This was a different world than we live in now to say the least. Now we have the high tech stuff that is designed to fail.

40.000 Cu Inch 2 Cylinder 4 carbs = 400 hp

Try to start that one without a can of ether….

Air starting a 80 hp Fairbanks

Some things just aren’t supposed to be easy………….

This earthquake being as strong at is was, and at that depth, was the last thing the people of Port-au-Prince needed with their existing (formally) infrastructure. I’m sending a prayer their way and wish them the best of luck in dealing with the mess and shock of it all.

Ya, I know. Dust and cobwebs seem to be the rule around here at IOR and I offer no excuses, dealing with that kind of stuff in the real world is a full time job in itself.
The fact that it’s 0 degrees out doesn’t help much either if you’re the woodchuck chucking the wood.
Exspider/out/still feeding the fire

December 18, 2009
Amidst fading hopes for real reform on issues ranging from high finance to health care, economist Robert Kuttner and journalist Matt Taibbi join Bill Moyers to discuss Wall Street’s power over the federal government.

Video Here

Ferrofluid Sculpture

A small dose of physics never hurts in the process……… That’s of course if N. Pelosi isn’t blinking her eyes real fast and representing the rest of us in her failed attempt to look intelligent while her state crumbles.
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Ferrofluid: How it works

5 Axis CNC Machining: W16 Engine Block Machined From Solid Billet

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The coding involved to make that happen sends chills through me. I’d still like to have one though, not the car, just the tooling to do it in the 1st place and some spare time.
Construction of The Bugatti W16 engine