Some cool cnc machined elements pictures:
P8220010
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All elements soldered / plugged in – just figuring out which pin goes into which hole.
Cool
Cool Precision Machined Element pictures
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Touring Numet Machining Techniques, Inc. in Orange
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State Senator Gayle S. Slossberg tours Numet Machining Techniques in Orange with Joseph Sartori, Numet’s Vice President of Operations. Numet is a manufacturer of precision machined components, and was able to produce and retain jobs thanks to its participation in Connecticut’s Little Organization Express System and the Connecticut Insurance Reinvestment Fund. (October two, 2013)
Cool Machined Metal Components images
A few nice machined metal components photos I discovered:
Harley Davidson Details
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2010 Hope M4 brake lever
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7/14/10. Nikon Coolpix S8000. Handheld. SOOC.
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Steven F. Udvar-Hazy Center: Boeing B-29 Superfortress “Enola Gay” (front starboard view), with Grumman F6F-3 Hellcat at back-right, amongst other folks
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See much more images of this, and the Wikipedia article.
Details, quoting from Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum: Steven F. Udvar-Hazy | Boeing B-29 Superfortress "Enola Gay":
Boeing’s B-29 Superfortress was the most sophisticated propeller-driven bomber of Planet War II and the first bomber to house its crew in pressurized compartments. Although made to fight in the European theater, the B-29 located its niche on the other side of the globe. In the Pacific, B-29s delivered a selection of aerial weapons: traditional bombs, incendiary bombs, mines, and two nuclear weapons.
On August six, 1945, this Martin-built B-29-45-MO dropped the initial atomic weapon employed in combat on Hiroshima, Japan. 3 days later, Bockscar (on show at the U.S. Air Force Museum close to Dayton, Ohio) dropped a second atomic bomb on Nagasaki, Japan. Enola Gay flew as the advance climate reconnaissance aircraft that day. A third B-29, The Wonderful 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:
Overall: 900 x 3020cm, 32580kg, 4300cm (29ft six 5/16in. x 99ft 1in., 71825.9lb., 141ft 15/16in.)
Components:
Polished general aluminum finish
Physical Description:
Four-engine heavy bomber with semi-monoqoque fuselage and high-aspect ratio wings. Polished aluminum finish overall, standard late-World War II Army Air Forces insignia on wings and aft fuselage and serial quantity on vertical fin 509th Composite Group markings painted in black "Enola Gay" in black, block letters on reduce left nose.
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Quoting Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum | Grumman F6F-three Hellcat:
The Grumman F6F Hellcat was originally conceived as an sophisticated version of the U.S. Navy’s then present front-line fighter, the F4F Wildcat (see NASM collection). The Wildcat’s intended replacement, the Vought F4U Corsair (see NASM collection), very first flown in 1940, was showing excellent guarantee, but development was slowed by issues, such as the crash of the prototype.
The National Air and Space Museum’s F6F-3 Hellcat, BuNo. 41834, was built at Grumman’s Bethpage, New York, factory in February 1944 beneath contract NOA-(S)846. It was delivered to the Navy on February 7, and arrived in San Diego, California, on the 18th. It was assigned to Fighter Squadron 15 (VF-15) on USS Hornet (CV12) bound for Hawaii. On arrival, it was assigned to VF-three where it sustained harm in a wheels-up landing at NAS Barbers Point, Hawaii. After repair, it was assigned to VF-83 exactly where it was employed in a instruction role until February 21, 1945. Right after quite a few transfers 41834 was converted to an F6F-3K target drone with the installation of sophisticated radio-manage gear. It was painted red with a pink tail that carried the quantity 14. Its mission was to be employed in Operation Crossroads – the atomic bomb tests at Bikini Atoll. It flew on June 24, 1946, with a pilot, on a practice flight and was launched, unmanned, quickly after the initial bomb test. Instrumentation on board and photographic plates taped to the manage stick obtained data on radioactivity. Three a lot more manned flights preceded the final unmanned flight on July 25, 1946, which evaluated the first underwater explosion. Records indicate that exposure of this aircraft to the radioactive cloud was minimal and residual radiation is negligible.
