Bending wire into various spring-like shapes results in different stiffness properties used in design of kinetic wire characters2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
A British Highball antiship bouncing bomb shown spinning up to its optimal speed of 500 rpm under a Mosquito suspended over a trench. Note the wobble.2yr ⋅ dartmaster666 ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Hydraulic rammer loading a 16-inch/50-caliber Mark 7 gun on USS Missouri3yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
I'm designing and building a clock. Finally got the pendulum hooked up to the escapement, and it took its first ticks on its own5yr ⋅ SirVanderhoot ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Kerosene lamp-powered fan uses hot air engine to power the blades instead of electricity (1909)2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
The machine signing for you will do it for the price of $365,0003yr ⋅ TheNatureLover ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Braille typewriter writes by embossing thick paper with six dots in a 3x2 matrix ⠓2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Retractable twin 20mm cannon turrets on the Convair B-36 Peacemaker4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Hydroelectric generator that uses the principle of Archimedes screw4yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Lightweight, long-duration (30 minutes) rubber band-powered aircrafts3yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Walking excavator crawls to the bottom of a reservoir to clear the blockage3yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Two and Four Stroke (M4+2) Engine. A 2 Stroke and 4 Stroke Hybrid1yr ⋅ Broad_Project_87 ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Illustrating the Principle of Cognate Linkages -- ie that a single output curve can be realised by a number of different linkages.1yr ⋅ MurtonTurton ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Firework shell pasting machine (to build up pressure for strong explosion)2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Automatic train track gauge change in seconds from 1m to 1.43m in Switzerland2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Direct blowback mechanism on the MP 18 - the first submachinegun ever to be employed in combat6yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
How a combination lock works, with transparent model seen from the back6yr ⋅ theodoregray ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Rare transporter bridge, also known as ferry bridge or aerial transfer bridge. There are just 12 that continue to be used today.2yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Actuation mechanisms of variable afterburning jet engine nozzles3yr ⋅ khizee_and1 ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Rubber band-powered ornithopter (aircraft that flies by flapping its wings)3yr ⋅ VotiveZeus ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
The 1896 Howell torpedo powered by a flywheel spun up by a steam turbine4yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
16 inch shells being fed to the guns of HMS Rodney in 19444yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Foldable tower to allow easy maintenance access to the wind turbine4yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Automaton of a fairy waking up next to a water lily and a butterfly3yr ⋅ aloofloofah ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
The Diceomatic mechanical dice spinning at over 600 RPM. The size of a credit card. For DND!3mo ⋅ AtlasMundi ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Professor Oakes of Waukesha, Wisconsin demonstrates a device to ventilate an office powered by chewing stenographers in 19473yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
An Oldham coupling - Used to transmit rotational power between two misaligned parallel shafts.5yr ⋅ harwil ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs
Hydro-pneumatic recoil mechanism of the Canon de 75 modele 18972yr ⋅ jacksmachiningreveng ⋅ r/mechanical_gifs