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Quando si dice preciso come un'orologio svizzero si esalta una innata qualità del popolo d'oltralpe, che anche in campo ferroviario traspare, poi però basta respirare aria nostrana ed ecco che tutti i buoni propositi vanno a farsi friggere... infatti il Giruno svizzero che effettua il nuovo servizio Zurigo - Genova si trova a passare nella stazione di Villalvernia durante il viaggio di ritorno con una bell'oretta di ritardo. Ecco il RABe 501.006 di SBB mentre espleta l'EC 308 Genova P.P. - Zurigo transitando bello veloce nella stazione di Villalvernia e strombazzando all'infreddolito fotografo
Even though my father never was a professional woodworker, he had learned being a wheelwright at a young age and continued thriving in working with wood as a hobby for decades.
I must have gotten the knack for this craft while spending time with him in his tiny woodshop, because the passion for woodworking has fiercely gotten to me those last few years.
I've chosen a few of the tools he owned (and that I cherish, maintain and use) for this week's "Macro Mondays" challenge.
The divider caliper, or simply divider (compas in French) can be used to precisely report any distance from one piece to an other, without needing to measure that distance. Actually, measuring is more prone to errors and approximations. The tool can be used to divide a line into segments of equal lengths, hence the name. A set of two dividers can be used to lay out dovetails that will be perfectly identical to each other, without having to measure and calculate the width of pins and tails.
One important principle of woodworking is that precision is more important than accuracy. This means that the exact number of millimeters or degrees a piece of wood is cut at doesn't matter that much. What matters is the perfect match between the various pieces that have to come together. The divider surely helps in this endeavor.
In this image, fire is not wild or chaotic. It is focused, refined — tamed. The blue flame rises with quiet intensity, a product of complete combustion, of chemistry done right. It speaks of fire not as destruction, but as a tool. A companion to human progress.
Fire, one of the oldest elements we’ve harnessed, lives at the intersection of nature and technology. From ancient campfires to the tip of a blowtorch, it remains essential. This single blue flame — nearly silent, nearly invisible in daylight — can melt metal, shape glass, or seal connections that hold our modern world together.
Yet, behind its calm form lies potential for chaos. The contrast between flame and darkness in this frame reminds us: fire’s gift is always conditional. Control it, and it builds. Lose control, and it consumes.
Here, the element of fire is captured in a moment of discipline.
Not a wildfire, not a candle — but a tool in hand. A spark of precision.
And still, it holds all the power of its untamed ancestors.
Fun facts about Fire:
🔥 Blue flame = hotter flame
A blue flame like this one is typically hotter than a yellow/orange one. It indicates complete combustion, meaning fuel is being burned efficiently.
🔥 Fire needs three things: The "fire triangle" consists of heat, fuel, and oxygen. Remove one, and the flame dies.
🔥 It’s plasma, not just gas:
Though it looks like a glowing gas, fire is actually a form of plasma — the fourth state of matter!
🔥 No gravity? No flame shape.
In zero gravity, fire burns in a blue spherical blob because there’s no convection to draw the flame upward.
🔥 Ancient symbol of life and destruction:
Across cultures, fire is a paradox — both a giver of life (warmth, cooking, light) and a force of destruction.
A hand pan or hang drum. The process starts with a flat disc of steel, manually hammered into a smooth shell, much like a large cooking wok. Then precise dimples are added, and – with even greater precision – the steel is minutely stretched and compressed and manipulated with the precise skill of a studied craftsman and the trained ear of an experienced musician. Eventually, after heat treatments and fine tuning, the top half is glued to a bottom half to create an instrument with such ethereal sonic beauty the angels show up to dance and laugh.
See below for some additional photos of Logan rough tuning the top half of this hand pan in process.
I was totally amazed by the monumental constructions by the Incas. These walls were constructed with precisely cut stones stacking on each other. Not a single paste of mortar was used. Can you also spot an alpaca somewhere in there?
Great Egret snatches a fish @ Black Point Wildlife Drive.
