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There are only 161 boxes in the country with the Edward VIII cypher, this one in Winchester could do with a bit of tender care.
This is my take on a 3 string cigar box slide guitar.
This was my first build of a cigar box guitar, and as you can probably guess i didn't use a cigar box and instead i used an old wooden chess board i had in the house, which i think gave the guitar a fantastic look right from the start.
I pieced together ideas from various sources but mainly a great book i got online which was very helpful.
As i was finding it quite difficult to get my hands on hardwood i had to use what i could and due to that i decided to make this one fretless as i couldn't a suitable piece.
The overall cost of this guitar was around £30 and sounds really cool.
Materials -
wooden chess board
Red Meranti for the neck
Oak for the headstock add on and bridges.
Now just to learn how to play it before i build my next!
Cliburn signal box - one of nine on the route - looked after the adjacent level crossing and controlled access into a goods yard which boasted cattle pens and coal handling facilities. There was only a single running line, serving a platform on the Down side. This accommodated the main building, next to which was the station master's house.
Closure came to Cliburn in September 1956 although through trains continued, requiring the signal box to remain open. But the route succumbed on the same day as Stainmore: 22nd January 1962.
The signal box immediately entered a period of decline; its windows smashed and innards gutted. Some repair work was undertaken in the 1970s but 2012 saw its complete refurbishment, opening as a self-catering holiday let with an extension to the rear.
Red mosaic box including: glass, marbles, semi-precious stones, beads, shards, pebbles, nuggets, glass jewels, butterfies, ladybirds etc.
Wood base, painted inside and bottom and lined in red velvet.
A custom piece for Heike.
Montmeló, Barcelona (Spain).
ENGLISH
The pits usually comprise of a pit lane which runs parallel to the start/finish straight and is connected at each end to the main track, and a row of garages (usually one per team) outside which the work is done. Pit stop work is carried out by anywhere from five to twenty mechanics (also called a pit crew), depending on the series, while the driver waits in the vehicle (except where a driver change is involved).
In Formula One, cars make pit stops with the primary purpose of refueling and changing tyres, although during the 2005 season tyre changing during the race was prohibited. Teams sometimes also make adjustments to the front and rear wings and perform minor repairs, most commonly replacing the nose and front wing assembly. Pit strategies generally call for between one and three scheduled stops, depending on the course.
When the car is approximately one lap away from making its stop, the team's pit crew will set up fresh tyres and all needed pit equipment. Because of the overhead fuel and pneumatic rig, the team may have all pit mechanics in position prior to the car's arrival, with the exception of the rear jack man.
A pit stop involves about twenty mechanics, with the aim of completing the stop as quickly as possible. It lasts for six to twelve seconds depending on how much fuel is put into the car. However, if there is a problem, such as a fuel pump failing or the engine stalling, or repairs having to be made, it can take much longer. Cars are fuelled at a rate of more than 12 litres per second. This is accomplished by a fairly complex closed system that pumps air out of the car's fuel tank as the fuel is being pumped in.
More info: en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Pit_stop
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CASTELLANO
Los boxes comprenden el "pit lane", o carril de boxes, que corre paralelo a la recta de salida/meta y conectado a ella por los extremos, y una hilera de garajes (normalmente uno por equipo). El trabajo de la parada en boxes, que se lleva a cabo fuera de los garages, lo realiza un equipo de entre 5 y 20 mecánicos dependiendo del tipo de deporte, mientras el piloto espera en el vehÃculo (excepto cuando hay cambio de piloto).
En Fórmula 1, los coches hacen una parada en boxes con el prpósito principal de recargar combustible y cambiar ruedas, aunque en la temporada 2005 estuvo prohibido el cambio de ruedas. Los equipos a veces hacen ajustes en los alerones delanteros y traseros, asà como reparaciones menores, como cambiar el morro. Las estrategias de boxes suelen comprender entre una y tres paradas, dependiendo de la carrera.