F6F-3K 41834 was transferred to NAS Norfolk and logged its last flight on March 25, 1947, with a total of 430.two flying hours. It was assigned to the National Air Museum on November three, 1948, and remained at Norfolk till October 4, 1960, when it was moved by barge to Washington and placed in storage. In 1976 this Hellcat was loaned to the USS Yorktown Museum at Charleston, South Carolina. A superficial restoration was performed at the museum, but simply because of the harsh atmosphere and its poor condition the Hellcat was returned to NASM on March 16, 1982. In 1983, it was sent to Grumman Aerospace exactly where a team of volunteers fully restored the aircraft. In 1985, it was shipped back to the Paul E. Garber Preservation, Restoration and Storage Facility in Suitland, Maryland, and put in storage. NASM’s F6F-3 Hellcat is scheduled to be displayed in the new Steven F. Udvar-Hazy center at Dulles International Airport in Virginia in 2004.
Transferred from the United States Navy.
Manufacturer:
Grumman Aircraft Engineering Corporation
Date:
1943
Nation of Origin:
United States of America
Dimensions:
General: 338 x 1021cm, 4092kg, 1304cm (11ft 1 1/16in. x 33ft 5 15/16in., 9021.2lb., 42ft 9 three/8in.)
Physical Description:
Heavy armor plate, reinforced empennage, R-2800-10W engine, spring tabs on the ailerons (increased maneuverability), could carry rockets as properly as bombs.
Cool Custom Machined Elements photos
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Arlen Ness’ Untitled
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Individuals in the know contact Arlen Ness “Godfather,” not because he makes gives you cannot refuse, but as a sign of respect for his accomplishments all through a extended and storied career. He is the patriarch of the custom motorcycle sector.
Back in “the day,” circa 1970 BC (Just before Catalogs), when choppers were nonetheless the homespun products of some regional dude with a torch, a hacksaw, a drill press, and a rattle can of flat black paint, Arlen Ness was going for baroque. He gold-plated parts, adorned the aluminum fascia of drive-train elements with ornate engravings, and applied wild splashes of Peter Max-inspired color to the sheet metal. Plush, velour upholstery adorned his seats. If Arlen believed he could squeeze more than a single motor into a frame, he would. It was almost routine—at least for Arlen Ness—to cram two supercharged, Ironhead Sportster engines into a single frame where they would cuddle up to create ungodly heaps of horsepower.
These eccentric-seeking machines had been hallmarks of early 1970s chopper style. Ness was 1 of the very first builders to embrace the extravagant hippie counterculture that blossomed in the San Francisco Bay Region, a place Ness calls property. Some of his motorcycles from this period appear like psychedelic props from a Jefferson Airplane album cover, or as if King Louis XIV of France had commissioned an eighteenth-century, rococo rocket sled to go tooling about the Palace of Versailles. Ness combined “flower power” with horsepower to develop motorcycles that defined an era. He is nevertheless setting the pace for younger builders.
Experimental LOC Launch – 1
Image by jurvetson
You meet the most fascinating people at BALLS. Jim Green pours his own motor propellant. He machines custom motor casings, nozzle, and closures. Each and every of these is a potential point of failure. =)
Right here he is cutting the red “sparky” grains to increase their surface region (accelerating their burn). The red propellant contains a titanium sponge and Midas brake filings among other exciting components. We utilized a single of his green “Swamp Gas” grains instead of a delay charge.
On the flight out to Black Rock, I was reading the Apogee Components (RockSim) book on rocketry. Web page 131 reads:
Producing Rocket Motors
“NO!!! Never ever!!! Do not attempt to make your own rocket motors! Several individuals have died for the duration of attempts to make their personal rocket motors.”
