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VooDoo13’s 1992-1995 Honda Civic Rear Lower Control Arms are designed, engineered and tested on race tracks across the globe using feedback of top tier drivers and technical directors. Precision CNC machined from high strength aluminum and coated in MIL-A-8625 Type III Hard Anodize they will withstand abuse from street cars and track cars alike. These control arms offer a considerable weight savings over OEM parts, while increasing strength and rigidity.
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The Black Eye
Michal Chelbin
2010 - Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe
First Edition
Edition Limited to 2000 Copies
ISBN - 9781931885850
Purchased from Twin Palms Publishers, Santa Fe
IMHO - this is another exquisite publication from Twin Palms, which I consider the premier publisher of photo and art books in the United States, if not also internationally.
"The Black Eye continues Michal Chelbin s exploration of the world of athletes and performers from Eastern Europe, Israel, and England. The athletes and wrestlers in this series are studies in contrasts: youth and manhood, strength and weakness, tenderness and rigidity, odd and ordinary, splendor and roughness. Presented in a clear and balanced format, the pictures challenge the viewer with their ambiguity. While revealing little about the lives of Chelbin s subjects, the photos do reveal an internal drama, capturing a tension between the gaze and the presence of each individual. These athletes are exhausted after a hard training session or fight. Some are breathless, sweaty, and fatigued. Chelbin searches for a certain expression in which they have almost calmed their breath but not yet fully regained their self-awareness. It is a moment when they have lifted their mask and surrendered to the camera. Her aim is to expose this moment, and the contradiction between the person and the persona." - The Publisher
Handcrafted sterling silver mesh encapsulating a solid core, this unique approach combines rigidity and mellowness into one beautiful piece of jewellery. $250.
The frame was built of Columbus SLX tubing, a set that had only just been displayed at the MIlan Show a few months earlier, using RIzzato short point lugs. The brake
and chainstay bridges were GIPIEMME...drop-outs Fand R were the Campagnolo short road model ones., suitably filed away and reprofiled, to,provide easier wheel removal.
This was the first frame that I built in Columbus SLX.. a tubeset that was to become my favourite choice for road racing frames, as the helical reinforceements in the bottom ends of the seat and down tube, and the chainstays confrred a greater rigidity to the bracket area, without adding very much to the overall weight
1.Rigid base is internally loaded cooling fluid box,45 inclined bed,fully sealed housing design,good protection performance,integration of machine ,electricity and fluid,smoothly remove scraps without leakage of waste fluid.
2.Design of spindle unit with high speed ,high rigidity,use sleeve structure,precise spindle,equipped with FAG or NSK spindle bearing with high swing precision,meet the requirments of heavy cutting and high swing precision.
3.The spindle is driven by special frequency converter motor at radical frequency of 33.3 HZ,is equipped with MITSUBISHI frequency converter to realize stepless change of spindle speed.It has good features of power maintenance and control.
Coachwork by Vignale
The Maserati 3500 GT Spyder is an iconic masterpiece designed by Giovanni Michelotti and built by Carrozzeria Vignale. It marks Maserati's entry into the world of open-top luxury sports cars, complementing the successful 3500 GT coupé, built by Touring. The Spyder stands out with its unique design and 10 cm shorter wheelbase, enhancing both rigidity and handling. It features a steel body with aluminum panels for the bonnet and boot lid, embodying a blend of elegance and performance-focused engineering. This luxurious open-top design comes equipped with electric windows as standard, with an optional hardtop for added versatility. This car has been inspected and certified by Maserati Classiche in Modena, Italy.
3.485 cc
6 In-line
235 hp
Maserati 110 Years
19/12/2024 - 23/02/2025
Autoworld
Brussels - Belgium
July 2024
Shown here is a customer's Dodge Magnum wrapped in our Black Carbon Fiber 3M Scotchprint Wrap Film.
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Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, presents Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" -- live on stage from March 26 to April 12, 2015.
Directed by Craig Joseph, Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" is a dark comedy in which the carefully controlled existence of two complacent suburbanites is forever shattered by their family and friends over the course of one eventful weekend.
Describing his play 30 years after its first production, the playwright Edward Albee wrote in 1996 that it concerns “the rigidity and ultimate paralysis which afflicts those who settle in too easily, waking up one day to discover that all of the choices they have avoided no longer give them any freedom of choice, and that what choices they do have left are beside the point.”
When the play begins, we meet Agnes and Tobias, a perfectly normal, upper middle-class married couple. With a cushion of wealth to protect them, they would appear to have the best of everything: a beautifully furnished home, the finest china and the most tasteful furniture.But the underpinnings of such a comfortable life have begun to come loose. Live-in sister-in-law Claire drinks too much and delights in trading caustic remarks with Agnes and Tobias. And Julia, Agnes and Tobias’s 36-year-old daughter, has returned home after her fourth failed marriage, a lost child seeking the comfort of hearth and home.
The sudden appearance of Harry and Edna, the neighbors and best friends of Agnes and Tobias, further threatens the rigidly restrained order of suburban splendor. Harry and Edna insist that they cannot return to their own home, due to an undefined “terror” that has gripped them. With their equilibrium thus upended, can Agnes and Tobias continue to maintain their “delicate balance?”
A drama packed with psychological complexity, Edward Albee's" A Delicate Balance" takes audiences on a careening ride from domestic superficiality to a jolting confrontation with life’s most existential questions.
For tickets and more information, visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/a-delicate-balance-2015-03-26
THE CAST
MOLLY McGINNIS*
Agnes
RICHARD WORSWICK
Tobias
MARGIE STOCKER
Claire
HARRIET DeVETO
Edna
ROSS RHODES
Harry
MORIAH OPHARDT
Julia
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
CRAIG JOSEPH
Director
MARTHA KALTENBACH
Stage Manager
BARRY FRIEDMAN
Assistant Stage Manager
JOHN GRAFTON
Properties Designer
SCOTT THANASIU
Sound Designer
JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer
JONATHON HUNTER
Lighting Designer
RALPH COOLEY
Scenic Designer
KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director
The photos for this Flickr set were shot by Scott Diese for Weathervane Playhouse at the show's final dress rehearsal on March 25, 2015.
Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, presents Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" -- live on stage from March 26 to April 12, 2015.
Directed by Craig Joseph, Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" is a dark comedy in which the carefully controlled existence of two complacent suburbanites is forever shattered by their family and friends over the course of one eventful weekend.
Describing his play 30 years after its first production, the playwright Edward Albee wrote in 1996 that it concerns “the rigidity and ultimate paralysis which afflicts those who settle in too easily, waking up one day to discover that all of the choices they have avoided no longer give them any freedom of choice, and that what choices they do have left are beside the point.”
When the play begins, we meet Agnes and Tobias, a perfectly normal, upper middle-class married couple. With a cushion of wealth to protect them, they would appear to have the best of everything: a beautifully furnished home, the finest china and the most tasteful furniture.But the underpinnings of such a comfortable life have begun to come loose. Live-in sister-in-law Claire drinks too much and delights in trading caustic remarks with Agnes and Tobias. And Julia, Agnes and Tobias’s 36-year-old daughter, has returned home after her fourth failed marriage, a lost child seeking the comfort of hearth and home.
