series GT class, BMW Team RLL swept all categories, winning the GT manufacturer, team and driver championships. They contest another year in the ALMS GT class, coming off of another fantastic win at the 2012 60th running of the 12 Hours of Sebring. The M3 GT2 was succeeded by the BMW Z4 GTE, an LMGTE specification racing car alongside the Group GT3 spec BMW Z4 GT3. The Z4 GTE started racing at the 2013 12 Hours of Sebring.
E92 M3 GT4

On 10 April 2009, the week after the debut of the GT4, BMW’s Customer Racing program announced it had partnered with Schubert Motorsport (sponsored by Motorsport Arena Oschersleben) to run the BMW M3 GT4 in the 2009 24 Hours Nürburgring race, in the new class for GT4 cars, listed as SP10 there. The BMW M3 GT4 also raced in the Nürburgring VLN ADAC Westfalenfahrt in April 2009, taking the win in the SP10 class and finishing 30th overall. The 2009 24h race took place on the weekend of 23 and 24 May, with Jörg Müller, Andy Priaulx and sport auto journalist Jochen Übler at the wheel. Despite qualifying as best SP10/GT4 car at 57th overall and being at least 10 seconds per lap faster, the team finished third in the class, behind two Aston Martin V8 Vantage N24. The overall rank was 47th.

BMW Motorsport announced on 7 July 2009 the launch of a line of BMW M3 race cars which meet the SRO/FIA’s GT4 spec and are oriented for sale to private teams and drivers. The BMW M3 GT4 price is 121,500 EUR without VAT. While BMW states that ‘the BMW M3 GT4 weighs just 1,430 kilograms’ and the ‘420 bhp engine remained largely untouched’, the 2010 24 Hours Nürburgring "Balance of Performance" requires that the power must not exceed 390 PS (385 HP), while the minimum weight is set to 1400 kg.

The M3 GT4 is offered in Europe as a homologated production race car for sale to the general public. According to Larry Koch, then BMW NA M-brand manager, a feasibility study is currently being conducted to evaluate the possible sale of the M3 GT4 in North America. However, without a sanctioned GT4-class racing series in the USA, the sale of the M3 GT4 in the States is not likely.
Critical reception

Arthur St. Antoine of Motor Trend magazine says: "World’s single greatest car? Seriously? Yes – the new BMW M3 is unquestionably a contender. Probably no other car combines so many virtues – speed, handling, good looks, roominess, practicality – into one package. Driving the new BMW M3 is an absolutely blissful experience, flooding your brain with dopamine as if you were arriving to courtside seats at the Lakers game with Jennifer Connelly on your arm." -and- "If you put an F1 car and a premium sedan in a blender, the M3 would be the cocktail that pours out. Mmmm, nothing else like it. A toast then: To the BMW M3, the greatest all-around car in the world."
Mark Gillies of Car and Driver magazine says: "A car has got to be pretty spectacular to win over the curmudgeons here at 1585 Eisenhower Place, especially when familiarity sets in over the course of 40,000 miles. But our Sparkling Graphite Metallic M3 did indeed win us over.", and "Based on our experience, the current M3 is the world’s all-around best car for the money, although several staffers would have preferred to trade some of the coupe’s looks for the added practicality of the sedan.", and "This is the finest car on the market, period."
Ezra Dyer of Automobile magazine once suggested that "…car magazines generally regard the M3 the same way a four-year-old regards Santa Claus."
Jeremy Clarkson of BBC television show Top Gear says: "This [The M3] is the best car, and always will be, and there’s no point in ever thinking otherwise."
Mark Magrath of Edmunds Inside Line wrote these comments after driving a 2009 E90 M3 saloon in the canyons of Southern California: "This is the best most complete car in the world. It’s actually a bargain for what you get. Wow."
In the high-performance sports luxury niche (an entry-level luxury/compact executive car with a V8 engine), the E90 M3 (usually an E92 M3 Coupé being tested) has won comparison tests against rivals such as the Mercedes-Benz C63 AMG, Lexus IS-F, Audi RS4, Audi RS5 and Cadillac CTS-V.