So, I got Jim to sign the page in my book. =)
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Pinup Stefanina Good Guys Del Mar Nationals – Sunday13
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“THE BLACK WIDOW” Builders: Wally Olson (1952), Bill Scott (1954) and Richard Riddell (2005) The garage find of the century! How extended have you been hot rodding vehicles–because the 1950’s? Many of us got started in the 50’s and 60’s. (For you actual old birds out there that don’t forget hot rodding “T” roadsters with Roto-Faze ignitions, Ruxtell 2-speed rear axles, Riley 2-port heads and Laurel lowering kits, nicely what can we say you are a generation prior to us and we take our hats off to you ‘original’ hot rodders.) BUT for all of us “The Black Widow” is a critical piece of 1950’s hot rodding annals and a benchmark for the business! In an article in Hot Rod Deluxe, July 2008 entitled, “Tangled Web” the complete-story of Richard Riddell’s quest to restore the original Black Widow had its public debut. Hot Rod Deluxe reported the car’s winning the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show which was a dream come true, taking “Best Early Altered T Roadster”. (See also Rod and Custom, June 2008.) It was also a contender for the Bruce Meyer award at the ‘Grand Nats.’ Why do guys like Richard Riddell (and the rest of us) commit years (3400 hours in Richard’s case) restoring a vehicle we found in a barn? Answer: ‘For the love of the sport!’ All of us keep in mind some other automobiles with equivalent names, for instance the ‘Black Widow’ Monogram model auto (“1/24 scale model/Ford ‘T’ Pickup Rod/removable top” by Mattel good quality hobby kits). Also, we don’t forget Common Motors/Chevrolet coming out in 1957 with their 1st racing version Chevy referred to as “The Black Widow.” But predating both of these historic cars is the “The Black Widow” built by Wally Olson to aid preserve his children out of difficulty in 1952 and first débuted in Hot Rod magazine, September 1954 in an write-up entitled, “Lil’ Beau T”, which read, “Wally Olson, Fresno, California, automotive machinist, is the fortunate owner and builder. Duane Taylor was referred to as in for the body operate.” It added as to why he constructed the car, “What with so considerably current upheaval in the teen-age ranks, Wally figured that a confident-fire way to get rid of those totally free-time, absolutely nothing-to-do troubles would be to interest them (his 9 and 12 year old sons) in a rod. So far the concept has worked like a charm.” In time the family moved on to other projects and Bill Scott bought the vehicle and redid it with fenders, headlights and all the stuff to make it ‘street legal’—as we employed to contact it! The first documentation of the auto becoming called “Black Widow” is identified in the magazine Rodding and Re-styling, August 1957 issue. That write-up reported Bill Scott’s alterations to Wally Olson’s vehicle, “The front finish was revised to incorporate a tubular axle and tube shocks. The new owners also equipped the automobile with a new power plant. The original mill is a ’41 Merc bored out .one hundred inch over stock, ported and relieved…includes 8.5-to-1 Offenhauser heads, a Weber full-race cam, and an Evans 3-caberator manifold.” [Note: The numerous engines that have been housed in this auto later varied see final Merc create information below.] Do not you really like the sound of that “ported and relieved” and “full-race cam”—when’s the final time you employed these terms? By the time the 1959 Hot Rod Annual was published the car-title stuck for all time “The Black Widow.” Riddell’s two-Year Renovation! According to extended time race auto builder Richard Riddell’s log he states, “Sometime in 1955 Wally sold his roadster to Bill Scott. Bill once again called on Duane Taylor to turn the vehicle into a bonified street rod. With the further of windshield, head lights, tail lings, and fenders it was finally in a position to jump into his small Hot Rod and go crusin’. The pin stripping was done by none other than Dean Jefferies with the familiar cobweb and spider on the turtle deck.” He reports that the car’s 1st win was “…a five foot trophy at the Sacramento AutoRama in 1957 for ‘Best Roadster’. Yes, Bill’s car was possessing the time of its life getting a single of the best looking early California street roadsters of all time.” Richard states, “Bill Scott died about 1987…for a number of years the vehicle languished…getting worse and worse…as is so frequently the case for old Hot Rods.” The garage uncover in 2005 notes, “At a glance the roadster didn’t look that poor.” But the Naugahyde and carpet had been shot, fenders, original wheels and hub caps to name a few difficulties for the yet to begin restoration. Riddell notes, “Under a somewhat decent body and paint job lurked a mess that went beyond your worst nightmare.” He adds, “I started wondering how I could salvage this little beauty in the rough. Not that numerous folks have restored an old Hot Rod but, these who have know what I’m talking about. It’s significantly harder than building a rod from scratch. But the roadster was begging to be restored and I’m glad that I was chosen to do it.”and#9472Richard died shortly after finishing the project