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The hot air hand dryer and the motion sensored faucet are both green building items. The hot air hand dryer saves on paper waste, therefore saving trees. The motion sensor faucet saves on water usage and will assist in not depleting our aquifer.
www.mndjet.com/item/1976/citizen-eco-drive-firenza-diamon....
Brushed and polished stainless steel case and bracelet. Diamond accented bezel. White dial with gold luminous hands and gold markers. EcoDrive movement is powered by any light source. Charges in Sunlight or Indoors. Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Pushbutton deployment clasp. Water Resistant to 30 meters. Sapphire crystal. Case measures 29mm diameter by 7mm thick.
Schrade Cutlery Company had its roots in the New York Press Button Knife Company, formed in 1892 by George Schrade, an inventor from Sheffield, England. Unable to raise sufficient capital to begin knife production, Schrade sold a partial interest in the company to the Walden Knife Company. The company's unusual name arose from its first knife design, a switchblade or automatic-opening pocket knife with a operating button mounted in the knife bolster. First patented by Schrade in 1892, the knife was eventually produced with a unique style of clip point blade. In 1903, Schrade sold all of his interest in the New York Press Button Knife Co. to Walden Knife Company. The following year, Schrade formed the Schrade Cutlery Company in Walden.
In 1906-07, Schrade patented the Safety Pushbutton Knives, an improved series of switchblade knives with side-mounted operating button and a sliding safety switch. Later developed in slightly modified form as the Presto series, the Schrade switchblade would come to dominate the automatic knife market in the United States for the next fifty-five years. In the 1920s, Schrade bought the defunct Walden Cutlery Company in order to obtain their stocks of handle material for his knives.[6][7]
From 1911-1916, George Schrade resided in the knifemaking center of Solingen, Germany, where he ran a small workshop. There Schrade developed a new type of switchblade knife, which he titled the Springer. However, in 1916 the German government seized all of Schrade's assets in Germany to assist its war production. Schrade returned to the United States, though his Springer switchblade would live on; now unprotected by patent, the type was manufactured by several Solingen shops for many years thereafter.
In 1917, Schrade licensed a flylock switchblade design to the Challenge Cutlery Company, which he then joined. Schrade pursued his knifemaking interests at both Challenge and at Schrade, where his brother George now managed one of the company's factories. In the 1920s, Schrade bought the defunct Walden Cutlery Company in order to obtain their stocks of handle material for his knives.[6][7]
In 1928, the Challenge Cutlery Co. closed after the death of its owner, Charles F. Wiebusch. Schrade formed a new company, the Geo. Schrade Knife Co. in Bridgeport, acquiring knifemaking machinery from the old Challenge Cutlery assets. At the new company Schrade made Presto switchblades as well as Wire Jack jackknives, and other low-end pocket knives. George Schrade died in 1940, and the Geo. Schrade Knife Co. was sold by his sons in 1956 to Boker Knife Co. of Newark, New Jersey, but the company closed operations in 1958 after Congress passed a law banning the sale of switchblades across state lines. Schrade's other company, the Schrade Cutlery Co., was sold in 1946 to the Imperial Knife Associated Companies, becoming the Schrade-Walden Cutlery Co., Inc.
Joystick reacondicionado, plaqueta nueva, bolita azul y restrictor plate octagonal. (nerd lvl over 9000)
So thankful for onlline CAD drawings. This will help in the design of the front panel for the POD that contains one of two E-Stops, the tach, speed potentiometer for the VFD, and the momentary forward/reverse pushbuttons for tapping.
Very little is known about this radio manufacturer except they produced three different models, and apparently several versions of the "Angelina" as well. Won this one as the sole paddle at the opening bid of $9.99. Shipping was only $30 via FedEx from three thousand miles away; and this is one heavy full-seize behemoth with very thick slabs of heartwood alder. Usually I suggest UPS Ground for heavyweights, and they're getting close to $85 total for a coast-to-coast shipment these days, when they only were $55-$60 last spring. One tube needs to be replaced, and the caps and resistors up to the EL80 were swollen and fried. Other than that, where most era German superhets had piano key pushbuttons, this unit is pretty much uneventful from the front except for the basic dial glass layout and the magic eye. The volume and tuning are left and right as usual, but the band selector knob is on the right side. There are two speakers, but no bass/treble adjustment. The cabinetry is beautiful and near mint, but raw alder rubbed over with oak stain just doesn't look natural at all to me. Alder is a bit porous and mottles when merely stained with a rag soaked in stain. I'd like to do a very light blonde treatment if the stain isn't soaked in too deep.
www.mndjet.com/item/3865/citizen-eco-drive-calibre-2100-m....