The sudden appearance of Harry and Edna, the neighbors and best friends of Agnes and Tobias, further threatens the rigidly restrained order of suburban splendor. Harry and Edna insist that they cannot return to their own home, due to an undefined “terror” that has gripped them. With their equilibrium thus upended, can Agnes and Tobias continue to maintain their “delicate balance?”
A drama packed with psychological complexity, Edward Albee's" A Delicate Balance" takes audiences on a careening ride from domestic superficiality to a jolting confrontation with life’s most existential questions.
For tickets and more information, visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/a-delicate-balance-2015-03-26
THE CAST
MOLLY McGINNIS*
Agnes
RICHARD WORSWICK
Tobias
MARGIE STOCKER
Claire
HARRIET DeVETO
Edna
ROSS RHODES
Harry
MORIAH OPHARDT
Julia
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
CRAIG JOSEPH
Director
MARTHA KALTENBACH
Stage Manager
BARRY FRIEDMAN
Assistant Stage Manager
JOHN GRAFTON
Properties Designer
SCOTT THANASIU
Sound Designer
JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer
JONATHON HUNTER
Lighting Designer
RALPH COOLEY
Scenic Designer
KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director
The photos for this Flickr set were shot by Scott Diese for Weathervane Playhouse at the show's final dress rehearsal on March 25, 2015.
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This guitar weighs 5.5#, which is 3.5# lighter than the prototype El Class, and an inch thicker at 3.5". The body is hand carved from a single block of Royal cedar as described elsewhere. The top is bookmatched paulownia, an Asian tonewood. The fretboard, 12-hole bridge and peghead overlay are lacewood and the neck is Royal cedar with a carbon fiber "skunk stripe" for rigidity. The tuner buttons are hand made of two layers of lacewood with a sandwich of ebony for strength. The saddle and nut are very old ivory.
It, too, has 28 frets, with tuned, external bracing and a "splat" bridge. The electronics are dual B-Band pickups with a mixing preamp. While it has no internal bracing per-se, there are two hard-rock maple adjustors inside which can be turned to compensate for heavier or lighter strings, etc. The upper bass bout has a door which can be opened or closed by the player. Like the prototype El Class, it fits in a standard classical case.
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What makes the Illuminati so special? As you might know, our family artisan workshop specializes in building custom titanium frames and if we decide to offer something standard it means it should be something really special. With Illuminati we wanted to create the stiffest road race disc frame ever built, therefore we have created this frame from scratch and you won’t find anything like it on the market. The frame is built from oversized tubes in super compact geometry with shallow seatstays creating a triangular look, which has given the Illuminati its name. And if that weren't enough, we have shaped a diamond toptube in seamless Grade 9 titanium! To add even more stiffness, we have built the Illuminati with a conical 1.5” headtube, PressFit 30 bottom bracket, made in USA flat disc mount combined with DT Swiss thru axle dropouts. Simply put, if you’re searching for a racing disc machine and rigidity is top of your list, this is your choice! Handcrafted in Europe.
Weight: 1480g (size M)
Material: grade 9 ti
- road race disc geometry
- oversized conical internally butted headtube for 1.5" fork
- diamond hydroformed toptube
- oversized double butted downtube
- double butted seattube
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- Illuminati brake bridge
- hydroformed chainstays
- integrated brake cable routing
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Compatible with: integrated tapered IS42/28.6 | IS52/40 headset, PressFit 30 bottom bracket, flat mount disc brake caliper, thru axle 142 x 12mm rear hub, 31.6mm seatpost, 34.9mm clamp band front derailleur, max 28C tyre
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Equipe Nationale Belge
Chassis n° 550-0082
Zoute Sale - Bonhams
Estimated : € 3.400.000 - 3.9000.000
Sold for € 2.530.000
Zoute Grand Prix 2024
Knokke - Zoute
België - Belgium
October 2024
24 Hrs du Mans 1957
Equipe Nationale Belge
n° 60
Result : Disqualified
Engine : 1.498 cc - Flat 4
Claude Dubois (B)
Georges Hacquin (B)
Porsche has a rich and legendary history in motorsport, marked by victories in the world's most prestigious races. Since its inception in the 1950s, the German marque has become synonymous with performance, technical innovation, and reliability, quickly earning a reputation as a manufacturer capable of competing with the very best.
Porsche's first successful competition cars were lightweight developments of its first road car, the 356, one of which took class honours at Le Mans in 1951. The firm's first purpose-built sports-racer arrived two years later in the form of the 500 Spyder, a mid-engined prototype built and campaigned successfully by Porsche's Frankfurt distributor, Walter Glöckler. In 1954 the 550 Spyder was upgraded with the Ernst Führmann-designed Type 547 quad-cam engine, which was carried over to the successor Type 550A (spaceframe) model and then the replacement 718 RSK Spyder. Intended primarily for racing, Führmann's new engine featured a roller-bearing crankshaft; dry-sump lubrication; twin-plug ignition; and twin downdraught carburettors and produced around 110bhp, which was some going for 1½-litre in the early 1950s.
The 550 Spyder's external skin was formed in one-piece welded aluminium sheet which, being fitted rigidly to the ladder frame chassis, contributed to the car's structural rigidity. The dash panel provided a further structural element in being welded rigidly to the bodyshell. Front suspension was independent by twin trailing arms and lateral torsion bars. An anti-roll bar was incorporated. At the rear a swing-axle system was used, controlled by trailing arms operating lateral tubular torsion bars. Drum brakes were fitted front and rear and early 550 Spyders weigh some 550kg (1,212lb) which figure was later increased to around 590kg (1,300lb). The 550 Spyder was claimed to be capable of 200km/h (138mph) with 0-60mph occupying only 10 seconds. With this outstanding pedigree, the Porsche 550 Spyder RS (Rennsport) racing version soon established itself as a consistent winner in international sports car racing's small-capacity classes. This remarkable 550 quickly established its dominance with impressive performances at prestigious events such as the Carrera Panamericana, the 24 Hours of Le Mans, the Mille Miglia, and the Targa Florio. Today the Porsche 550 RS Spyder is one of the most coveted sports-racers of its era.
Chassis number '0082' is among the final examples of the 90 Porsche 550 RS Spyders produced. This car was ordered by Porsche's Belgian Distributor D'Ieteren Frères in Brussels. Completed in March 1956, the Spyder was delivered new to the Équipe Nationale Belge (Belgium's national racing team) finished in their distinctive yellow livery with a black interior. While there, '0082' was raced by many noted Belgian 'gentleman drivers': Claude Dubois, Christian Goethalsm Georges Harris, Freddy Rousselle, Georges Hacquin, Alain Dechangy, Yves Tassin, as well as the celebrated lady competitor, Gilberte Thirion.