but happily he was capable to see “The Black Widow” win the ‘Grand Nats’ and have a function center-spread report in Hot Rod Deluxe. Here are a handful of of the Riddell-engineered refinements to this original car. and#61692 Recessed pockets had to be constructed in the frame rails to accept the front motor mounts which double as water pumps. and#61692 New front radius rods had been built out of heavy wall chrome-moly tubing. The original ones had been so poorly made that they have been unsafe. and#61692 The right master cylinder banjo fitting was not obtainable so, he fabricated a new a single from scratch. and#61692 The tooling mandral had to be CNC machined to facilitate metal spinning new brass tail pipe end bells. Hey would you agree? Hot rodding is an art form and some Hot Rod Artists have mastered the craft and Richard Riddell is 1 of them!!! Reconstruction points of interest: and#61656 Original steel body and doors welded shut and#61656 ‘42 Merc 274 c.i flathead (current engine) and#61656 ’39 Lincoln-Zephyr tranny and#61656 ’34 Ford rear with Halibrand swift-alter center and enclosed drive shaft and#61656 ’39 Ford hydraulic brakes all around and wide “5” 16-iunch wheels and caps and#61656 ’37 Ford tube axle and#61656 Engine by RPM Machine and#61656 Chrome by Ace Plating and#61656 Frame carried out by Capps Powder Coat and#61656 Physique/paint by Showtime Customs and#61656 Upholstery by Brents Why is the vehicle becoming sold? To quote his wife Pat, “Unfortunately, Richard passed away on March 18, 2008 and will not get to enjoy seeing the new owner drive away with a piece of automotive history.” Richard’s loyal wife Pat grew up around racing since she was 9 years old. Her maiden name was Rodriguez. If you grew up at Lion’s Dragstrip, as she did, you might keep in mind her father’s rail? He and his brother ran an old prime alky rail under the name “Rodriguez Brothers”. Pat said, ‘As I was increasing up I typically wondered how I would ever meet someone to marry, since all that our loved ones ever did was go to the drags. Then one particular day Richard came along and met me at the Winternationals.’ Nicely the rest is history. For Pat soon after Richard’s death there are just too several memories attached to all the memorabilia, race vehicles and hot rods in their storage—she would like to sell “The Black Widow” to some deserving hot rodder. Terms of sale: 5,000.00. Please speak to Don Burdge at DreamRodLocator or contact him at 619.804.8033. You need to contact me just before Leno does! We have hundreds of extra photos and a number of 50’s and present magazine articles obtainable to seriously interested purchasers.
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Pinup Breanna Good Guys Del Mar Nationals7
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“THE BLACK WIDOW” Builders: Wally Olson (1952), Bill Scott (1954) and Richard Riddell (2005) The garage find of the century! How extended have you been hot rodding vehicles–considering that the 1950’s? Several of us got started in the 50’s and 60’s. (For you genuine old birds out there that don’t forget hot rodding “T” roadsters with Roto-Faze ignitions, Ruxtell 2-speed rear axles, Riley 2-port heads and Laurel lowering kits, nicely what can we say you’re a generation prior to us and we take our hats off to you ‘original’ hot rodders.) BUT for all of us “The Black Widow” is a critical piece of 1950’s hot rodding annals and a benchmark for the sector! In an report in Hot Rod Deluxe, July 2008 entitled, “Tangled Web” the complete-story of Richard Riddell’s quest to restore the original Black Widow had its public debut. Hot Rod Deluxe reported the car’s winning the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show which was a dream come correct, taking “Best Early Altered T Roadster”. (See also Rod and Custom, June 2008.) It was also a contender for the Bruce Meyer award at the ‘Grand Nats.’ Why do guys like Richard Riddell (and the rest of us) devote years (3400 hours in Richard’s case) restoring a vehicle we discovered in a barn? Answer: ‘For the really like of the sport!’ All of us bear in mind some other automobiles with equivalent names, for instance the ‘Black Widow’ Monogram model vehicle (“1/24 scale model/Ford ‘T’ Pickup Rod/removable top” by Mattel top quality hobby kits). Also, we bear in mind Common Motors/Chevrolet coming out in 1957 with their very first racing version Chevy referred to as “The Black Widow.” But predating both of these historic cars is the “The Black Widow” constructed by Wally Olson to support keep his kids out of problems in 1952 and 1st débuted in Hot Rod magazine, September 1954 in an report entitled, “Lil’ Beau T”, which study, “Wally Olson, Fresno, California, automotive machinist, is the fortunate owner and builder. Duane Taylor was referred to as in for the body operate.” It added as to why he constructed the car, “What with so significantly present upheaval in the teen-age ranks, Wally figured that a certain-fire way to get rid of these free of charge-time, practically nothing-to-do troubles would be to interest them (his 9 and 12 year old sons) in a rod. So far the concept has worked like a charm.” In time the family moved on to other projects and Bill Scott purchased the vehicle and redid it with