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Cool Cnc Wire Cutting pictures

A handful of good cnc wire cutting photos I found:

Rose Stool

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PROJECT:
Contemporary Primitives Style Miami

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Rose Stool
Dimensions: 1′-&quotL x 1′-six&quot H x 1′-6&quot D
Year: 2010
Materials: CNC Wire-cut EPS Foam, Linex Finish
Commissioned by Fendi at Design and style Miami 2010

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HDPE Bracket

Image by Alexanderpf
This L-shaped bracket was cut employing a TechnoCNC and then marked and drilled by hand. It serves as the mount for two limit switches and as the assistance for a wire-way.

Cool Machine Components Makers pictures

Some cool machine parts manufacturers images:

Image from web page 90 of “The Crossley Machine Co. (Incorporated), manufacturers of clay functioning machinery : pottery, electric porcelain, tile producing, clay washing and crucible machinery.” (1918)

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Identifier: crossleymachinec00cros
Title: The Crossley Machine Co. (Incorporated), producers of clay operating machinery : pottery, electric porcelain, tile making, clay washing and crucible machinery.
Year: 1918 (1910s)
Authors: Crossley Machine Co.
Subjects: Crossley Machine Co.–Catalogs. Clay industries–Equipment and supplies–Catalogs.
Publisher: Trenton, N.J. : Crossley Machine Co.
Contributing Library: Rutgers University Libraries
Digitizing Sponsor: Lyrasis Members and Sloan Foundation

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Parts CARRIED IN STOCK.Produced IN TWO SIZES ONLY, A and B 2 c7) Weigh! ExportWeight Size of Receiving and Size ofDischarge Pipes Brass Valve Pressure AB 95 lbs.100 lbs. 150 lbs.150 lbs. two in. two in. dia.2 in. 2H in. dia. 80 to 10080 to one hundred TRENTON, NEW JERSEY 87 Over-Flow or Relief Valve

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This security valve is specially made forclay or heavy and gritty substances. The plungerand rings are made of brass with rubber seats. Itis utilized in connection with our clay pumps forregulating the pressure of the liquid clay in thefilter presses. We make these security valves in three sizes,of the following dimensions: Size Weight ExportWeight Size of Receiving andDischarge Pipes Variety ofPressure No. 1No. 2No. 3 25 lbs.35 lbs.85 lbs. 50 lbs.one hundred lbs.150 lbs. K in. pipeIK in. pipe2 in. pipe five to 80 lbs.ten to 80 lbs.20 to 80 lbs. 88 THE CROSSLEY MACHINE CO. Hand Whirlers The hand whirlers shown on opposite page are madewith the very best supplies and workmanship, and will hefound to be effectively balanced and effortlessly revolved. The stepat bottom of spindle can be adjusted to enable for anywear that may possibly take place in the spindle. The bench whirler is fastened to a bench by meansof wood screws, which hold it completely rigid and allowit to function freely. The sagger makers whirler is, as its name implies,us

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Machine Room Cubicle

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This wooden compartment, its glass windows extended given that smashed, lies adjacent to the major metalworking space of the Industrial Works mill. It appears to have been utilised as a sort of functional admin room to shop plans for the machine components that had been presently in production on the lathes. It also contains a battered old phone booth, which is the green object at the leading left of this image.

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Waynesburg Pennsylvania ~ The Jackson Hotel ~ Reused Department of Humans Service