The car's competition history is exceptionally well documented for the 1956 and 1957 seasons when it competed for Équipe Nationale Belge. '0082' competed in no fewer than six races in 1956, achieving multiple podium finishes including 3rd place in its class at the 12 Hours of Reims. The Spyder's best result of the season was a class win at the 1,000 km of Paris at Montlhéry where it finished 20 seconds behind Phil Hill and Alfonso de Portago in a Ferrari 857 S. The races it participated in during 1956 with its competitor number are as follows:
La Roche Hill climb 25th March
Spa-Francorchamps GP 13th May Start no.1
Montlhery 1000 km de Paris 10th June Start no.42
12 Heures de Reims 29th June Start no.33
Rouen-Les Essarts GP 8th July Start no.12
GP Sweden Kristianstad 12th August Start no.41
The car's most significant event was the aforementioned 1957, 24 Hours of Le Mans, making it one of only ten 550 Spyders to ever contest the celebrated race. Sadly, its race ended in disqualification following a breach of the rules. In 1957, the Spyder is known to have participated in at least the following races:
La Roche Hill climb 31st March
Grand Prix de Spa 12th May Start no.1
1000km Nurburgring 26th May Start no.31
Grand Prix des Frontières, Chimay 9th June Start no.4
24 Heures du Mans 26th June Start no.60
Rouen-Les Essarts GP 7th July
GP Sweden Rabelof 11th August Start no.22
Spa-Francorchamps GP 25th August Start no.32
Silverstone GP 14th September Start no.34
Best result of the season was 2nd place at the Grand Prix de Frontières, Chimay, and '0082' also finished 3rd at both the Grand Prix de Spa and the Nürburgring 1,000 km.
Following the end of its career with Équipe Nationale Belge, '0082' was raced in hill climbs, minor races and rallies by Jacques Thenaers. Correspondence on file suggests that the Spyder was re-bodied by Apal as a coupé in the 1960s and fitted with a 2.0-litre Porsche Carrera engine at around the same time. The Porsche had been purchased from Écurie Francorchamps by Edmond Pery around 1965 and was next owned by Belgian racing driver Pierre Bonvoisin. It was raced in coupé configuration for the next few years before passing to a Mr Michaelis of Embourg, Belgium in 1970. By this time the Carrera engine had been replaced with a Super 90 unit. Off the road in storage for the next 20-or-so years, the car was acquired in March 1989 by Corrado Cupellini from Bergamo, Italy. At this time, both the non-original Super 90 engine and Apal bodywork were removed to restore the car as closely as possible to its original configuration and a new aluminium body fabricated. The car was later sold to Philippe Jegher, who entrusted Porsche in Germany with the final refinements of the restoration.
The Spyder's next known owner was Bruno Ferracin (from May 1995) who was followed by Peter Ludwig in January 2000. A comprehensive restoration was then embarked upon, which included rectifying the new bodywork so as to be exactly like the original body on 082, sourcing a correct Führmann-type engine and transmission. Particularly worthy of note are the rare aluminium/steel wheels designed specifically for use at Le Mans. The rebuild was carried out by Porsche Zentrum Würzburg at a cost of €100,000 (invoices and photographs on file). Following the rebuild's completion, '0082' participated in the Mille Miglia Storica in 2001, Two years later the engine was rebuilt again.
For a close on 70 year old competition car '0082' is exceptionally well documented. Its accompanying history occupies five folders containing photographs, mostly of its participation in the Mille Miglia; two folders detailing its competition record for the 1956 and 1957 seasons; photocopies of service invoices from 1957 onwards; ownership history from 1956 onwards; several folders containing correspondence between previous owners; maintenance invoices for the year 2000; a German title; and its original key.
Boasting a most impressive and well documented in-period competition history, including Le Mans participation in 1957 and being one of a mere ten examples of the 550 model to do so, this Porsche 550 RS Spyder, now presented in a yellow wrap livery, used by the Belgian National racing team during the 1956 and 1957 seasons, is eligible for the most prestigious international events including the Le Mans Classic and Mille Miglia Storica. An exciting prospect for the fortunate next owner.
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Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, presents Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" -- live on stage from March 26 to April 12, 2015.
Directed by Craig Joseph, Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" is a dark comedy in which the carefully controlled existence of two complacent suburbanites is forever shattered by their family and friends over the course of one eventful weekend.
Describing his play 30 years after its first production, the playwright Edward Albee wrote in 1996 that it concerns “the rigidity and ultimate paralysis which afflicts those who settle in too easily, waking up one day to discover that all of the choices they have avoided no longer give them any freedom of choice, and that what choices they do have left are beside the point.”
When the play begins, we meet Agnes and Tobias, a perfectly normal, upper middle-class married couple. With a cushion of wealth to protect them, they would appear to have the best of everything: a beautifully furnished home, the finest china and the most tasteful furniture.But the underpinnings of such a comfortable life have begun to come loose. Live-in sister-in-law Claire drinks too much and delights in trading caustic remarks with Agnes and Tobias. And Julia, Agnes and Tobias’s 36-year-old daughter, has returned home after her fourth failed marriage, a lost child seeking the comfort of hearth and home.
The sudden appearance of Harry and Edna, the neighbors and best friends of Agnes and Tobias, further threatens the rigidly restrained order of suburban splendor. Harry and Edna insist that they cannot return to their own home, due to an undefined “terror” that has gripped them. With their equilibrium thus upended, can Agnes and Tobias continue to maintain their “delicate balance?”
A drama packed with psychological complexity, Edward Albee's" A Delicate Balance" takes audiences on a careening ride from domestic superficiality to a jolting confrontation with life’s most existential questions.
For tickets and more information, visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/a-delicate-balance-2015-03-26
THE CAST
MOLLY McGINNIS*
Agnes
RICHARD WORSWICK
Tobias
MARGIE STOCKER
Claire
HARRIET DeVETO
Edna
ROSS RHODES
Harry
MORIAH OPHARDT
Julia
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
CRAIG JOSEPH
Director
MARTHA KALTENBACH
Stage Manager
BARRY FRIEDMAN
Assistant Stage Manager
JOHN GRAFTON
Properties Designer
SCOTT THANASIU
Sound Designer
JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer
JONATHON HUNTER
Lighting Designer
RALPH COOLEY
Scenic Designer
KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director
The photos for this Flickr set were shot by Scott Diese for Weathervane Playhouse at the show's final dress rehearsal on March 25, 2015.
Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, presents Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" -- live on stage from March 26 to April 12, 2015.
Directed by Craig Joseph, Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" is a dark comedy in which the carefully controlled existence of two complacent suburbanites is forever shattered by their family and friends over the course of one eventful weekend.
Describing his play 30 years after its first production, the playwright Edward Albee wrote in 1996 that it concerns “the rigidity and ultimate paralysis which afflicts those who settle in too easily, waking up one day to discover that all of the choices they have avoided no longer give them any freedom of choice, and that what choices they do have left are beside the point.”
When the play begins, we meet Agnes and Tobias, a perfectly normal, upper middle-class married couple. With a cushion of wealth to protect them, they would appear to have the best of everything: a beautifully furnished home, the finest china and the most tasteful furniture.But the underpinnings of such a comfortable life have begun to come loose. Live-in sister-in-law Claire drinks too much and delights in trading caustic remarks with Agnes and Tobias. And Julia, Agnes and Tobias’s 36-year-old daughter, has returned home after her fourth failed marriage, a lost child seeking the comfort of hearth and home.
The sudden appearance of Harry and Edna, the neighbors and best friends of Agnes and Tobias, further threatens the rigidly restrained order of suburban splendor. Harry and Edna insist that they cannot return to their own home, due to an undefined “terror” that has gripped them. With their equilibrium thus upended, can Agnes and Tobias continue to maintain their “delicate balance?”
