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Artoo has always been known to stick his thing into other machines, but this time it was Threepio's turn.
This is the cab interior of the 1965 Crown Firecoach used in the first season of the television series, Emergency! I believe the pump is rated at 1,250 gallons per minute at draft. Power for the pump, and to move this heavy pile of steel down the road, was developed by a Hall-Scott 6-cylinder gasoline engine. Gossip about a rebuilt Hall-Scott six in a different 1949 fire engine claimed it reached 1,000 cubic inches (16.3 liters) after having the cylinders bored. I believe this would've come from the Hall-Scott factory with about 850 cubic inches (14 liters). Hall-Scott enthusiasts should say whether this is correct or otherwise by posting a comment. The choke control confirms it has not been re-powered with a diesel.
Many heavy trucks have mindbendingly loud buzzers to warn the driver when the vehicle has no oil pressure. My guess is the red light above the toggle switches lights for low oil pressure. (It should be labeled, shouldn't it?) Note the dual starters and dual ignition. Before diesels, this was common. I've heard it was tough for a novice mechanic to get both distributors synchronized.
This looks like a good user interface. I've never driven or pumped a Crown. In 1965, these were designed to be driven by someone wearing turnout or bunker boots. That's why the throttle and brake pedals have large, flat surface areas. I always liked how the switches for everything on school buses and Firecoaches were in a row within easy reach of the driver. In service, the long bat handles on the toggle switches were probably attached to the warning light switches. This allowed the operator to flip all of the emergency lights on without hunting for them.
I believe the blue air valve is for the emergency air system. These were popular in the 1960s. Trucks with air brake systems rely on air pressure to stop the vehicle. Consequently, they have large, 60-pound springs on the rear axle. The vehicle can't move unless there is 60 pounds of air pressure in the system, the minimum to move safely. Under 60 pounds, the rear brakes are locked. If the engine had been sitting for a week, the air system may have zero pressure. While your CPR patient waits, you have to sit and watch the air pressure pump up. Hit the blue valve with your palm and air from a backup tank quickly charges the system. You're almost instantly on your way to the call. There was also a time when "quick buildup" air compressors were used to prevent this. Newer air systems have very low leak rates and don't need the extra hardware.
This has a Federal Interceptor electronic siren although the foley for the TV show used the sound of a mechanical siren. There's a classic open-cab feature out of view at the top of the windshield: windshield wipers. Because rain could and did get into the cab, there's a second set of wipers on the inside of the windshield. This has air-operated wipers. A spring pulls them one way and air pressure the other. They make a spitting sound when the air is drained out at one end of travel. Imagine wet steering wheel, wet pedals, wet hands.
The shift pattern is missing but you could probably figure it out by fondling the shift. I was told this has a five-speed, square-tooth transmission. Los Angeles is mostly, but not entirely, flat ground. First gear is "compound low" for crawling up steep grades. At a traffic signal, you shift into second to start out. When the engine makes a certain sound, it's telling you to shift. Push the clutch to the floor, pull the shift out of gear, release the clutch. Press the clutch to the floor again, push or pull the shift into the desired gear (gate), then let the clutch out.
There are dual radios. The bottom is a custom built, eight channel VHF General Electric MASTR Professional. It looks like this had channels for responding into City of Los Angeles, Angeles National Forest, and the statewide OES Fire net. The top is a UHF Motorola Micor (470-512 MHz) which I believe was used for Los Angeles County Fire's system. There should be a third microphone somewhere. There's one for each radio and one for the siren.
The cab floor is steel diamond plate. Newer vehicles use aluminum diamond plate.
…all these people who are anti-government depend on the government when something happens. Fires, floods, earthquakes, tsunamis, hurricanes and tornadoes: I need you government but I don't want you the rest of the time.
— Errol Southers Ph.D.
Journalism grade images.
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The is the intersection of two walls on an office building at 199 S. Los Robles in Pasadena. The building was pretty boring overall, but from this perspective it was pretty cool.
Here's the street view. I was on my bicycle when I took the shot above and positioned myself right in the cleft of the first "V" closest to the sidewalk.
Entre l'ombre projetée d'une souche dans l'eau, qui met en évidence sa transparence, et la lumière réfléchie à sa surface..
front of the hat inside out showing the white, lightweight interfacing before the lining was attached flic.kr/p/2qsLKcf
the wool hat fits and it's wearable, thank goodness :) i'll wear it with one of the coats or boxy jacket when the weather's cold. will definitely make some more hats. i was greatly helped by the you tube tutorials particularly the 'baker boy/newsboy cap sewing tutorial' www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gcCdJP64WE&list=PLhaf82yGltt...
blue wool fabric leftover from previous projects
both calico and lining fabrics were leftover from previous projects
lightweight interfacing 1m x 1m 50cm cost £2
white thread leftover from previous projects
button chosen from some odd buttons in the button box
gutermann blue thread 1000m cost £10 plenty remaining for other projects
elastic 1m @ £1.50 used 30cm to give a tight fit on the headband
Baker boy / newsboy cap sewing tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6gcCdJP64WE&list=PLhaf82yGltt...