Image by Onasill ~ Bill Badzo
The Fort Jackson Hotel Developing was initially built in 1926, resulting from the tragic Downey Property fire in Dec, 1925 replacing the destroyed 3-story brick Downey Property, directly across from the courthouse. The building was developed by the Pittsburgh architectural firm of Bartholomew &amp Smith. Building contract was awarded to Baker &amp Coombs of Morgantown, WV. With steel beams arriving in the summer season and building continuing throught the fall and winter, and int eh the spring of 1927. It quickly became an impressive and attractive addition to downtown Waynesburg. Constructed of red brick and trimmed with Indiana limestone. The hotel lobby was constraucted in the Italian Renaissance style with a higher-beamed ceiling. On the mezzanien floor was a main dining room seating a hundred. As effectively there was a private dining roon that seated 40. The seventy-space hotel had thirty-5 rooms on each of the second and third floors, served by two elevators. The 60-x 180-foot structure housed seven neighborhood businesses on its ground floor (three on Higher Street and 4 on Washington Street). The initial organizations integrated the Ullom &amp Baily Drugstore, the Fort Jackson barber Shop and the H.C. Schreiber Jewelry Retailer. (Source: The History of Greene County by G. Wayne Smith, Part VI, pg. 865-866)

Soon after a number of years, the developing was acquired by the county and converted into workplace space housing many county workers inside the Division of Human Services

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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Vought F4U-1D Corsair

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See more images of this, and the Wikipedia post.

Specifics, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Vought F4U-1D Corsair:

By V-J Day, September two, 1945, Corsair pilots had amassed an 11:1 kill ratio against enemy aircraft. The aircraft’s distinctive inverted gull-wing design permitted ground clearance for the huge, three-bladed Hamilton Regular Hydromatic propeller, which spanned much more than four meters (13 feet). The Pratt and Whitney R-2800 radial engine and Hydromatic propeller was the largest and one particular of the most strong engine-propeller combinations ever flown on a fighter aircraft.

Charles Lindbergh flew bombing missions in a Corsair with Marine Air Group 31 against Japanese strongholds in the Pacific in 1944. This airplane is painted in the colors and markings of the Corsair Sun Setter, a Marine close-assistance fighter assigned to the USS Essex in July 1944.

Transferred from the United States Navy.

Manufacturer:
Vought Aircraft Business

Date:
1940

Country of Origin:
United States of America

Dimensions:
Overall: 460 x 1020cm, 4037kg, 1250cm (15ft 1 1/8in. x 33ft 5 9/16in., 8900lb., 41ft 1/8in.)

Supplies:
All metal with fabric-covered wings behind the main spar.

Physical Description:
R-2800 radial air-cooled engine with 1,850 horsepower, turned a three-blade Hamilton Normal Hydromatic propeller with solid aluminum blades spanning 13 feet 1 inch wing bent gull-shaped on both sides of the fuselage.

Long Description:
On February 1, 1938, the United States Navy Bureau of Aeronautics requested proposals from American aircraft manufacturers for a new carrier-primarily based fighter airplane. During April, the Vought Aircraft Corporation responded with two styles and one of them, powered by a Pratt &amp Whitney R-2800 engine, won the competition in June. Significantly less than a year later, Vought test pilot Lyman A. Bullard, Jr., 1st flew the Vought XF4U-1 prototype on Could 29, 1940. At that time, the largest engine driving the greatest propeller ever flown on a fighter aircraft propelled Bullard on this test flight. The R-2800 radial air-cooled engine developed 1,850 horsepower and it turned a 3-blade Hamilton Normal Hydromatic propeller with strong aluminum blades spanning 13 feet 1 inch.

The airplane Bullard flew also had one more striking function, a wing bent gull-shaped on both sides of the fuselage. This arrangement gave further ground clearance for the propeller and lowered drag at the wing-to-fuselage joint. Ironically for a 644-kph (400 mph) airplane, Vought covered the wing with fabric behind the main spar, a practice the organization also followed on the OS2U Kingfisher (see NASM collection).

When naval air strategists had crafted the specifications for the new fighter, the want for speed had overridden all other overall performance goals. With this in thoughts, the Bureau of Aeronautics selected the most strong air-cooled engine offered, the R-2800. Vought assembled a team, lead by chief designer Rex Biesel, to design the very best airframe about this powerful engine. The group included project engineer Frank Albright, aerodynamics engineer Paul Baker, and propulsion engineer James Shoemaker. Biesel and his group succeeded in building a really fast fighter but when they redesigned the prototype for production, they were forced to make an unfortunate compromise.