Calibre 2100 Collection. Date. EcoDrive Technology Charges in Sunlight or Indoors No Batteries to Change. Silver Dial with black subdials. When Fully Charged has a 500 Day Power Reserve. 15 Second Chronograph Measures up to 12 Hours. Solid Stainless Steel Case and Bracelet. Pushbutton Foldover Deployment Clasp. Daily Alarm. Power Reserve Meter Low Charge Indicator & Time Reset Advisory in the Event it Ever Needs Charging. ScrewBack Case. Screwdown Crown. Nonreflective scratchresistant mineral crystal. Water resistant to 200m. Case measures 45mm wide by 15mm thick.
Metal Pushbutton - Momentary (16mm, Blue)
www.sparkfun.com/products/11967
Metal Pushbutton - Latching (16mm, Blue)
www.mndjet.com/item/2929/seiko-sportura-perpetual-mens-wa....
Stainless steel case and bracelet Black dial with luminescent hands and markers Perpetual calendar Screwdown crown Quartz movement Sapphire crystal with antiglare Water resistant to 100 meters Pushbutton deployment clasp Case measures 42mm diameter by 11mm thick
www.mndjet.com/item/126/tissot-t-classic-prc200-mens-watc....
Stainless Steel case and bracelet. Black dial with silver tone hands and makers. Date. Luminous hands and markers. Precise Swiss Quartz movement Scratch resistant sapphire crystal. Pushbutton Deployment clasp. Screwdown crown. Water resistant to 200m. Case measures 40mm diameter by 10mm thick.
The pole has a button that affects the light signal (or at least we believe it to do that). It may just be a placebo!
I chose to just lean on the pole.
There are at least 100 unwritten rules of cycling in Amsterdam.
One of them is that the first person to arrive at the junction pushes the button. And if someone's not waiting at the button, you can assume it was not pushed and you should push it yourself or ensure someone else does.
In the game Second Life, I play the avatar Juushika Redgrave.
This is a pretty simple, comfortable outfit. The sweater is from Pushbutton Industries, and has been sitting around in my inventory for years; the wrists are unhemmed, so I wore it with cuffs from a hoody by Maitreya to create a more finished appearance. The jeans are wardrobe staples from Last Call, and the shoes are the wonderful hi-tops from Urban Bomb Unit—every piece can be retextured, so they fit easily into any outfit. This hair from Kin is one of my old favorites, pulled out to fit with an old shirt.
Clothes
Shirt: The Haedon (Ashes) by Pushbutton Industries
Cuffs: Jam Black by Maitreya
Jeans: Alizee by Last Call (retired)
Shoes: Pornstar Xtra Hi-Tops by Urban Bomb Unit
Body
Eyes: Gaze - Cat Gold by Nora
Skin: Pleiades (Another Skin) mod by Juushika Redgrave
Hair: Pur - Brownred by Kin (modded) (tinted)
Lashes: Ferra Lashes by Sin Skins (top only)
Accessories
Necklace: Single Band Kitty Collar with Bell by Hexed (modded)
Whiskers: Plenty Black Whiskers by Gritty Kitty
Neko Ears: Anisa's Neko Ears by Anisa @ OTCR ( modded to include Industrial piercing by DEEKS)
Neko Tail: Kitty Black Tail Long by Hybrid (modded) (retired)
I got tired of trying to point out little tiny critters to my dive buddies using a flashlight beam. So, I designed and constructed an underwater laser pointer.
The housing is standard PVC. The front endcap has a disc of plexi slilconed into it. The body tube buts up against the silicone, and is PCV-glued into the endcap. The rear endcap is a standard screw fitting. I tested it to 60 feet deep with nothing but teflon tape and there were no leaks, but I put some silicone in the threads for good measure (I can use strap wrenches to open it up when I need to change batteries).
For the guts, I used a higher-end laser pointer (The dollar-store crap is just too weak for underwater use). I removed the laser module and inserted it into a smaller-diameter PVC tube as a chassis, and replaced with momentary pushbutton switch with magnetic reed switch, glued into a slot in the inner PVC.
I salvaged a battery holder from an LED flashlight that holds 3xAAA batteries, and glued this to the back of the inner PVC. This has the same voltage as the 3xLR44s that were in it initially, while ensuring lots more mAH of power.