A drama packed with psychological complexity, Edward Albee's" A Delicate Balance" takes audiences on a careening ride from domestic superficiality to a jolting confrontation with life’s most existential questions.
For tickets and more information, visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/a-delicate-balance-2015-03-26
THE CAST
MOLLY McGINNIS*
Agnes
RICHARD WORSWICK
Tobias
MARGIE STOCKER
Claire
HARRIET DeVETO
Edna
ROSS RHODES
Harry
MORIAH OPHARDT
Julia
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
CRAIG JOSEPH
Director
MARTHA KALTENBACH
Stage Manager
BARRY FRIEDMAN
Assistant Stage Manager
JOHN GRAFTON
Properties Designer
SCOTT THANASIU
Sound Designer
JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer
JONATHON HUNTER
Lighting Designer
RALPH COOLEY
Scenic Designer
KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director
The photos for this Flickr set were shot by Scott Diese for Weathervane Playhouse at the show's final dress rehearsal on March 25, 2015.
Materials: Wire Mesh Gutter-Guard + Red 80 Grit Sandpaper + Metal Wiring + Clear Lacquer + Chain + Magnet
The purpose of this assignment was to go to Home Depot and in $15 or less create a feminine product. I used the gutter guard to create the shape and basic structure of the purse and to give it rigidity and strength. I used several layers of clear lacquer to retain the aesthetic quality of the sandpaper while removing the abrasiveness of the material. The magnet adds "purse-onality" to the product while also naturally working with the qualities of the metal wire mesh, allowing the product to functionally open and close.
When I was retiring from teaching my good friend Pete asked what I wanted as a leaving present. I told him I would like a decent pair of binoculars.
Pete did much better than that. Not only did he manage to get me a great pair of binoculars, he budgeted for a tripod and a mount for the binoculars as well.
The tripod may not be one of the market leaders but it has all the features that you would want and it came in its own bag. It combines rigidity with lightweight. You probably wouldn’t trust a 10x8 plate camera or a professional camcorder on it but it is perfect for my DSLRs.
Those three legs have proved themselves to be invaluable on so many occasions; I really should thank Pete for choosing something so useful. Today’s picture is therefore dedicated to his thoughtfulness and consideration and to the people who contributed so generously..
Kosun solids control equipment and separating machines are widely applied in petroleum, natural gas, shale gas, coalbed methane and horizontal directional drilling of over all major oilfields in China .
Besides that, Kosun now has exported its solids control equipemtn to more than 20 countries and regions, such as Europe, America, CIS, Southeast Asia and the Middle East.
The following is the Description and usage of Kosun under-liquid slurry pump :
=YZS under-liquid slurry pump is a centrifugal structure of vertical single grade and cantilever. The impeller is of half open and there are agitator arms on the extension of impeller suction side. This slurry pump is used to pump thick oil, oil residue, dirty oil, mud, mortar, running sand and other liquids. It is also suitable for liquids with silt particle and corrosive liquid.
characters of kosun Under Liquid Slurry Pump:
The pump shaft under the liquid has enough rigidity. No bearing either shaft seal is set between impeller and pump, which can transport medium with big viscosity solids. The pump length that under the liquid is between 800mm～2500mm and suction pipe can be fixed if necessary. Vertical motor is installed on motor base and is connected with pumps by couplings.
Continuation of disassembly of the Microkinetics CNC Express (RF31/Rong Fu). Note the safety moment if you can spot it. Things of note, lubrication was nasty and pretty much lost its viscosity. No longer a thick grease, but rather a black runny liquid. There are some measurement notes in a couple images. Note also the the horrible wear patterns on the ways and gibs. These will need a light grid job and new gibs. Once that is done, will need to scrape all of it in. Will replace all bearings with high speed ones. Maybe ceramic bearings. Also making a few mids along the way ti increase the machine’s rigidity.
In a world where everything is squared away, some things just don't fit.
I wanted to justify the rigidity of a regulated setting with the chaos of the homeless life.Although this is an early morning shot, I had to have a low elevation and shoot between traffic going by on the intervening street. I also had to avoid the subject being aware they were being shot, to keep it a candid shot. I also waited to assure the face was obscured, in respect for his privacy.
I think it worked out well.
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Weathervane Playhouse in Akron, Ohio, presents Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" -- live on stage from March 26 to April 12, 2015.
Directed by Craig Joseph, Edward Albee's "A Delicate Balance" is a dark comedy in which the carefully controlled existence of two complacent suburbanites is forever shattered by their family and friends over the course of one eventful weekend.
Describing his play 30 years after its first production, the playwright Edward Albee wrote in 1996 that it concerns “the rigidity and ultimate paralysis which afflicts those who settle in too easily, waking up one day to discover that all of the choices they have avoided no longer give them any freedom of choice, and that what choices they do have left are beside the point.”
When the play begins, we meet Agnes and Tobias, a perfectly normal, upper middle-class married couple. With a cushion of wealth to protect them, they would appear to have the best of everything: a beautifully furnished home, the finest china and the most tasteful furniture.But the underpinnings of such a comfortable life have begun to come loose. Live-in sister-in-law Claire drinks too much and delights in trading caustic remarks with Agnes and Tobias. And Julia, Agnes and Tobias’s 36-year-old daughter, has returned home after her fourth failed marriage, a lost child seeking the comfort of hearth and home.
The sudden appearance of Harry and Edna, the neighbors and best friends of Agnes and Tobias, further threatens the rigidly restrained order of suburban splendor. Harry and Edna insist that they cannot return to their own home, due to an undefined “terror” that has gripped them. With their equilibrium thus upended, can Agnes and Tobias continue to maintain their “delicate balance?”
A drama packed with psychological complexity, Edward Albee's" A Delicate Balance" takes audiences on a careening ride from domestic superficiality to a jolting confrontation with life’s most existential questions.
For tickets and more information, visit www.weathervaneplayhouse.com/a-delicate-balance-2015-03-26
THE CAST
MOLLY McGINNIS*
Agnes
RICHARD WORSWICK
Tobias
MARGIE STOCKER
Claire
HARRIET DeVETO
Edna
ROSS RHODES
Harry
MORIAH OPHARDT
Julia
* Member of Actors' Equity Association, the union of professional stage actors and stage managers.
THE CREATIVE TEAM
CRAIG JOSEPH
Director
MARTHA KALTENBACH
Stage Manager
BARRY FRIEDMAN
Assistant Stage Manager
JOHN GRAFTON
Properties Designer
SCOTT THANASIU
Sound Designer
JASEN J. SMITH
Costume Designer
JONATHON HUNTER
Lighting Designer
RALPH COOLEY
Scenic Designer
KATHY KOHL
Assistant Technical Director
The photos for this Flickr set were shot by Scott Diese for Weathervane Playhouse at the show's final dress rehearsal on March 25, 2015.
VooDoo13’s 01-05 Honda Civic & 02-06 Acura RSX Rear Camber Arms are designed, engineered and tested on race tracks across the globe using feedback of top tier drivers and technical directors. Precision CNC machined from high strength aluminum and coated in MIL-A-8625 Type III Hard Anodize, hardened 4140 chromoly steel rod ends are black zinc coated for protection against the elements and Grade 8 hardware is used to ensure they will withstand abuse from street cars and track cars alike. These camber arms offer a considerable weight savings over OEM parts, while increasing strength and rigidity.