The Navy requested heavier armament for production Corsairs and Biesel redesigned every outboard folding wing panel to carry three .50 caliber machine guns. These guns displaced fuel tanks installed in each and every wing top edge. To replace this lost capacity, an 897-liter (237 gal) fuselage tank was installed in between the cockpit and the engine. To maintain the speedy and narrow fuselage profile, Biesel could not stack the cockpit on top of the tank, so he moved it almost 3 feet aft. Now the wing fully blocked the pilot’s line of sight throughout the most critical stages of landing. The early Corsair also had a vicious stall, potent torque and propeller effects at slow speed, a quick tail wheel strut, primary gear struts that frequently bounced the airplane at touchdown, and cowl flap actuators that leaked oil onto the windshield. These issues, combined with the lack of cockpit visibility, made the airplane almost not possible to land on the tiny deck of an aircraft carrier. Navy pilots quickly nicknamed the F4U the ‘ensign eliminator’ for its tendency to kill these inexperienced aviators. The Navy refused to clear the F4U for carrier operations until late in 1944, far more than seven years soon after the project started.

This flaw did not deter the Navy from accepting Corsairs because Navy and Marine pilots sorely necessary an improved fighter to replace the Grumman F4F Wildcat (see NASM collection). By New Year’s Eve, 1942, the service owned 178 F4U-1 airplanes. Early in 1943, the Navy decided to divert all Corsairs to land-based United States Marine Corps squadrons and fill Navy carrier-primarily based units with the Grumman F6F Hellcat (see NASM collection). At its ideal speed of 612 kph (380 mph) at six,992 m (23,000 ft), the Hellcat was about 24 kph (15 mph) slower than the Corsair but it was a joy to fly aboard the carrier. The F6F filled in splendidly until improvements to the F4U qualified it for carrier operations. Meanwhile, the Marines on Guadalcanal took their Corsairs into combat and engaged the enemy for the very first time on February 14, 1943, six months just before Hellcat pilots on that battle-scared island initial encountered enemy aircraft.

The F4U had an instant impact on the Pacific air war. Pilots could use the Corsair’s speed and firepower to engage the more maneuverable Japanese airplanes only when the advantage favored the Americans. Unprotected by armor or self-sealing fuel tanks, no Japanese fighter or bomber could withstand for far more than a few seconds the concentrated volley from the six .50 caliber machine guns carried by a Corsair. Key Gregory &quotPappy&quot Boyington assumed command of Marine Corsair squadron VMF-214, nicknamed the ‘Black Sheep’ squadron, on September 7, 1943. Throughout much less than five months of action, Boyington received credit for downing 28 enemy aircraft. Enemy aircraft shot him down on January three, 1944, but he survived the war in a Japanese prison camp.

In Could and June 1944, Charles A. Lindbergh flew Corsair missions with Marine pilots at Green Island and Emirau. On September three, 1944, Lindbergh demonstrated the F4U’s bomb hauling capacity by flying a Corsair from Marine Air Group 31 carrying three bombs each weighing 450 kg (1,000 lb). He dropped this load on enemy positions at Wotje Atoll. On the September eight, Lindbergh dropped the 1st 900-kg (2,000 lb) bomb throughout an attack on the atoll. For the finale 5 days later, the Atlantic flyer delivered a 900-kg (2,000 lb) bomb and two 450-kg (1,000 lb) bombs. Lindbergh went ahead and flew these missions following the commander of MAG-31 informed him that if he was forced down and captured, the Japanese would almost undoubtedly execute him.

As of V-J Day, September two, 1945, the Navy credited Corsair pilots with destroying two,140 enemy aircraft in aerial combat. The Navy and Marines lost 189 F4Us in combat and 1,435 Corsairs in non-combat accidents. Beginning on February 13, 1942, Marine and Navy pilots flew 64,051 operational sorties, 54,470 from runways and 9,581 from carrier decks. Throughout the war, the British Royal Navy accepted two,012 Corsairs and the Royal New Zealand Air Force accepted 364. The demand was so great that the Goodyear Aircraft Corporation and the Brewster Aeronautical Corporation also created the F4U.