Cuando el coche está a una vuelta de la parada, el equipo de boxes prepara ruedas nuevas y todo el equipamiento necesario. Todos los mecánicos están en sus posiciones cuando llega el coche, excepto el encargado del elevador trasero.
Una parada en boxes implica veinte mecánicos, con el objetivo de completar la parada en el mÃnimo tiempo posible, que son entre seis y doce segundos dependiendo de la cantidad de combustible repostada. Sin embargo, su ocurre un problema como un fallo en la bomba de combustible o una parada de motor, o hay reparaciones adicionales, el tiempo se puede prolongar. Los coches repostan a razón de 12 litros por segundo. Este rápido repostaje se lleva a cabo por un complejo sistema cerrado que bombea aire fuera del depósito a medida que se llena de combustible.
Welton Gate Box is situated between Melton Lane and Brough on the Gilberdyke to Hull line.
The gates are normally closed to road users and the signals in the off position. Because of the close proximity of the boxes to one another we see Melton Lane's distant signal sharing the same posts as Welton's home signal. in the opposite direction Brough Easts distant signal is similarly mounted beneath Welton's home peg.
Here the driver gives a wave as 185126 glides by the crossing at 15.19 hrs with 1K16 the 13.41 Manchester Piccadily - Hull Paragon service, seen on Friday 31st July 2015.
Another rest day !!! That's two in two weeks.
I'm very conscious that whilst I have these signalling riches on my doorstep I need to get them visited as soon enough I'll be moving on and they'll be a whole lot trickier to find time to visit. Rest days are few and far between but a concerted effort needs to be made to get out more with the camera.
This one saw a very leisurely start visiting in this order
Hull Paragon
Hessle Road
Welton Gate Box
Melton Lane
Crabley Creek
Five very different boxes
I took a myriad of shots , if and when time allows I'll return with more signalling type shots but for now I have just posted one for each location and all featuring a train.
All visited on Friday 31st July 2015
After months of working hard to avoid the dreaded "box with wings" look while building the Manticore, I needed a change of pace. I therefore built a box with wings, literally.
In the interest of being as cliche as possible, the Box With Wings features wheel engines.
A further box visit back in October 2015 was Ulceby Signal Box.
Ulceby had evolved to cover quite a significant area compared with its original area. It had a reduced frame and an IFS panel. There was also room for a panel to cover Brocklesby but this never happened.
Sadly the box was demolished with undue haste following closure, before the local S&T even had time to recover equipment for spares, the box coming down with everything still in place.
One of the new signals can be seen, ready for York ROC to take over.
We have some Irish friends, who think Cape Cod is just about all right, particularly Provincetown. We are much of their opinion. But they never go there without being entirely grossed out by all the salt water taffy. Taffy, pronounced with an aggressively flat æ digraph, is a soft, sticky candy that is always sold wrapped up in a twist of wax paper, to protect it, presumably, from the moist sea air. I haven't been anywhere, on either coast, where it isn't made and sold as a necessary part of the shore experience. I don't think the tourists would ever go home, if it wasn't for this stuff, ripping out their fillings.
I sometimes think that our Irish friends take exception to the pronunciation of the word, perhaps thinking it's a Yankee mangling of the insular English word, toffee. Indeed, we have toffee, too, but it's a different animal, entirely. Maybe they resent the use of a word that is a tribal slur in England for the Welsh. Hard to say. They might not have a taste for it. I mean, they actually eat and enjoy Turkish delight, which is just nasty.
Oh, yes, this box suggests a piece of salt water taffy to me. I'm highly impressionable and maybe a little impressionistic.
And in more than one box too! Packing up the house this week in advance of a house move.
Today I packed away all of Joannas stuff - clothes, wigs etc etc. De-princessing on a major scale.
A lovely Topper Made by persons unknown decorated the post-box outside the Post Office in Swanage, Dorset.