Specially engineered Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings allow optimal deflection rates and increased longevity over OE bushings. Camber can be adjusted both positive and negative which allows the user to reduce tire wear and improve handling and stability. Brake line bracket is included.
All of our products are engineered, manufactured, and assembled at our Gilbert, Arizona facility using only the best materials from US suppliers.
Highlights:
•High strength aluminum
•MIL-A-8625 hard anodized
•Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings
•SAEJ429 Grade 8 hardware
•Hardened 4140 chromoly steel
•Brake line bracket
•Made in the USA
The Aston Martin DB9 is a GT sports coupé launched by Aston Martin in 2004. The moniker "DB" stems from the initials of David Brown, the owner of Aston Martin for a significant part of its history. The DB9, which was designed by Ian Callum and finished by his successor, Henrik Fisker, superseded the now-discontinued Aston Martin DB7 (also by Callum) which started production in 1994.
The Aston Martin DB9 comes in two variants; the coupé and 'Volante' convertible, each producing 470 bhp (350 kW; 477 PS) from a 5.9L V12 engine, originally taken from its sister car the V12 Vanquish. In fact, this V12 engine is why Aston Martin did not call the car the DB8, which could suggest that it has only a V8 engine.[1] One report states that Aston Martin believed that this car was such a huge leap from the Jaguar XJ-S based DB7 that it named it DB9 instead of DB8, which they thought would indicate a gradual evolution. The DB9 is often compared with other competitors in its segment; the Ian Callum designed Jaguar XKR, the Volkswagen-produced Bentley Continental GT, the ten-cylinder powered BMW M6, and the AMG variants of the Mercedes-Benz SL.
The DB9 is the first Aston Martin model to be designed and developed upon Ford's aluminum VH (vertical/horizontal) platform. The body structure is composed of aluminum and composites melded together by mechanically fixed self-piercing rivets and robotic assisted adhesive bonding techniques.[4] The innovative bonded aluminum structure possesses more than double the torsional rigidity of its predecessor's, despite being 25 percent lighter.[4] Aston Martin's engineers designed the quad-cam, 48-valve engine for the V12 Vanquish in collaboration with Ford's Research and Vehicle Technology team and were able to reduce its weight by 11.8 kg for use in the DB9.
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Nothing you see here is real, even though the conversion or the presented background story might be based historical facts. BEWARE!
Some background:
Bell's P-76 had its roots in the P-39 Airacobra, one of the principal American fighter aircraft in service when the United States entered World War II.
The Airacobra had an innovative layout, with the engine installed in the center fuselage, behind the pilot, and driving a tractor propeller via a long shaft. It was also the first fighter fitted with a tricycle undercarriage.
Although its mid-engine placement was innovative, the P-39 design was handicapped by the absence of an efficient turbo-supercharger, limiting it to low-altitude work. As such it was rejected by the RAF for use over western Europe and passed over to the USSR where performance at high altitude was less important.
Bell permanently tried to improve the aircraft. Trials of a laminar flow wing (in the XP-39E) and several alternative engines were unsuccessful, so the basic concept was taken into two directions: The mid-engine, gun-through-hub concept was developed further in the overall larger Bell XP-63 Kingcobra, and a radical re-design of the whole aircraft around its basic structure and its power unit, which became the XP-76.
The basic concept was simple: the proven Allison V-1710 engine was to be retained, but the rest of the aircraft was to be lightened and "minimized" wherever possible in order to improve its performance - a similar way Grumman went with the F8F Bearcat.
Anyway, Bell's construction team did not find much options, at least without compromising other factors like rigidity or armament. In a almost desperate move the decison was made to change the aircraft's layout altogether - making the P-39 a pusher aircraft! The Allison V-1710 allowed a simple switch from a pull to a push arrangement, and with a canard layout lots of weight could be saved: the tail section was competely deleted, and the heavy extension shaft and the respective gears for the front propeller became obsolete, too.
Wind tunnel tests confirmed the basic idea, even though the new layout called for several major innovations and new constructions which postponed development and service introduction considerably until late 1943.
These innovation comprised, for instance, the first (moderately) swept wings on an USAAF aircraft, due to CG and atability reasons. Unlike the very similar but bigger Curtiss XP-55 Ascender the XP-76 "Airaconda" had a very good performance, compared to the standard P-39. It was more agile, had a better rate of climb and retained the powerful 37mm cannon, which was highly effective against large air targets as well as ground targets. The gun was complemented by foud 0.5" machine guns, all grouped into the aircraft's nose.
By January 1944 the first service machines, designated P-76A, were delivered to homeland defence units for evaluation, especially against the P-39 as well as the P-40. Anyway, pilots distrusted the very different aircraft. The high tricycle landing caused frequent problems, especially on soggy ground, and several accidents with propeller contacts during exagerrated take-offs did not build the P-76's reputation - even the though the aircraft was basically good and a true step forward from the P-39. But to no avail: no ally would take it, neither Great Britain (having the disappointing P-39 still in mind) nor the Soviet Union.
The P-76's career was short, though. The machines were too late for the Aleutian Campaign, and none saw real combat action. Furthermore, more capable aircraft had entered the scene in the meantime, like the P-47 and the P-51, so the P-76 was primarily used for combat training on the USA mainland.
Only about 80 of this unique aircraft were built, before production switched to the more conventional P-63 Kingcobra.
General characteristics:
Crew: One
Length: 26 ft 10 1/2 in (8.2 m)
Wingspan: 31 ft 3 in (9,54 m)
Height: 13 ft (3.96 m)
Wing area: 190 sq ft (17.71 m²)
Empty weight: 4.900lb (2.225 kg)
Loaded weight: 6.530 lb (2.965 kg)
Max. takeoff weight: 7.709 lb (3.500 kg)
Powerplant:
1× Allison V-1710-47R liquid-cooled V12 engine, 1,325 hp (955 kW),
driving a four-blade pusehr propeller
Performance:
Maximum speed: 390 mph at 19,300 ft (628 km/h)
Range: 635 mi (1,020 km)
Service ceiling: 35,000 ft (10,700 m)
Rate of climb: 3,750 ft/min (19 m/s)
Wing loading: 34.6 lb/sq ft (169 kg/m²)
Power/mass: 0.16 hp/lb (0.27 kW/kg)
Time to climb: 15,000 in 4.5 min at 160 mph (260 km/h).
Armament:
1x 1.5 cal. (37 mm) M4 cannon in the nose with 30 rounds of HE-T ammunition
4x .50 cal. (12.7 mm) Browning M2 machine guns, nose-mounted with 200 RPG
Up to 1.000 lb or ordnance, including a drop tank or (rarely used) a single 1.000 lb bomb on
a centerline pylon; alternatively two 500 lb (230 kg) bombs under the wings or six unguided
HVAR missiles.
The kit and its assembly:
This shinden-esque whif aircraft was spawned by a series of P-39 CG illustrations - modified skins for a flight simulator which depicted the Airacobra as a pusher with a canard layout. This looked very interesting, and since I had a Hobby Boss P-39Q in the stash with no real plan until now, I gave the inspiration green light and turned on the saw.