Corsairs returned to Navy carrier decks and Marine airfields during the Korean War. On September 10, 1952, Captain Jesse Folmar of Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-312 destroyed a MiG-15 in aerial combat over the west coast of Korea. However, F4U pilots did not have several air-to-air encounters over Korea. Their major mission was to help Allied ground units along the battlefront.

Following the Globe War II, civilian pilots adapted the speedy bent-wing bird from Vought to fly in competitive air races. They preferred modified versions of the F2G-1 and -two originally constructed by Goodyear. Corsairs won the prestigious Thompson Trophy twice. In 1952, Vought manufactured 94 F4U-7s for the French Navy, and these aircraft saw action over Indochina but this order marked the finish of Corsair production. In production longer than any other U.S. fighter to see service in Globe War II, Vought, Goodyear, and Brewster constructed a total of 12,582 F4Us.

The United States Navy donated an F4U-1D to the National Air and Space Museum in September 1960. Vought delivered this Corsair, Bureau of Aeronautics serial number 50375, to the Navy on April 26, 1944. By October, pilots of VF-10 have been flying it but in November, the airplane was transferred to VF-89 at Naval Air Station Atlantic City. It remained there as the squadron moved to NAS Oceana and NAS Norfolk. Throughout February 1945, the Navy withdrew the airplane from active service and transferred it to a pool of surplus aircraft stored at Quantico, Virginia. In 1980, NASM craftsmen restored the F4U-1D in the colors and markings of a Corsair named &quotSun Setter,&quot a fighter assigned to Marine Fighter Squadron VMF-114 when that unit served aboard the &quotUSS Essex&quot in July 1944.

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Quoting from Wikipedia | Vought F4U Corsair:

The Likelihood Vought F4U Corsair was a carrier-capable fighter aircraft that saw service mainly in World War II and the Korean War. Demand for the aircraft soon overwhelmed Vought’s manufacturing capability, resulting in production by Goodyear and Brewster: Goodyear-constructed Corsairs were designated FG and Brewster-built aircraft F3A. From the first prototype delivery to the U.S. Navy in 1940, to final delivery in 1953 to the French, 12,571 F4U Corsairs have been manufactured by Vought, in 16 separate models, in the longest production run of any piston-engined fighter in U.S. history (1942–1953).

The Corsair served in the U.S. Navy, U.S. Marines, Fleet Air Arm and the Royal New Zealand Air Force, as properly as the French Navy Aeronavale and other, smaller, air forces until the 1960s. It speedily became the most capable carrier-primarily based fighter-bomber of World War II. Some Japanese pilots regarded it as the most formidable American fighter of Globe War II, and the U.S. Navy counted an 11:1 kill ratio with the F4U Corsair.

F4U-1D (Corsair Mk IV): Built in parallel with the F4U-1C, but was introduced in April 1944. It had the new -8W water-injection engine. This alter gave the aircraft up to 250&nbsphp (190&nbspkW) much more energy, which, in turn, improved functionality. Speed, for instance, was boosted from 417 miles per hour (671&nbspkm/h) to 425 miles per hour (684&nbspkm/h). Since of the U.S. Navy’s require for fighter-bombers, it had a payload of rockets double the -1A’s, as nicely as twin-rack plumbing for an further belly drop tank. Such modifications necessitated the need for rocket tabs (attached to fully metal-plated underwing surfaces) and bomb pylons to be bolted on the fighter, however, causing extra drag. Additionally, the role of fighter-bombing was a new activity for the Corsair and the wing fuel cells proved as well vulnerable and had been removed.[] The extra fuel carried by the two drop tanks would nevertheless allow the aircraft to fly relatively extended missions in spite of the heavy, un-aerodynamic load. The normal armament of six machine guns had been implemented as effectively. The canopies of most -1Ds had their struts removed along with their metal caps, which were utilised&nbsp— at a single point&nbsp— as a measure to avoid the canopies’ glass from cracking as they moved along the fuselage spines of the fighters.[] Also, the clear-view style &quotMalcolm Hood&quot canopy utilized initially on Supermarine Spitfire and P-51C Mustang aircraft was adopted as regular gear for the -1D model, and all later F4U production aircraft. Further production was carried out by Goodyear (FG-1D) and Brewster (F3A-1D). In Fleet Air Arm service, the latter was known as the Corsair III, and each had their wingtips clipped by 8&quot per wing to let storage in the lower hangars of British carriers.