Before the rear endcap was put in place, a section of larger PVC with a section removed to allow it to flex was fitted with a rare-earth magnet, and the location of the reed switch was noted with permenant marker on the body tube. Turning the ring with the magnet turns the unit on and off. Thus far, I've had it down to 100+ feet, and no leaks!
www.mndjet.com/item/2121/citizen-eco-drive-regent-chronog....
Gold tone stainless steel case and bracelet. Mother of pearl dial with silver tone tone Luminous hands and markers. 28 Genuine diamonds accent the bezel. Date display. Chronograph measures up to 60 minutes. Eco Drive charges in sunlight or indoors. Never need to change the battery. Insufficient Charging Warning Feature. 150Day Power reserve. Hidden Pushbutton deployment clasp. 24 hour time. Water resistant to 100 meters. Case measures 35mm diameter by 10mm thick.
My sisters friends birthday was coming up and my sister needed a gift.
She saw this nice leather armband online, but I mentioned that with the leatherworking tools I bought half a year ago and wanting to get into leatherworking I could make one for waaaay less.
She agreed, so I visitied three leather shops and got my hands on some real nice scraps of vegetable-tanned leather for next to nothing.
I used a strap cutter tu cut a ~1.3cm wide strip of leather and rounded the ends with rounded end punches, then proceeded to smooth the edges with a nylon edge slicker. After deciding on what text to put where I marked the positions with chalk and used revolver hole punch pliers to make holes for the rivets and pushbuttons. Alphabet punches/stamps were used for the letters.
I dyed the leather with Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Timber Brown, buffed the leather, then applied Fiebing's Mink Oil twice to soften and waterproof the leather. I buffed after each oil application. The oil darkened up the leather a bit more.
Next I sealed the leather with Tandy Leather Eco-Flo Super Shene, applying 4 layers and buffing after each application has dried.
Finally, I set all the rivets and pushbuttons.
I'm pretty pleased with the result, especially since I had no prior experience in leatherworking beyond a couple hours worth of youtube instruction videos on leatherworking.
The text says "You can count on me honey" and "K & N", which are the given name initials of my sister and her friend.
1959 Dodge Station Wagon w/ pushbutton automatic.
I know that chrome and steel on the dashboard has gone out of style for safety reasons, but a taupe colored cushy vinyl dashboard with the SRS airbag warning tattooed to it just will never have the same class.
I took this to focus only on the push-button automatic, to the left of the steering wheel. In later high school our family car was a 1963 Plymouth Valiant, with the same push-button automatic. Though various companies (including Edsel) experimented with push-button shifting, only Chrysler offered it consistently in the 50’s and 60’s.
My mother had bought the car and liked the shift, but I always had mixed feelings about it. It had a certain appeal just because it was different, but I never got really comfortable with it. Maybe it was because I was working and drove various other cars, all of which had the more standard column shift.
I searched around for various article on why Chrysler started the push-buttons and why they ended – there’s surprising little about either decision. But one article, linked below, suggests the reason for ending it was simply a lack of popularity.
Source:
www.curbsideclassic.com/automotive-histories/automotive-h...
Seen at a charity car show in Desert Hot Springs (DHS)
Der Joystick ist eingepasst, nun muss ich leider wirklich erstmal warten bis die Pushbuttons und die Kaltlichtkathoden mit der Post eintrudeln. Drückt mir mal die Daumen daß sie bis zum Wochenende da sind!
www.mndjet.com/item/597/guess-multifunction-mens-watch-u1....
Look firstrate with this handsomely chic GUESS mens watch! Stainless steel case and bracelet. Threehand analog quartz movement with three subdials. Foldover clasp with pushbutton closure. Water resistant to 100 meters330 feet. Dimensions Face Width 38mm. Face Depth 12mm. Face Height 49mm. Band Width 20mm.
www.mndjet.com/item/4006/citizen-eco-drive-perpetual-alar....
Featuring three subdials and dualtime functions this sleek black ionplated watch will keep you on track. Black textured dial with silvertone hands and markers. Black ionplated case and bracelet. Date window at the 4 oclock position. Perpetual calendar is convenient because it will automatically display the correct day of the month automatically adjusting to the length of each month even in leap years until the year 2100. 120 second chronograph measures up to 60 minutes. 1224 hour time. Dualtime. Alarm. Screwback case. Bracelet features a safety foldover clasp with pushbutton release. 120 day power reserve when fully charged 270 days with Power Save. Solar powered so you never have to worry about replacing the battery. Mineral glass crystal. Luminous hands and markers. Water resistant to 200 meters (660 feet). Case width 43mm.
