Challenge: Machines/machinery, May 29-June 3 (Page 2): That's me in the excavator.

ghbowser Loc: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Kaskazi wrote:

I was hoping we'd find some operators! That first one is splendid, but I like the mistiness of the second image.

That's me in the excavator.

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ghbowser Loc: Shenandoah Valley, Virginia

Sorry for the double post

Kaskazi Loc: Ontario, Canada

ghbowser wrote:

That's me in the excavator.

BrHawkeye

Here are very different machines, one very old, the other not quite so old. The red and white flying machine, a 1946 Ercoupe at the right, is a plane I used to own. In this photo it's on display at an airshow.

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PAToGraphy Loc: Portland ME area

satorifarm wrote:

If I understood the challenge correctly….😊

I love #1 and the pistol handle

PAToGraphy Loc: Portland ME area

Ron, thanks so much for hosting. This will be a very interesting challenge for sure. It's OK if you don't et to comment on all posts as I'm sure there will be many. Loved your start.

The human body is an amazing machine.

Old treadle industrial sewing machines

A "last" for making boots/shoes

Another angle
Another angle...

lhammer43 Loc: San Antonio, TX

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Kaskazi wrote:

My machine/machinery challenge arises only from my having a few images of what I considered machines are, and the reflection that I had never seen a challenge on these terms. I am not an expert, or even an enthusiast, neither do I have a great collection of stunning machine images, but I know a lot of hoggers do.

Sorry - I clicked send before I was ready! Here are a couple of images suggestive of the range of technology which we might explore

Really good start, Ron. Masterful old and new machinery.
I have a couple of those kind as well...

... some "wind machines" old and new....near and far!

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This machine weighed seeds that were sold in Dee's grandfather's National Seed store in Omaha, NE.

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Kaskazi Loc: Ontario, Canada

BrHawkeye wrote:

Here are very different machines, one very old, the other not quite so old. The red and white flying machine, a 1946 Ercoupe at the right, is a plane I used to own. In this photo it's on display at an airshow.

Spinning wheels so basic to the human story, but i never paused to figure lout how they work

Kaskazi Loc: Ontario, Canada

PAToGraphy wrote:

Ron, thanks so much for hosting. This will be a very interesting challenge for sure. It's OK if you don't et to comment on all posts as I'm sure there will be many. Loved your start.

You're a tease Pat - if the human body, then all living things. I don't think that's quite what I had in mind - but perhaps they qualify under that mantra of "natural biological macromolecules, such as molecular machines." Ever thought of yourself as a natural biological macromolecule - or rather as an assembly of such?

I love all your images, but in their present state, the images of the last have a hint of ghoulishness. I remember that as the son-in-law of a clogger, my grandpa had his own last and always custom-made shoes, but this looks like a rather more complex assembly - wish I could read that plate.

Just Ducky Loc: Ohio/Florida

Kaskazi wrote:

My machine/machinery challenge
Enough of that! Let’s see what you clever photographers come up with.

I enjoyed your introduction to the challenge. 😊
I found a bunch that I’ve taken but here are a few you didn’t know existed…or why they would.
They were part of an exhibit at The Fairgrounds in St. Petersburg, FL. It’s an immersive art experience. 😆

Kaskazi Loc: Ontario, Canada

Just Ducky wrote:

I enjoyed your introduction to the challenge. 😊
I found a bunch that I’ve taken but here are a few you didn’t know existed…or why they would.
They were part of an exhibit at The Fairgrounds in St. Petersburg, FL. It’s an immersive art experience. 😆

Full marks for innovation!

BrHawkeye

Just remembered recently photographing these machines. The first two photos show the extraction and winding of silk thread from silkworm eggs after they're softened in water; the third shows a weaver at work. All were taken in Turkey last fall. As I recall from the rug merchant's spiel, a single thread taken from an egg can be a mile long.

Just Ducky Loc: Ohio/Florida

Kaskazi wrote:

Full marks for innovation!

😆💗

afsalvo Loc: Westbrook, Maine

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Kaskazi wrote:

My machine/machinery challenge arises only from my having a few images of what I considered machines are, and the reflection that I had never seen a challenge on these terms. I am not an expert, or even an enthusiast, neither do I have a great collection of stunning machine images, but I know a lot of hoggers do.

Sorry - I clicked send before I was ready! Here are a couple of images suggestive of the range of technology which we might explore

Thank you for hosting this challenge, Kaskazi. I'm certain that the Hoggers will come through with many interesting photographs for viewing. I think I have several that fit the category, and a few that are borderline, which I might include as well, for consideration.

I spent many hours in one of these machines during my time in the USAF (inner workings, not visible)

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very useful item to have at home

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inner workings of the above item

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afsalvo Loc: Westbrook, Maine

BrHawkeye wrote:

Just remembered recently photographing these machines. The first two photos show the extraction and winding of silk thread from silkworm eggs after they're softened in water; the third shows a weaver at work. All were taken in Turkey last fall. As I recall from the rug merchant's spiel, a single thread taken from an egg can be a mile long.