Good Precision Turned Elements Suppliers pictures

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Montblanc Boutique 151 Bloor Street West Toronto Ontario

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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.

Cool Milling Turning pictures

A few nice milling turning pictures I discovered:

The Quays, Wicklow, Co. Wicklow

Image by National Library of Ireland on The Commons
To finish this week we turn to matters maritime! The quays in Wicklow as we could only envision them. That wee ship is a good neat vessel and clearly nicely cared for OR brand spanking new?

Niall McAuley Was operating overtime nowadays, he supplied all the needed mapping information and manages to convincingly narrow the date range to between 1905 and 1912.

patrick.vickers1 knows the river here very nicely and tells us &quotThe berth shown is exactly where the an old Brixham schooner utilized to be. Probably much better identified as the Susan Vittery, ex Brooklands. A record holder on the fruit run from the Azores, sunk in a gale in 1953 close to the Tuskar. When the tide was going down my grandfather and other individuals use to rake for mussels on the reduce arches of the river. The scene shown does not appear a lot distinct than seventy years ago !

Photographer: Robert French

Collection: The Lawrence Photograph Collection

Date: between ca.1905 – 1912

NLI Ref: L_ROY_09470

You can also view this image, and several thousands of other folks, on the NLI’s catalogue at catalogue.nli.ie

Kungsparken, Malmö, Sweden

Image by Maria Eklind
Spring 2014

Nice Turning Elements pictures

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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Nice Edm Solutions pictures

Some cool edm solutions pictures:

Edm. Gurney — “Alfred Doolittle” in “Pygmallion” (LOC)

Image by The Library of Congress
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Edm. Gurney — &quotAlfred Doolittle&quot in &quotPygmallion&quot

[in between ca. 1910 and ca. 1915]

1 unfavorable : glass five x 7 in. or smaller sized.

Notes:
Title from unverified information provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Types portion of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Information: No recognized restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

Common info about the Bain Collection is accessible at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Larger resolution image is obtainable (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.16526

Contact Number: LC-B2- 3140-13

Edm. Von Mach (LOC)

Image by The Library of Congress
Bain News Service,, publisher.

Edm. Von Mach

[amongst ca. 1915 and ca. 1920]

1 unfavorable : glass five x 7 in. or smaller sized.

Notes:
Title from unverified information provided by the Bain News Service on the negatives or caption cards.
Forms element of: George Grantham Bain Collection (Library of Congress).

Format: Glass negatives.

Rights Information: No recognized restrictions on publication.

Repository: Library of Congress, Prints and Photographs Division, Washington, D.C. 20540 USA, hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.print

General information about the Bain Collection is accessible at hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/pp.ggbain

Greater resolution image is accessible (Persistent URL): hdl.loc.gov/loc.pnp/ggbain.21157

Contact Number: LC-B2- 3771-3

Cool Turning Components pictures

A couple of nice turning parts photos I found:

right here are some berries I made for skynet to make it feel far better for starting globe war iii

Image by harold.lloyd
So SKYNET got all mad because it got hacked from China and now China will get all mad back and people will point and say angry items and frown and sooner or later the computers will take more than and bomb us all to bits until John Connor requires more than and SKYNET is destroyed. Till then? Please take pleasure in the berries.

Boom! go the berries. Boom!

Anatomy of a huey

Image by psiaki
full breakdown pics rolling out in the next handful of days. I didn’t mean to &quotadvertise&quot this, but after I was completed taking it apart I could resist taking this image and I thought it turned out quite good.

for any questioning, it tends to make this helicopter when put together….correctly.

EDIT: see comprehensive breakdown pics here