These are, top to bottom, left to right:
Key (brass), Rococo (nickel oxide), Orleans (brass).
Astral (brass), Astral (pewter), Campaign (brass).
Contemporary (bronze), Door Knocker (copper, brass).
Republic (brass), Camelot (pewter, brass).
Republic (pewter), Liberty (brass).
I'm still missing the copper Key, the pewter Orleans and Liberty, the Mariner (a man in a raincoat behind a ship's wheel, came in brass and copper), the Concord (has two extensions with spade-like ends, brass), and the Forging (a roughly-finished oval, finish unknown.)
The "Junior Achievement" medallion, which is thick and quite heavy, was awarded to my late uncle. For what, I don't know.
www.mndjet.com/item/3561/citizen-eco-drive-regent-ladies-....
Goldtone stainless steel case and bracelet. Brown dial. 28 Genuine diamonds accent the bezel. Date display. Chronograph. Eco Drive charges in sunlight or indoors. Never need to change the battery. Insufficient Charging Warning Feature. 150Day power reserve. Hidden pushbutton deployment clasp. 24 hour time. Water Resistant to 100 meters. Case measures 35mm diameter by 10mm thick.
Schrade Cutlery Company had its roots in the New York Press Button Knife Company, formed in 1892 by George Schrade, an inventor from Sheffield, England. Unable to raise sufficient capital to begin knife production, Schrade sold a partial interest in the company to the Walden Knife Company. The company's unusual name arose from its first knife design, a switchblade or automatic-opening pocket knife with a operating button mounted in the knife bolster. First patented by Schrade in 1892, the knife was eventually produced with a unique style of clip point blade. In 1903, Schrade sold all of his interest in the New York Press Button Knife Co. to Walden Knife Company. The following year, Schrade formed the Schrade Cutlery Company in Walden.
In 1906-07, Schrade patented the Safety Pushbutton Knives, an improved series of switchblade knives with side-mounted operating button and a sliding safety switch. Later developed in slightly modified form as the Presto series, the Schrade switchblade would come to dominate the automatic knife market in the United States for the next fifty-five years. In the 1920s, Schrade bought the defunct Walden Cutlery Company in order to obtain their stocks of handle material for his knives.[6][7]
From 1911-1916, George Schrade resided in the knifemaking center of Solingen, Germany, where he ran a small workshop. There Schrade developed a new type of switchblade knife, which he titled the Springer. However, in 1916 the German government seized all of Schrade's assets in Germany to assist its war production. Schrade returned to the United States, though his Springer switchblade would live on; now unprotected by patent, the type was manufactured by several Solingen shops for many years thereafter.
In 1917, Schrade licensed a flylock switchblade design to the Challenge Cutlery Company, which he then joined. Schrade pursued his knifemaking interests at both Challenge and at Schrade, where his brother George now managed one of the company's factories. In the 1920s, Schrade bought the defunct Walden Cutlery Company in order to obtain their stocks of handle material for his knives.[6][7]
In 1928, the Challenge Cutlery Co. closed after the death of its owner, Charles F. Wiebusch. Schrade formed a new company, the Geo. Schrade Knife Co. in Bridgeport, acquiring knifemaking machinery from the old Challenge Cutlery assets. At the new company Schrade made Presto switchblades as well as Wire Jack jackknives, and other low-end pocket knives. George Schrade died in 1940, and the Geo. Schrade Knife Co. was sold by his sons in 1956 to Boker Knife Co. of Newark, New Jersey, but the company closed operations in 1958 after Congress passed a law banning the sale of switchblades across state lines. Schrade's other company, the Schrade Cutlery Co., was sold in 1946 to the Imperial Knife Associated Companies, becoming the Schrade-Walden Cutlery Co., Inc.
1931 Isotta Fraschini Tipo 8A Landaulet Imperiale by Castagna
$368,000 USD | Sold
From Sotheby's:
Extensively documented by marque historian Jonathan Sierakowski, Isotta Fraschini chassis number 1628 was mounted with this handsome formal body, known usually as a Landaulet Imperiale but identified in American parlance on its original bill of sale from Isotta Motors of New York City as an “All-weather Landaulet Limousine.” The sale was made on 17 March 1931 to Mrs. Jean Boalt Chambers of 1175 Park Avenue, who traded in her previous Tipo 8A on the transaction.