fenders, headlights and all the stuff to make it ‘street legal’—as we used to get in touch with it! The first documentation of the automobile being named “Black Widow” is found in the magazine Rodding and Re-styling, August 1957 problem. That report reported Bill Scott’s adjustments to Wally Olson’s auto, “The front end was revised to incorporate a tubular axle and tube shocks. The new owners also equipped the auto with a new power plant. The original mill is a ’41 Merc bored out .100 inch over stock, ported and relieved…includes 8.five-to-1 Offenhauser heads, a Weber complete-race cam, and an Evans 3-caberator manifold.” [Note: The several engines that have been housed in this automobile later varied see final Merc build information beneath.] Do not you enjoy the sound of that “ported and relieved” and “full-race cam”—when’s the final time you employed these terms? By the time the 1959 Hot Rod Annual was published the auto-title stuck for all time “The Black Widow.” Riddell’s 2-Year Renovation! According to long time race car builder Richard Riddell’s log he states, “Sometime in 1955 Wally sold his roadster to Bill Scott. Bill once more called on Duane Taylor to turn the automobile into a bonified street rod. With the extra of windshield, head lights, tail lings, and fenders it was ultimately capable to jump into his little Hot Rod and go crusin’. The pin stripping was done by none other than Dean Jefferies with the familiar cobweb and spider on the turtle deck.” He reports that the car’s first win was “…a 5 foot trophy at the Sacramento AutoRama in 1957 for ‘Best Roadster’. Yes, Bill’s car was having the time of its life getting 1 of the greatest seeking early California street roadsters of all time.” Richard states, “Bill Scott died around 1987…for several years the vehicle languished…getting worse and worse…as is so frequently the case for old Hot Rods.” The garage find in 2005 notes, “At a glance the roadster didn’t look that poor.” But the Naugahyde and carpet had been shot, fenders, original wheels and hub caps to name a couple of difficulties for the yet to begin restoration. Riddell notes, “Under a somewhat decent physique and paint job lurked a mess that went beyond your worst nightmare.” He adds, “I began questioning how I could salvage this tiny beauty in the rough. Not that many individuals have restored an old Hot Rod but, those who have know what I’m speaking about. It’s a lot tougher than constructing a rod from scratch. But the roadster was begging to be restored and I’m glad that I was chosen to do it.”and#9472Richard died shortly soon after finishing the project but happily he was in a position to see “The Black Widow” win the ‘Grand Nats’ and have a feature center-spread report in Hot Rod Deluxe. Here are a couple of of the Riddell-engineered refinements to this original vehicle. and#61692 Recessed pockets had to be built in the frame rails to accept the front motor mounts which double as water pumps. and#61692 New front radius rods had been built out of heavy wall chrome-moly tubing. The original ones have been so poorly created that they were unsafe. and#61692 The right master cylinder banjo fitting was not available so, he fabricated a new a single from scratch. and#61692 The tooling mandral had to be CNC machined to facilitate metal spinning new brass tail pipe finish bells. Hey would you agree? Hot rodding is an art form and some Hot Rod Artists have mastered the craft and Richard Riddell is one of them!!! Reconstruction points of interest: and#61656 Original steel physique and doors welded shut and#61656 ‘42 Merc 274 c.i flathead (existing engine) and#61656 ’39 Lincoln-Zephyr tranny and#61656 ’34 Ford rear with Halibrand quick-adjust center and enclosed drive shaft and#61656 ’39 Ford hydraulic brakes all around and wide “5” 16-iunch wheels and caps and#61656 ’37 Ford tube axle and#61656 Engine by RPM Machine and#61656 Chrome by Ace Plating and#61656 Frame carried out by Capps Powder Coat and#61656 Body/paint by Showtime Customs and#61656 Upholstery by Brents Why is the auto being sold? To quote his wife Pat, “Unfortunately, Richard passed away on March 18, 2008 and will not get to take pleasure in seeing the new owner drive away with a piece of automotive history.” Richard’s loyal wife Pat grew up around racing since she was 9 years old. Her maiden name was Rodriguez. If you grew up at Lion’s Dragstrip, as she did, you could keep in mind her father’s rail? He and his brother ran an old top alky rail under the name “Rodriguez Brothers”. Pat stated, ‘As I was increasing up I typically wondered how I would ever meet someone to marry, considering that all that our family ever did was go to the drags. Then one particular day Richard came along and met me at the Winternationals.’ Well the rest is history. For Pat following Richard’s death there are just as well several memories attached to all the memorabilia, race vehicles and hot rods in their storage—she would like to sell “The Black Widow” to some deserving hot rodder. Terms of sale: 5,000.00. Please speak to Don Burdge at DreamRodLocator or contact him at 619.804.8033. You must contact me before Leno does! We have hundreds of extra pictures and numerous 50’s and present magazine articles obtainable to seriously interested purchasers.