How to sew a woman's beret with a visor
www.youtube.com/watch?v=EEqkTs1r8Rs
Peaky Blinders Style _Shelby Cap
www.youtube.com/watch?v=PesNwRqgjo4
parts of a hat
www.totallypromotional.com/blog/parts-of-a-hat/
my sewing machine JL220 flic.kr/p/2odruLA from john lewis www.johnlewis.com/john-lewis-jl220-sewing-machine-pepperm...
sewing machine maintenance flic.kr/p/2q9GVTh
How to Use your SEWING MACHINE (for Beginners)
www.youtube.com/watch?v=jmaZBTMzkoY
A Beginners' Guide To Using Your Sewing Machine
www.youtube.com/watch?v=imryOl_LNaw
Beginners Sewing Course - Day 1 - The Basics
www.youtube.com/watch?v=IGITrkYdjJs
Seam Finishes
10 SEAM FINISHES Without a Serger || Basic to Couture
www.youtube.com/watch?v=GYt7JxC_bIc&t=596s
7 Seam Types and How to Make it- Sewing Lesson for Beginner
www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ax6JDDP_6O8
French Seam Pockets
How to Add Pockets to a Side Seam using French Seams
www.youtube.com/watch?v=aatWJL_aAYY
Lining
How to add lining to ANY dress pattern | Sewing Tutorial
www.youtube.com/watch?v=ENKI3fSBQBo
How To Sew a Slip Stitch by Hand
www.youtube.com/watch?v=pjky55Cp1_I
Buttonholes
3 Sewing Tips to Make Buttonholes Neatly and Quickly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=6oOz28Ybk8I
How to Machine-Sew and Custom-sized Buttonhole
www.youtube.com/watch?v=A6P-TKK3tjg&t=135s
Place and Sew Hooks and Eyes Correctly
www.youtube.com/watch?v=_d06GhQx_Wg
How to Fix a Low Neckline
www.youtube.com/watch?v=3U-W6W5fh-4
Interfacing
How to fuse iron-on interfacing to fabric
www.youtube.com/watch?v=7idVbAkUBTU
reference books
i'm a complete beginner at dressmaking. posting photos of progress to encourage myself to continue. no recommendations being made www.flickr.com/photos/connect2012/albums/72177720305370633/
"Not the power to remember, but its very opposite, the power to forget, is a necessary condition for our existence."
– Sholem Asch, "The Nazarene", 1939, p. 3.
"They constantly try to escape
From the darkness outside and within
By dreaming of systems so perfect that no one will need to be good."
– T. S. Eliot, "The Rock".
That's my video work, Future City (vimeo.com/tizzycanucci/futurecity), showing just inside the front door. First ever rl exhibition I've had art in, rather than being the administrator for.
The ‘Interface’ exhibition organised by neo:artists is at neogallery23, in the Market Place Shopping Centre in Bolton. It runs until 20th May 2018, open Thursday-Sunday from 11am-5pm. Admission is free and the space is fully accessible.
A map showing the shortest lines connecting each building entrance with the closest street segment. The hotter the colours the shorter is the distance. This mapping method clearly highlight the districts build in the 19th century, with tight proximities between buildings in favour of pedestrian movement.
This is part 1 of a closer look at the Rexroth interface to show the menus and function selections. I took a million pictures to get good images, which was a trouble at first with reflections during the day, but then I tried in darkness. The green screen and orange buttons look sweet ey! In the top left is your main menu which is pretty self explanatory. On the right is load mode where you can toggle between continuous pack or auto pack, which initiates 3 full blade cycles, otherwise you have the full manual forward and reverse operation. A button which Superior Pak no longer does have, but should on their newest models, is for the engine revs where you can completely deactivate them to be quiet or throttle up to boost the hydraulics. Also worth mentioning is the table of values on the right for the lift, beam and packer. Those numbers are milliampere units which measure electrical signal, so move the joystick and the values will increase dependent on proportional control. On the bottom left is unload mode and all shown there is also pretty obvious, only thing to explain is that list on the right refers to the function solenoids, with the empty squares lighting up once the body/door is operated. The last screen on the bottom is your set/resets screen which is also very obvious with bin count reset and load limit mode to reduce pack pressure for recycling, but it can only be changed with a password. Now go to part 2 for the rest.
What would the mind's eye of an artificial intelligence be like?
Ever since I got the Hipstamatic Vixen film in December, I've been experimenting with it combined with the Salvador 84 film and all sorts of post-processing craziness (I've noted what adjustments I could in the tags in case you want to try and replicate these effects). Most of the results of my experiments have been abstract muddles not really worth sharing, but I quite like this one!