The CGs already showed some inplausibilities, though - all perspectives were carefully taken from a shallow side perspective, hiding problematic areas! So, soon it became clear that my build could not be a 1:1 copy of the virtual art, because that would either not be possible, or simply look poor in hardware form.
As consequence, the simple P-39 pusher conversion idea turned into a major kitbash and body sculpting job, that somehow looked more and more like a diminuitive Kyushu J7W Shinden!?
What went into the thing:
● Central fuselage with engine, cockpit and front end of a Hobby Boss P-39
● Wings from a revell Me 262
● Horizontal stabilizers from an Italeri Fw 190
● The twin fins are stabilizers from the Me 262, too
● The propeller comes from the MPM P-47H kit
● Landing gear was scratched from the spares box
A lucky find were the Me 262 wings: they perfectly fit in depth onto the Airacobra's fuselage, and they added the "modern" look I was looking for. The original wings were simply to straight and deep, proportions would hardly work. Unfortunatly this meant that the cutouts on the wings for the Me 262's engine nacelles had to be filled, and that the landing gear wells had to be improvised, too. The wings roots had to be re.sculpted, too, since the Me 262 wings are much thinner than the P-39's.
Another problem was the fuselage's relative length - with the tail cut off, it's just too short in order to take canards on the nose - that was already recognizable in the CGs where the front fuselage had been stretched.
I did the same, with two measures: Firstly, a 10mm plug was inserted in front of the cockpit - a massive lump of putty that was sanded into shape. Furthermore, just glueing the spinner onto the nose would not yield a proper look. So I added a P-38 nose (Airfix kit) that was reduced in height and re-scuplted the lower fuselage, adding depth. As a consequence, the front wheel well moved forward and had to be re-shaped, too. Lots of messy putty work!
A third dubious section was the propeller, or better its interesction with the fuselage. Again, the CGs did not yield any potential solution. Since pusher props call for ground clearance I decided to fix the propeller axis so high that the spinner would be flush with the aircraft's spine - the pointed XP-47H propeller (It's one massive piece, with lots of flash...) was perfect and finally found a good and unexpected use. As per usual I built a metal axis construction with a styrene tube adapter inside the fuselage for the propeller, so that it can spin freely.
In order to shape a more or less elegant transition from the oval P-39 fuselage to the round spinner I added another plug, about 5mm long and again sculpted from putty.
With that in place the overall proprotions became clearer. Next step was to clip the Me 262 wings, so that the span would match the fuselage length, and I had to devise a way to mount fins. The CG just used the P-39's stabilizers, vertically placed on the wings' trailing edge. But, again, this does not work well in hardware form. These "fins" are much too tall, and just mounting them in that place looks rather awkward.
My solution was then to add small carrier booms - actually these a massive, modern 500 lb bombs without fins, placed on the trailing edges and protruding. This makes a more plausible and stable-looking base for fins, IMHO, and after several options (including P-51 and P-47 stabilizers)I used trimmed Me 262 stabilizers. Their sweeped leading edge matches the wings' shape just well - and the Fw 190 stabilizers which were glued to the nose as canards also look in-style, and overall more modern than the P-39's rounded wing shapes.
Slowly the P-76 took more and more shape, and I was surprised how much it started to resemble the Kyushu Shinden, which was a bigger aircraft, though.
Painting and markings:
A weird aircraft needs IMHO a rather subtle paint scheme, so I settled for a standard USAAF livery with overall Olive Drab upper sides, some Medium Green blotches on all wing surfaces and Neutral Grey undersides.
As basic colors I used Modelmaster's ANA 613 for the upper surfaces and FS 36231 (instead of the true Neutral Grey FS 36173) for the lower sides; the green blotches are frequently quoted as FS 34096, but this is IMHO too "green", the tone has a rather blue-ish hue. So I went for a more a yellow-ish tone and settled for Humbrol 102 (Army Green). All tones were later lightened and weathered through dry-painting (also highlighting some panels) and a black ink wash - both tones somewhat came closer to each other through this treatment, but I think this happened on real world aircraft, too?
The only colorful highlight is a yellow nose.
All interior surfaces were painted in zinc chromate primer: on top of an olive green base (Humbrol 159) some dry-painting with Modelmaster's Zinc Chromate Green was added.
Markings were puzzled together from various sources. The red-rimmed Stars-And-Bars were AFAIK still in use in late 1943, and they add some contrast to the otherwise simple aircraft. The white stripes were used as ID markings in the Aleutian theatre - another small individual note. Otherwise, P-40's of the 344th FS/343rd FG were used as benchmarks.
In the end, and interesting experiment that shows that CG ideas must not translate well into model kit hardware form. Nevertheless, the P-76 looks interesting - at some times I thought it would look rather German or like an aircraft from Captain America or the 'The Sky Crawlers' anime movie?
1968 Lotus Cosworth 49B (centre). Colin Chapman brilliantly made Cosworth's V8 engine part of this car's structure with the suspension mounted on the sides, the chassis bolted to the front, and a wing on top. This is Graham Hill's 1968 title-winner.
1963 Lotus Climax 25 (foreground). Colin Chapman's stressed-skin monocoque F1 car was truly a quantum leap, allowing Jim Clark to dominate the 1963 championship. Its light weight and great rigidity boosted both performance and handling.
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Goodwood Festival of Speed 2011
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Braces to add front end rigidity. These will be tied into the rollcage as well. I left the front of the car 'as is', so there's still some crush zone for the inevitable.
VooDoo13’s 1992-1995 Honda Civic Rear Lower Control Arms are designed, engineered and tested on race tracks across the globe using feedback of top tier drivers and technical directors. Precision CNC machined from high strength aluminum and coated in MIL-A-8625 Type III Hard Anodize they will withstand abuse from street cars and track cars alike. These control arms offer a considerable weight savings over OEM parts, while increasing strength and rigidity.
Specially engineered Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings allow optimal deflection rates and increased longevity over OE bushings. Our aluminum flange bushing design allows maximum surface contact between the bushing and vehicle mounting locations while not allowing the bushing to prematurely wear. Three adjustable sway bar positions are available to assist in dialing in your ride for maximum performance.
All of our products are engineered, manufactured, and assembled at our Gilbert, Arizona facility using only the best materials from US suppliers.
Highlights:
•High strength aluminum
•MIL-A-8625 hard anodized
•Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings
•Aluminum flange bushing inserts
•3 adjustable sway bar positions
•Rebuildable
•Made in the USA
Fritz Walter EGLI, Bettwil
Egli founded his motorcycle speed shop in 1965. One of his first vehicles included a Vincent Black Shadow, with what was to become his signature large diameter central tube which won a 1968 motorcycle hill climb championship. He went on to become famous for his frame designs for the large Japanese motorcycle engines of the 1970s, especially the Honda CB750 Four and the first big four-stroke motorcycles of Kawasaki. His large diameter frame design later incorporated a honeycomb internal section which was suggested by a visiting Australian in 1979. This suggestion greatly increased the rigidity of the frame. Today, he builds frames for the Yamaha V-Max and others.
Egli took the Japanese engines, enhanced them for increased power, then placed them into his own frame designs.The main backbone pipe of his designs are about 12 cm in diameter and they use straight pipes exclusively, avoiding the "bends and curlicues" of frames such as the Norton Featherbed. Egli-framed motorcycles have an enthusiastic following which meets annually.