Pinup Stefanina Excellent Guys Del Mar Nationals – Sunday12
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“THE BLACK WIDOW” Builders: Wally Olson (1952), Bill Scott (1954) and Richard Riddell (2005) The garage uncover of the century! How extended have you been hot rodding automobiles–given that the 1950’s? A lot of of us got started in the 50’s and 60’s. (For you actual old birds out there that don’t forget hot rodding “T” roadsters with Roto-Faze ignitions, Ruxtell two-speed rear axles, Riley 2-port heads and Laurel lowering kits, well what can we say you’re a generation just before us and we take our hats off to you ‘original’ hot rodders.) BUT for all of us “The Black Widow” is a critical piece of 1950’s hot rodding annals and a benchmark for the business! In an post in Hot Rod Deluxe, July 2008 entitled, “Tangled Web” the full-story of Richard Riddell’s quest to restore the original Black Widow had its public debut. Hot Rod Deluxe reported the car’s winning the 2008 Grand National Roadster Show which was a dream come accurate, taking “Best Early Altered T Roadster”. (See also Rod and Custom, June 2008.) It was also a contender for the Bruce Meyer award at the ‘Grand Nats.’ Why do guys like Richard Riddell (and the rest of us) invest years (3400 hours in Richard’s case) restoring a automobile we found in a barn? Answer: ‘For the love of the sport!’ All of us don’t forget some other automobiles with equivalent names, for instance the ‘Black Widow’ Monogram model automobile (“1/24 scale model/Ford ‘T’ Pickup Rod/removable top” by Mattel top quality hobby kits). Also, we don’t forget Common Motors/Chevrolet coming out in 1957 with their initial racing version Chevy named “The Black Widow.” But predating both of these historic automobiles is the “The Black Widow” constructed by Wally Olson to assist keep his little ones out of trouble in 1952 and 1st débuted in Hot Rod magazine, September 1954 in an article entitled, “Lil’ Beau T”, which study, “Wally Olson, Fresno, California, automotive machinist, is the fortunate owner and builder. Duane Taylor was called in for the physique perform.” It added as to why he built the automobile, “What with so a lot current upheaval in the teen-age ranks, Wally figured that a positive-fire way to remove those free of charge-time, nothing at all-to-do troubles would be to interest them (his 9 and 12 year old sons) in a rod. So far the concept has worked like a charm.” In time the household moved on to other projects and Bill Scott bought the vehicle and redid it with fenders, headlights and all the stuff to make it ‘street legal’—as we utilized to call it! The initial documentation of the car getting known as “Black Widow” is discovered in the magazine Rodding and Re-styling, August 1957 situation. That write-up reported Bill Scott’s changes to Wally Olson’s auto, “The front finish was revised to incorporate a tubular axle and tube shocks. The new owners also equipped the automobile with a new power plant. The original mill is a ’41 Merc bored out .one hundred inch over stock, ported and relieved…includes eight.five-to-1 Offenhauser heads, a Weber full-race cam, and an Evans three-caberator manifold.” [Note: The several engines that were housed in this vehicle later varied see final Merc create particulars beneath.] Do not you enjoy the sound of that “ported and relieved” and “full-race cam”—when’s the final time you employed those terms? By the time the 1959 Hot Rod Annual was published the auto-title stuck for all time “The Black Widow.” Riddell’s two-Year Renovation! According to extended time race car builder Richard Riddell’s log he states, “Sometime in 1955 Wally sold his roadster to Bill Scott. Bill once again referred to as on Duane Taylor to turn the auto into a bonified street rod. With the further of windshield, head lights, tail lings, and fenders it was ultimately in a position to jump into his tiny Hot Rod and go crusin’. The pin stripping was done by none other than Dean Jefferies with the familiar cobweb and spider on the turtle deck.” He reports that the car’s 1st win was “…a five foot trophy at the Sacramento AutoRama in 1957 for ‘Best Roadster’. Yes, Bill’s automobile was having the time of its life getting a single of the very best seeking early California street roadsters of all time.” Richard states, “Bill Scott died around 1987…for numerous years the vehicle languished…getting worse and worse…as is so usually the case for old Hot Rods.” The garage discover in 2005 notes, “At a glance the roadster didn’t appear that poor.” But the Naugahyde and carpet had been shot, fenders, original wheels and hub caps to name a few problems for the but to commence restoration. Riddell notes, “Under a somewhat decent body and paint job lurked a mess that went beyond your worst nightmare.” He adds, “I started questioning