Jean Boalt had served as a reporter for the New York Herald during the 1920s, and later was a freelance writer with several radio scripts to her credit. In 1928 she had wed Robert A. Chambers, the great-grandson of sewing machine inventor Isaac Merritt Singer, and himself a prominent New York attorney and civic leader. Together they won many honors at horse shows with hunters from their Long Island estate, Katonah’s Wood. A wonderful period photograph survives, showing this Isotta Fraschini at one such event in Southampton.
In 1948, the Tipo 8A was sold through Gordon Ayre to the enthusiastic early collector, D. Cameron Peck of Chicago, for $250; the Peck Car Record, now held by the Detroit Public Library, identifies the seller as “Jean B. Chambers, Katonah, N.Y.,” and records the car as chassis and engine number 1628. Mr. Peck subsequently sold the Isotta to J.A. Reitzel of Evanston, Illinois. From 1954 until at least 1961, the car was the property of one J. Gross; later owners were Robert J. Fitzpatrick of Toronto, Ontario, noted in the May-June 1976 issue of Antique Automobile, and the noted collectors, Dr. Irwin Ginsberg of Buffalo, New York, and Richard and Linda Kughn of Detroit. In 1991 the car was shown at the Pebble Beach Concours d’Elegance, winning 3rd in Class and the Charles Chayne Memorial Trophy for Most Significant Engineering Achievement.
The older restoration remains utterly splendid, showing little of its age, with all finishes presenting strongly both inside and out. Unusually light-handed for a restoration of its generation, it retains much of its original body woodwork, stamped with the Castagna body number, as well as the elaborately detailed hardware characteristic of that coachbuilder. Wonderful touches include a jewel box concealed under the rear seat floorboards, and a marvelous system by which the passengers direct the chauffeur by pushbuttons which light segments of a wheel on the dashboard, instructing “Left,” “Right,” “Quick,” “Slow,” “Stop,” “Turn Around,” or “Go Home.” Even the hood retains its numbered locks, and the hinge is stamped “1628.”
This is a most extraordinary formal Isotta Fraschini, visually impactful and radiating superb good taste.
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Kristina and I headed over to RM Sotheby's at the Monterey Conference Center to view some glorious cars at their auction preview.
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Had a blast with our auto-enthusiast friend and neighbor, Fred, at Monterey Car Week 2022.
By popular request, we're selling the always-handy ProtoShield PCB on its own! Originally spawned with collaboration between the folks at SFE and ITP @ NYU, the ProtoShield mates with an Arduino development board and gives the user a small soldering area, two general LED footprints, access to a BlueSMiRF socket, a general pushbutton switch footprint, and most important of all - the Arduino reset switch is brought to the top level.
I've been curious--okay, obsessed--about how my very cool looking little Graflex camera performs after fifty-odd years. Here's what make this camera so interesting:
- You focus this camera by pushing the two buttons on either side of the lens.
- The shutter release isn't the usual pushbutton, but a lever on the front of the camera.
- Beautifully crafted Rodenstock lens.
So, how did it perform? To be honest, it had its quirks. The pushbutton focusing is great when you need to rack out to infinity--or closest focus--in a hurry. But actually focusing on anything in between was a bit fiddly, tending to overshoot a lot. And the shutter release required a very long stroke to work, causing the camera to rotate a bit during some shots. Still, I think the focus and shutter release innovations on this camera might have worked well with a bit more refinement.
- Graflex Graphic 35 camera with Rodenstock 50mm f3.5 lens.
- Kodak Ektachrome 100 VC transparency film.
- Scan by North Coast Photographic Services.
Another view in the Potomac Yard tower. Most interesting to me is the vintage operating equipment. Can anybody explain what we see here?
Crossing streets sucks in most of central Indianapolis.
Here, it's left up to the walker to figure out which button operates which direction. Half of the ped singals simply turn off in the "red" phase, leaving you to wonder if you need to press it at all. Some buttons didn't do anything. A few intersections had buttons on one side of the street but not the other -- right next to the state capitol!
One intersection on New York and the west side of the White River bridge had no ped buttons, no ped signals, but I couldn't see the traffic signal because it was one way towards me. Frighteningly, a bike path cut through the intersection as well, and it's right near the IUPUI campus. That's a formula for disaster.