Egli influenced other frame builders who went on to build their own 'straight-tube' frames, including the Healey brothers whose Healey 1000/4 motorcycle comprised an uprated Ariel Square Four engine within an Egli-type frame.
More interesting pictures about Fritz W. EGLI, see in flickr under Paul Galles.
The Worry Vessel is a self-supporting container built entirely of seed beads. It is designed to be a modular project which can incorporate some or all of the various modules of the design. It is entirely up to the beader to decide which, how many and what order the modules are added. Two of the modules are designed to rotate around a central core. A lid topped with a crystal rivoli closes The Worry Vessel.
Learn to use thread tension to control the rigidity of the structure. Learn to increase and decrease peyote to give the structure contours. Learn to use colour placements and embellishments to create interesting variations to an otherwise plain background. Use Cubic Right Angle Weave incorporating sparkling fire polished beads to weave one of the two rotating modules. Use netting techniques to add pearls to the second of the rotating modules.
The Worry Vessel is designed not only be functional as a container for all that is precious. The rotating modules are also designed to be somewhat of a worry vessel, not unlike worry beads, allowing you to rotate them as you contemplate what your next beading project should be.
For more information
www.manek-manek.com/workshops/projects/801-ot0042.html
To register
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Designed specially for Bead & Button Masterclass 2020.
Kits and tutorials not available.
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The Worry Vessel is a self-supporting container built entirely of seed beads. It is designed to be a modular project which can incorporate some or all of the various modules of the design. It is entirely up to the beader to decide which, how many and what order the modules are added. Two of the modules are designed to rotate around a central core. A lid topped with a crystal rivoli closes The Worry Vessel.
Learn to use thread tension to control the rigidity of the structure. Learn to increase and decrease peyote to give the structure contours. Learn to use colour placements and embellishments to create interesting variations to an otherwise plain background. Use Cubic Right Angle Weave incorporating sparkling fire polished beads to weave one of the two rotating modules. Use netting techniques to add pearls to the second of the rotating modules.
The Worry Vessel is designed not only be functional as a container for all that is precious. The rotating modules are also designed to be somewhat of a worry vessel, not unlike worry beads, allowing you to rotate them as you contemplate what your next beading project should be.
For more information
www.manek-manek.com/workshops/projects/801-ot0042.html
To register
beadandbuttonshow.com/store/class/b20b
Designed specially for Bead & Button Masterclass 2020.
Kits and tutorials not available.
#maneklady #manekbeads
Materials: Wire Mesh Gutter-Guard + Red 80 Grit Sandpaper + Metal Wiring + Clear Lacquer + Chain + Magnet
The purpose of this assignment was to go to Home Depot and in $15 or less create a feminine product. I used the gutter guard to create the shape and basic structure of the purse and to give it rigidity and strength. I used several layers of clear lacquer to retain the aesthetic quality of the sandpaper while removing the abrasiveness of the material. The magnet adds "purse-onality" to the product while also naturally working with the qualities of the metal wire mesh, allowing the product to functionally open and close.
The Nexus TDC corners are designed for both manual and automatic insertion into TDC flanges. The corners are flanged and embossed to provide strength and rigidity. The corner piece has a square bolt hole to accommodate compatible carriage bolts allowing for field assembly with a single wrench. Corners are pre-punched to accommodate #10 sheet metal screws.
More information about this product can be found at
This is a Norman style quick change tool post that I made for my brother who has a 9 x 20 lathe. The post is turned from steel and the holders are 6061 aluminum.There is about 3 thousands clearance between the post and the bore in the blocks, so it just takes part of a turn on the pinch bolt to tighten the holder on the post. The post was turned from a 2 inch diameter rod,. The wide bottom helps add rigidity when the post is bolted down. The post itself is 1inch diameter. The brass screws allow the height to be set for each tool.
The Password:JDM 3-Point FRONT Strut Bars for the Honda Civic / CRX (88-91 are designed to strengthen the chassis of the Civic's and CRX's by joining the two shock towers together along with a third chassis reinforcement. Improve the road feel and handling characteristics of your Civic/CRX during spirited street or track performance driving.
Password:JDM Strut Bars and Braces are handcrafted and developed right here in the states from T6061 aircraft grade aluminum. We're proud to deliver the strongest and best looking aluminum bars in the market, exceeding the competition in both form and function. FACT: One of the biggest problems with most unibody construction cars that stay BONE STOCK from the factory is shock tower flex, a condition in which the shock/strut towers will flex under hard cornering, resulting in sloppy, unpredictable suspension feel.
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More Information about Password:JDM Strut Bars:
-Laser-cut mounting flanges. Cut and formed from a single piece of T6061 Aluminum.
-Individually TIG welded for added strength, performance, rigidity, and quality control.
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Expect dramatic improvements to high speed cornering on and off the tracks right after installation with a quality Password:JDM Strut Bar that will last the lifetime of your vehicle. And the kicker? Our bars were designed to 'world-spec, and will fit both LHD and RHD applications! Happy Motoring!
The Password:JDM 3-Point FRONT Strut Bars for the Honda Civic / CRX (88-91 are designed to strengthen the chassis of the Civic's and CRX's by joining the two shock towers together along with a third chassis reinforcement. Improve the road feel and handling characteristics of your Civic/CRX during spirited street or track performance driving.
Password:JDM Strut Bars and Braces are handcrafted and developed right here in the states from T6061 aircraft grade aluminum. We're proud to deliver the strongest and best looking aluminum bars in the market, exceeding the competition in both form and function. FACT: One of the biggest problems with most unibody construction cars that stay BONE STOCK from the factory is shock tower flex, a condition in which the shock/strut towers will flex under hard cornering, resulting in sloppy, unpredictable suspension feel.
Say 'NO!' to Shock Tower Flex with the strongest, best looking Strut Bars and Braces on the market - form, function and longevity!
More Information about Password:JDM Strut Bars:
-Laser-cut mounting flanges. Cut and formed from a single piece of T6061 Aluminum.
-Individually TIG welded for added strength, performance, rigidity, and quality control.
-Constructed from exclusive extrusion material to exact PWJDM specifications. Thickest wall thickness on the market (0.125").
Expect dramatic improvements to high speed cornering on and off the tracks right after installation with a quality Password:JDM Strut Bar that will last the lifetime of your vehicle. And the kicker? Our bars were designed to 'world-spec, and will fit both LHD and RHD applications! Happy Motoring!
Porsche’s Type 904 succeeded the RSK Type 718 as the last sports racing iteration of the 356 Series. Developed after Porsche left Formula One in 1962, the 904 was also the last full-competition Porsche that could be readily street-driven.
A ladder chassis embraced the mid-mounted four-cylinder, four-cam Carrera engine. The 904 borrowed its suspension design from Porsche’s F1 car. Its steering, adapted from the 901/911, was a ZF rack-and-pinion design. To save weight the body was fiberglass, bonded to the chassis for rigidity. The seats were fixed, but the pedals were adjustable. Porsche made several seat sizes available to suit different driver heights.