how I could salvage this little beauty in the rough. Not that several folks have restored an old Hot Rod but, those who have know what I’m talking about. It’s considerably harder than developing a rod from scratch. But the roadster was begging to be restored and I’m glad that I was chosen to do it.”and#9472Richard died shortly following finishing the project but happily he was able to see “The Black Widow” win the ‘Grand Nats’ and have a feature center-spread write-up in Hot Rod Deluxe. Right here are a couple of of the Riddell-engineered refinements to this original automobile. and#61692 Recessed pockets had to be constructed in the frame rails to accept the front motor mounts which double as water pumps. and#61692 New front radius rods had been constructed out of heavy wall chrome-moly tubing. The original ones have been so poorly produced that they had been unsafe. and#61692 The appropriate master cylinder banjo fitting was not obtainable so, he fabricated a new a single from scratch. and#61692 The tooling mandral had to be CNC machined to facilitate metal spinning new brass tail pipe finish bells. Hey would you agree? Hot rodding is an art type and some Hot Rod Artists have mastered the craft and Richard Riddell is one of them!!! Reconstruction points of interest: and#61656 Original steel body and doors welded shut and#61656 ‘42 Merc 274 c.i flathead (existing engine) and#61656 ’39 Lincoln-Zephyr tranny and#61656 ’34 Ford rear with Halibrand quick-alter center and enclosed drive shaft and#61656 ’39 Ford hydraulic brakes all about and wide “5” 16-iunch wheels and caps and#61656 ’37 Ford tube axle and#61656 Engine by RPM Machine and#61656 Chrome by Ace Plating and#61656 Frame done by Capps Powder Coat and#61656 Body/paint by Showtime Customs and#61656 Upholstery by Brents Why is the vehicle becoming sold? To quote his wife Pat, “Unfortunately, Richard passed away on March 18, 2008 and will not get to get pleasure from seeing the new owner drive away with a piece of automotive history.” Richard’s loyal wife Pat grew up about racing considering that she was 9 years old. Her maiden name was Rodriguez. If you grew up at Lion’s Dragstrip, as she did, you may possibly keep in mind her father’s rail? He and his brother ran an old prime alky rail under the name “Rodriguez Brothers”. Pat mentioned, ‘As I was increasing up I usually wondered how I would ever meet someone to marry, considering that all that our family ever did was go to the drags. Then 1 day Richard came along and met me at the Winternationals.’ Effectively the rest is history. For Pat right after Richard’s death there are just as well many memories attached to all the memorabilia, race vehicles and hot rods in their storage—she would like to sell “The Black Widow” to some deserving hot rodder. Terms of sale: 5,000.00. Please speak to Don Burdge at DreamRodLocator or call him at 619.804.8033. You must contact me prior to Leno does! We have hundreds of added images and several 50’s and current magazine articles offered to seriously interested buyers.
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Cool Precision Component Producers pictures
A handful of nice precision element makers photos I found:
Apollo 14 Docking Ring
Image by jurvetson
Milled from a solid block of titanium, with twelve docking latches, it is a marvel of precision design and style in the era ahead of CAD/CAM.
The Smithsonian believed this was the CM docking ring from Apollo 14 Command Module, and had paperwork to help that. I feel it is the sister unit, a big structural engineering element utilised for ground testing to try to recreate the series of docking failures seasoned early in the Apollo 14 mission with the probe that was brought back (normally the docking probe would be left behind). Hence the Apollo 14 label on the base and description at the Bonhams’ auction:
NASA’s choice to fly Apollo missions employing a lunar orbit rendezvous approach necessary the improvement of a method to join, separate, then rejoin two spacecraft. This system also had to let astronauts to move internally between the Command and Lunar Modules. The flight configuration selected was an effect system consisting of a probe situated at the forward end of the Command Module (CM) and a funnel-kind drogue located at the prime of the Lunar Module (LM). The CM’s probe was mounted to the docking ring, which provided a point of structural integrity for the two docked cars as soon as the probe was removed. Removal of the probe produced a tunnel so the crew could travel between the docked cars. A series of latches about the docking ring locked the cars collectively. The tip of the probe had a set of 3 modest capture latches which had been developed to hold the vehicles with each other lengthy adequate that the bigger docking ring latches could be engaged.