I got the followup shot with the fish but he turned his head on the way up into the shade and out of focus. :-(
In 1986, the district association of the west part of the city funded a competition for a new outdoor sculpture to commemorate the 200th anniversary of the city of Reykjavík. Jón Gunnar’s Sun Voyager won the competition, and the aluminium model (42,5 x 88 x 36 cm) was presented to the city for enlargement. The full-sized Sun Voyager was eventually unveiled on Sæbraut on the birthday of the city of Reykjavík, August 18th, 1990.
WE ALL HAVE OUR FANTASY BOATS, VESSELS THAT WE DREAM OF SAILING AWAY IN, INSIDE DREAM. IN MY SHIPS I UNITE MY OWN FANTASY, PRECISION AND THE KNOWLEDGE THAT BOAT BUILDERS HAVE DEVELOPED THROUGHOUT THE AGES. THE SUN SHIP GIVES US THE PROMISE OF UNINHABITED LAND. Jón Gunnar Árnason (1931-1989).
The new Longbow Precision rifle, a single-shot bolt action chambered in Remington .223, is a professional-grade competition rifle. This is Tilltac's first foray into the sport side of firearms. The front and rear sights are fully-adjustable competitions sights, with the front having a large shade- both sights can be easily removed to accommodate a scope. This gun is painted in metallic orange and matte black two-tone with gold accents.
I used pictures of many guns to make this one, but it's based mainly on an Eliseo S1 frame and a CSS stock. This might be the first rifle of it's kind ever made in PMG, I'm not sure. I do know that this project took me over 8 hours to finish, using mainly shapes and exploded bits of random odds and ends.
ALSO- I figured out a simple trick to make it seem like screw holes on rounded surfaces, i used it several times in this build cuz I thought it was badass :P you can see it on the front sight and the cheekrest, to name two.
Example of similar guns: accurateshooter.wordpress.com/2009/08/18/you-tubeguns-vid...
Pastie: pastie.org/1178104
I encourage you to check out how i made the gun, I'm very proud of it, but beware- there are a LOT of layers and a LOT of white shapes. :) it should also put to rest any persistent rumors of me having to photoshop my guns to get them to look good.
Just about 30 minutes after sunrise the IBRLA 26 gets ready to take the Main Track at the South end of Bealville with a first order C45ACCTE on the point. Now for the confusing part, while in the Tehachapi area there were three IBRLAs I saw two, none of them went through the pass at the same time, this one was the only train that was actually running on time. The IBRLA 25 is a mere 4 hours ahead of this train (The train was near Ravenna in Soledad Canyon) running 20 hours behind plan, and the IBRLA 24 (see previous photo) ran through Bealville around 1830 on Friday which was only 12 hours behind and that train would get in to East Yard for another 24 hours spending most of Saturday at Highland. Oh and what happens to this one you ask? It will run all the way to Main Street to sit just like all the ZBRLCs did in the past.
...toll wie die hier anfliegen - elegant und absolut überlegen - dann geht's in einer engen Volte auf den kleinen Teich zur Landung... - der Mensch wird demütig....
die Z9 hat hier voll gebissen - toll war es
Adding a sprinkle to a mini-cupcake.
Some days it goes your way, and sometimes it doesn't. Today it went my way. To make this photo I pressed the shutter button on my camera a grand total of one time.
Oh, and I didn't crop either. I did brighten it up a little bit, but that's the only edit.
Installation of 7 steel cables for a new wood chips conveyor system. Each cable was about 700 meters long. Flying at extremely low altitude and in real "slow motion" above a large industrial site requires maximim precision. Only most experienced pilots will be permitted to such a job. This mission was completed in 4 hours, a conventional intallation on the ground would have taken several days.
Helicopter: Bell 412
A flock of Semipalmated Plovers (at least that's what I believe they are) put on quite the show over the tidal waters of the Nisqually National Wildlife Refuge. They performed wingtip to wingtip maneuvers with uncanny precision. I'm not sure why they were flying around like this, other than possibly because they could.