49 Comments Posted by foxtrot_xray

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This one is great for a wallpaper.

Overall, GREAT gallery this time!! :)
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Great set, as always. Nice color and light in this set, I do say. :)
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I enjoy how the chimney is used as a column there, and it looks like the plaster left behind the arches over each opening.
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Oh, gods.. a clock innards. I love it. I wanna poke at it, fix it up.. Please. :)
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I believe everything over on the other side of the pond is dust-free. It rains 99% of the time there, right? And when it's not raining, it's windy. :)

The basket-o-tools in the background draws my attention. Some of those look pretty.. Frankenstein-ish.
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Ooh, I see a clock..
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Tho... yeah, it would really suck if someone fell down the stairs and out the window.

nice shot, I like the depth, looking down at the landing below.
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Nice depth! All that needs to be said. :)
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Interesting. It APPEARS as if the original railings (the rounded pipes on either side of the pivot point) had to be 'upgraded' (OSHA, anyone?) with a second, newer railing. (The square-tube). I could be wrong, since I can't see the whole thing, but I like that little fact. :)
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More of the intricate painting in the metalwork...
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What an impressive gauge!! You NEVER see this anywhere anymore, and never saw it often back then! You KNOW that if the two hit each other (3 feet, 10 fathoms), you had a definite problem. :)
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Those are impressive. The little curled nuts on top of the balls. (Okay, jokes go here.) I CAN say that I bet those are bigger than you think, because there's no comparison nearby.
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Looks like it's connected to a crankshaft - the crankshat spins around and pushes that rod up, then pulls it down. Whatever the other end of the rod was connected to either also spun in a circle, or had another rod on the far opposite end that was opposit of this. (When this one was up, the other side was down), and so on.
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Heh.. Speed limiter. Governor. Connected to the machine's output (be it a belt, gear box, etc., it would turn faster, causing the balls to spin. The balls would lift up (due to centrifugal force) and create drag on the engine, causing it to slow. Usually they were adjustable, so that you could have the engine 'settle' at a certain speed.
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As someone who likes to focus on old machinery, I like the contrast between the red paint and the shiny oil-streaked metal.