Just right after the Saturn V’s third stage sent Apollo 14 on its planned trajectory toward the moon, Shepard along with astronauts Edgar Mitchell and Stuart Roosa seasoned difficulty docking the CSM to the LM. 5 attempts were created but the docking probe capture latches never engaged to secure the two cars together. This could have scrubbed for the second time in a row a lunar landing mission. With the failure of Apollo 13 due to a Service Module oxygen tank explosion, a scrub of the Apollo 14 lunar landing would most definitely have offered ammunition to these in Congress lobbying for an early termination of the Apollo Plan.
Soon after practically two hours of delays and on the sixth try, with Roosa holding the CSM tight with the LM for many seconds, the latches lastly engaged. The crew then activated the series of larger latches mounted along the docking ring to receive a "hard dock" configuration. Though they had been ultimately docked, Mission Manage and the crew’s concern shifted to the possibility that the program could fail when it was most necessary, the redocking of the LM Ascent Stage following Shepard and Mitchell’s return from the moon. If this happened the crew could be forced into performing a space walk in order to return to the CSM. The lunar rocks and scientific data may well have to be abandoned in the LM pending the precise situations of a possible lunar orbit docking problem. The probe was completely inspected by the crew throughout the coast period to the moon and they sent detailed verbal descriptions plus television pictures to Mission Control. Because the probe now showed standard operation of the capture mechanism, NASA created the selection to proceed with the planned mission.
The redocking while in lunar orbit was fully normal. The docking probe (usually jettisoned with the LM) was returned to earth for inspection and evaluation.
NASA and spacecraft manufacturer North American Rockwell performed an exhaustive series of tests to the docking system. All elements (probe, latches, docking ring) had been tested "in location" with the recovered Apollo 14 CM, then each was removed for a series of combined and person tests. The docking method dilemma was a major reason the docking ring was removed and never ever re-installed into the Apollo 14 CM. Post-flight evaluation of tv, motion image film, accelerometer info, and reaction control system thruster activity indicated that probe-to-drogue get in touch with conditions were as expected for all docking attempts. The probe’s capture latches should have worked on every of the 1st 5 docking attempts. A plunger-variety component in the capture latch failed to reach a forward or locked position most likely due to some kind of foreign debris or contamination. A change in the size of the plunger due to temperature was an added possibility. Internal harm to the capture-latch mechanism was ruled out as the cause because the program functioned correctly in all subsequent operations following the sixth docking try and throughout post flight testing. The debris or contamination most probably became dislodged following the fifth docking try, enabling the system to operate effectively from that point. NASA and Rockwell created the decision to supply a protective cover on the tip of the probe to prevent contamination during future flights.
Throughout the tests, the ring was shipped between a variety of NASA and contractor facilities through a 39 by 39 by 12 inch wood transit case which is integrated with the ring. The ring itself has a series of inspection stamps and ID numbers that study: "MDR 408699, V36-316250-9, 06361-B009522, MR 361588, DEC 9 1968, V36 316250 31, ASSEM, FEB 18 1969, 06361A015194." A separate 6 by 3 inch yellow "Temporary Parts Removal Tag" repeats many of these numbers and has the added hand-written information of: "TPS 112, REM #103, Docking Ring, S/C 110, 2/14/72."
Included are copies of documents listing the NASA artifact number (2243) getting from Command Module (S/C # 110) for the transfer to the National Air and Space Museum (NASM) and deascession papers from NASM.
The Apollo 14 docking ring is the single biggest and heaviest piece of lunar spacecraft structural gear ever to be provided to private hands. The flown CM docking ring, the twin of this one particular, remained with the ascent stage of the Lunar Module Antares when it was jettisoned. Antares was then deliberately crashed into the moon’s surface to simulate a "moonquake."
Cool Precision Machining Components pictures
Some cool precision machining parts photos:
A Disassembly of parts
Image by tudedude
Some of the parts of the Stuart D10 Twin Cylinder Steam engine. Some parts are completely machined some are awaiting their fate in the near future.
Machining a Standard bore and leading
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Second part of machining the requirements
Cool Precision Engineering Components images
Some cool precision engineering elements photos:
Digital Macro Stacking Concentrate Rail
Image by tudedude
Experimental Focus Rail Driven by a Nema 17 Stepper Motor and controlled by a an Arduino Nano.