And what country can preserve its liberties if their rulers are not warned from time to time that their people preserve the spirit of resistance? Let them take arms. The remedy is to set them right as to facts, pardon and pacify them. What signify a few lives lost in a century or two? The tree of liberty must be refreshed from time to time with the blood of patriots and tyrants.
Saturday, July 18, 2026
This is just mechanically beautiful. Is it just me?
No, it's not just you... Symmetry can be found in many places... For instance, electrical wiring, for example... most folks are totally unaware, as they don't get the opportunity to see, because it's either covered up by sheet rock and wall board... or it's in an industrial setting... where only employees might see, and notice... Good electricians, especially industrial electricians, weave wiring and conduit in masterfully patterns of flow to transformers, breaker boxes, and heavy industrial equipment... I worked on US3 which is the Spartanburg, S.C. Michelin Tire plant... After the millwrights set BD-13, which is a roller press, and it's supporting panels, and such... Running the raceway, conduit runs, and landing all the connections, I was amazed at the art work it had become... Basically, I was an electricians electrician... and the precision of the wiring was striking to behold, as each and every run was nearly exactly in concert with the run right next to it... As the runs, wiring, and raceway, weaved around obstacles, such as metal supports for the building and other pre-existing features... It was a concert and pattern to behold... One more example, in cabinetry, once the cabinets are all installed, both uppers and lowers of a residential kitchen, for instance... a 15'-18' run of cabs, with beaded face frames, inset doors and drawers, all line up, and looking down the run from one end to the other can be magical in appearance... especially, once the pulls and /or knobs are installed... perfect harmony can be striking... Each and every bead, door/drawer pull, sitting in alignment with each other in exacting positions... Yes, symmetry can be found in some of the most unexpected places... And it's the tradesman's/craftsman's way of making art...
Same her, often complimented on the accuracy, cleanness of my pipe bending & panel dressing. Customers liked it, other electricians said my panels were the easiest to work in, looked the best. Though retired, that feeling you get at the end of the day/week, looking back with satisfaction of a job well done.
I was a telephone switch maintenance tech in the Air Force. I got pretty good layering in a 600 pair cable into a patch panel. Attention to detail and tying back the sub cable groups to fan out at the panel to make it easier to trace problem lines. I learned it from a master Wire Dog.
Yes, even in Software Development, we marvel at the times we've encountered true mastercraft. These are some of my favorite coffee-break stories. -- Davis.P
I believe that in a car that light, if they are indeed Buick drums on a car that light the stopping distance will be adequate for all but the most reckless drivers.
No, it's not just you. Must be fairly old, though; I can't remember the last time I saw a drum brake on a front wheel.
ReplyDeleteyup, it's just him. Cobbling together a bunch of parts like that.
DeleteVery nice CW.
ReplyDeleteIt's just you and maybe the other motorheads on this blog.
ReplyDeleteThere is a company that makes disc brakes with the old school drum brake look. It was one of the options on the Factory 5 hot rod truck.
ReplyDeleteNo, it's not just you... Symmetry can be found in many places...
ReplyDeleteFor instance, electrical wiring, for example... most folks are totally unaware, as they don't get the opportunity to see, because it's either covered up by sheet rock and wall board... or it's in an industrial setting... where only employees might see, and notice... Good electricians, especially industrial electricians, weave wiring and conduit in masterfully patterns of flow to transformers, breaker boxes, and heavy industrial equipment... I worked on US3 which is the Spartanburg, S.C. Michelin Tire plant... After the millwrights set BD-13, which is a roller press, and it's supporting panels, and such... Running the raceway, conduit runs, and landing all the connections, I was amazed at the art work it had become... Basically, I was an electricians electrician... and the precision of the wiring was striking to behold, as each and every run was nearly exactly in concert with the run right next to it...
As the runs, wiring, and raceway, weaved around obstacles, such as metal supports for the building and other pre-existing features... It was a concert and pattern to behold... One more example, in cabinetry, once the cabinets are all installed, both uppers and lowers of a residential kitchen, for instance...
a 15'-18' run of cabs, with beaded face frames, inset doors and drawers, all line up, and looking down the run from one end to the other can be magical in appearance... especially, once the pulls and /or knobs are installed... perfect harmony can be striking... Each and every bead, door/drawer pull, sitting in alignment with each other in exacting positions...
Yes, symmetry can be found in some of the most unexpected places...
And it's the tradesman's/craftsman's way of making art...
Same her, often complimented on the accuracy, cleanness of my pipe bending & panel dressing. Customers liked it, other electricians said my panels were the easiest to work in, looked the best. Though retired, that feeling you get at the end of the day/week, looking back with satisfaction of a job well done.
DeleteI was a telephone switch maintenance tech in the Air Force. I got pretty good layering in a 600 pair cable into a patch panel. Attention to detail and tying back the sub cable groups to fan out at the panel to make it easier to trace problem lines. I learned it from a master Wire Dog.
DeleteAbsolutely a treat for your eyes. My half a$$ed nitpick is no fenders. If you drive through a puddle, well, you know......
ReplyDeleteBuick brake on an early Ford. Guide or repo headlight. Nice clean roadster
ReplyDeleteDoes that make it a Buick or is it still a Ford?
DeleteI mean if you can cut off yer pecker and become a woman...
Driving without mudguards is reckless.
ReplyDeleteYes, even in Software Development, we marvel at the times we've encountered true mastercraft. These are some of my favorite coffee-break stories.
ReplyDelete-- Davis.P
I believe that in a car that light, if they are indeed Buick drums on a car that light the stopping distance will be adequate for all but the most reckless drivers.
ReplyDelete