Porsche 904s nearly always finished right behind the leading big-bore race cars, and they led Porsche’s return to the forefront of international competition. In Sicily’s 1964 Targa Florio, a pair of 904s finished ahead of the Ferraris and Shelby Cobras. For 1965-66, engine improvements including bigger valves and reprofiled camshafts made the 904 even more competitive. In 1965 twenty cars were fitted with six-cylinder engine(904/6), and even a few eight-cylinder, two-liter cars (904/8) were built. This car is one of six two-liter, six-cylinder prototypes constructed in 1965 as Porsche factory racers. Only four survive. This car, 906-011, was driven by Gerhardt Mitter in the 1965 Le Mans trials. That year it finished ninth in the 1,000 km of Nürburgring and won third place at the Grand Prix of Solitude.
In 1968 Porsche AG sold this car to Vasek Polak in California, without an engine. With a four-cylinder, four-cam engine installed, it competed at tracks from Riverside, California, to Watkins Glen, New York. During a restoration in 1985, a correct two-liter, six-cylinder engine was fitted. This car has been campaigned in vintage racing events.
Designed by F. A. “Butzi” Porsche, the 904 was the last Porsche pure racing car that could be readily driven on the street. The first 904s had four-cam, flat-four engines. A few later examples were built with more powerful two-liter, flat-six engines. This racer is one of those.
The Password:JDM 2-Point REAR Strut Tower Bars for the Honda Civic / CRX (88-91) are designed to strengthen the chassis of the Civic's and CRX's by joining the two shock towers together. Improve the road feel and handling characteristics of your Civic/CRX during spirited street or track performance driving.
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The Worry Vessel is a self-supporting container built entirely of seed beads. It is designed to be a modular project which can incorporate some or all of the various modules of the design. It is entirely up to the beader to decide which, how many and what order the modules are added. Two of the modules are designed to rotate around a central core. A lid topped with a crystal rivoli closes The Worry Vessel.
Learn to use thread tension to control the rigidity of the structure. Learn to increase and decrease peyote to give the structure contours. Learn to use colour placements and embellishments to create interesting variations to an otherwise plain background. Use Cubic Right Angle Weave incorporating sparkling fire polished beads to weave one of the two rotating modules. Use netting techniques to add pearls to the second of the rotating modules.
The Worry Vessel is designed not only be functional as a container for all that is precious. The rotating modules are also designed to be somewhat of a worry vessel, not unlike worry beads, allowing you to rotate them as you contemplate what your next beading project should be.
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Yes, I saved the best for last and that’s the Mopar $2,495 Stage 1 Performance Package (adds another 20 horsepower and 23 lb-ft of torque), 20” black spins ($397 each) which we wrapped in a new pair of 245/45R20 Yokohama ADVAN Sport A/S tires, Mopar Center Caps, Bright Pedal Kit ($95), Door Sill Entry Guards ($145), Rear Strut Tower Brace ($499), Front Strut Tower Brace ($372), Strut Tower Brace Caps ($187) and floor mats ($125) showcasing the blue Mopar emblem. The Yokohama tires felt planted and firm during our first winter rain. This is due to a duo of serpentine and straight grooves designed for escorting H20 out of the tread, ultimately increasing wet road grip. The braces increase vehicle rigidity by 7% while Stage 1 integrates a premium fuel calibrated Powertrain Control Module (PCM) along with a Cat-Back Exhaust, Cold Air Intake and High Flow Oil Filter. The 300C’s growl is now gaudier! Mopar is the aftermarket division of Chrysler, Jeep, RAM and FIAT and manufactures warranty-backed appearance accessories and performance parts.
Started adding some more textures on the ground, since one of the things that I like least is the flatness of it and that it is so gridded. The new texture layer is made out of city plans from wikimedia commons and I am hoping that they will help break the rigidity without interfering with the mirror effect - which is just about the only thing that I am liking so far.
Razia Gershon, a veteran Israeli sculptress debutes online gallery. Sculptures are presented in figurative classic style , based on and inspired by the human body, its movements and ballet steps. The sculptures are cast in bronze, and despite the hardness and rigidity of the material the statues are made of, the viewer can easily see and feel the movement, the elegance and the gentleness expressed in the statues. One of the better known series Razia created includes a bronze garden sculpture series of various animals and in particular sheep. The comic bronze figures are unique and have become the artists’ trademark in Israel.
VooDoo13’s 2001-2005 Honda Civic Rear Lower Control Arms are designed, engineered and tested on race tracks across the globe using feedback of top tier drivers and technical directors. Precision CNC machined from high strength aluminum and coated in MIL-A-8625 Type III Hard Anodize they will withstand abuse from street cars and track cars alike. These control arms offer a considerable weight savings over OEM parts, while increasing strength and rigidity.
Specially engineered Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings allow optimal deflection rates and increased longevity over OE bushings. Our aluminum flange bushing design allows maximum surface contact between the bushing and vehicle mounting locations while not allowing the bushing to prematurely wear.
All of our products are engineered, manufactured, and assembled at our Gilbert, Arizona facility using only the best materials from US suppliers.
Highlights:
•High strength aluminum
•MIL-A-8625 hard anodized
•Energy Suspension polyurethane bushings
•Aluminum flange bushing inserts
•Rebuildable
•Made in the USA
**Good**
1. Aluminum rigidity, flexibility, strength at 19mm diameter. 25mm diameter might be better. Moderate Flexibility is good
2. One person operation
3. Thrust is good underwater
4. Faster setup
5. Stability is good
**Bad**
1. One engine did not go!
2. The camera needs to be deeper and blacked out
3. The camera and brain needs to be cooled
4. In reverse cables get wet(short circuit)
5. Better, faster attachments for tubes
6. Better attachments for tubes, rudders, to stay vertical
7. Set tubes further apart for more stability
# Credits
- Cesar Jung-Harada
- Michael O'Brien
- Brad O'Dell
- Mathis Buchbinder
- Sanjeew Kanagaraj
- Priank Sharma
- Aidina Tleugabyl
- Raman Adiputra
- Michael Tang
- Thanks to Duy Huynh, Emma Wong, Walter Dellisanti, Roberto Pirelli
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The Nissan GT-R NISMO '17 is a road car produced by Nissan. It appears in Gran Turismo Sport (as part of Update 1.15) and Gran Turismo 7.
The GT-R NISMO debuted in 2014 as the highest performance grade model of the R35 GT-R. Since then it had remained popular with no major modifications until the summer of 2016, where the 2017 model GT-R NISMO with various improvements was finally introduced.
The characteristic GT-R NISMO bonded body using structural adhesives for improving the rigidity of the car, the utilisation of GT3 turbines, and the tuned engine producing 591 BHP / 66.5 kgfm remained pretty much the same. But in the 2017 model the front window frame of the body was reinforced for further improvements in rigidity, and suspension settings were revised down to the Damp Tronic ECU, improving urban comfort to driving on the edge while cornering on a circuit.
Another important change was the aerodynamics. The front under spoiler and bumper with canard shaped fins on both sides, the rear spoiler and bumper was designed by an aerodynamics engineer who works on the Super GT race car for the road. By doing so, the downforce at 300 km/h is 100 kg stronger than the standard.
This Nissan R35 GT-R NISMO from Gran Turismo 7 has been created for #mocaroundgang #mocaround79 to the theme #videogame hosted by @brickrails on instagram. Entries for this build theme should be submitted by July 13th, 2024.