Paper: 10 cm, DC for the lid
Modules: 4 + 4
Model: Tomoko Fuse
Book: Beautiful Origami Boxes 1 p. 37-40, p. 46
Design: Clemente Giusto
One Sheet Origami Box
Measurement of paper: 15 cm x 12 cm / 5.9 in x 4.7 in
Article to this design: origamitutorials.com/one-sheet-rectangular-origami-box/
1. Memory Box for Spring Baby Isabella, 2. collagette "Housewife" April 2008, 3. ATC rose dream, 4. set of rose hangers, 5. Sweet Vintage Rose- teabox, 6. felted May cone, 7. noteboard, 8. A rose is a rose ATC's, 9. rosecup, 10. rose plaque, 11. round robin journal international, 12. collagette "Housewife" March 2008, 13. set of rose coasters, 14. message board with pink rose, 15. flowered trinket box, 16. tissue box holder with vintage roses
Scan of a print taken in the 1980s: In 1996, a year before the line closed, Addiscombe Signal Box was burnt down, resulting in the line being singled for its final months.
Shrewsbury station and signal box seen
the Lea Valley Railway Club "Ffestiniog Orbital" railtour going round the Abbey Foregate curve.
This tour ran from Euston to Wolverhampton where the tour split. Half the tour got on DMUs down the Cambrian to Pwllheli and back to Porthmadog followed by the Ffestiniog railway to Blaenau Ffestiniog and 40122 back to Stafford. The other half of the tour did the same circle in the opposite direction.
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As promised I tried Rollei RPX 25 in the Box. The light at noon was really harsh. Unfortunately I still did not have my tripod with me so 3 out of 8 negatives became "motion" pictures :). I have checked the auxiliary lenses of my Box Tengor and they are not as nice as the front lens. I will have to find out how to remove them for a cleaning attempt. Actually the pictures did not show any problem... The Rollei RPX 25 became underexposed at f22 and just about right at f16 - despite the clear sky and direct sunlight. No problem: learning, learning, learning... I can perfectly understand why these boxes became so popular in their time (and actually scaled up film production).
Handmade collage box ---------------------------
_Caja contenedora 10,5 x 2 cm x 10,5 cm
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Hecha a mano con tapas y contras de algunas carpetas viejas encontradas + cinta de papel + pegamento + recortes + paciencia (una buena dosis)
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Handmade with covers and backs of some old folders found + adhesive tape + paper + cuts + patience (a good deal)
The Kenilworth Camera was manufactured by the Standard Camera Ltd. company of Birmingham, England in circa 1930. It was a simple box camera designed for capturing 2 1/4 x 2 1/4 inch exposures on either number 120 or number 620 roll film. It was constructed with a cardboard front which is hard to find in good condition. The first models featured a round viewfinder window and later model II version has a square window. It came with a fixed focus meniscus lens, and a simple time and instantaneous exposure shutter.
Considering it's age it has a bright viewfinder that is actually usable..
Long, long i did look for a vintage sewing box for the living room...
If you want to see all the haberdashery goods inside, look & read here: pueppilottchen.blogspot.com
British Rail class 108 Derby Lightweight dmu 52054 & 51932 passing St. Annes signal box on a Blackpool South - Kirkham train. Tuesday 28 May 1979
Photograph copyright: Ian 10B. Slide No. 4807
It is fortunate that photographers sometimes kept exposed and developed color photographs in the original box. We find the boxes to hold very interesting information from the "use by" date, December 1913, for this box of plates to the handwritten notes on exposure and development.
One of the oldest ancillary structures on the Northern Line is this former Great Northern Railway signal box, located at the end of the northbound platform at Woodside Park. It dates from 1876 and yet has not controlled trains since 1906. The GNR installed a replacement and more ornately styled box a few yards beyond, retaining the original for other uses. The 1906 box likewise survived as a relay room until very recently, both wonderful anachronisms that pointed to the High Barnet branch's GNR pedigree.