Machinery talk thread

**Big Dave** · 11th January 2013, 22:26

**unstuck** · 12th January 2013, 06:25

That is one cool setup Dave.

No good getting to some of our beaches though.

**awa355** · 12th January 2013, 11:16

Frank Wilcox was an engineer in Putaruru. An absolute genius when it came to doing what couldn't be done. Never had a drawn plan, just worked everything out in his head and went for it.

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**unstuck** · 12th January 2013, 12:21

Originally Posted by awa355

Frank Wilcox was an engineer in Putaruru. An absolute genius when it came to doing what couldn't be done. Never had a drawn plan, just worked everything out in his head and went for it.

Thats the way.

**Big Dave** · 12th January 2013, 13:03

**Big Dave** · 12th January 2013, 13:14

**Big Dave** · 12th January 2013, 13:14

**bogan** · 12th January 2013, 13:24

Originally Posted by Big Dave

mower things

That pretty neat, looks to be all active positioning and sensing etc, that truck one was going along at a fair clip too

**Big Dave** · 12th January 2013, 14:45

**Ocean1** · 12th January 2013, 15:26

Originally Posted by Big Dave

Fast Trains

I had a ride on the maglev train out of Shainghai, over 430kph feels just like a 747 taking off, only it doesn't.

You're just getting used to the speed and with absolutely no warning you meet the other one coming back the other way. The fucking things are close, you could reach out and touch it, the shockwave is not something to which you'd expose anyone with a heart condition.

**Big Dave** · 12th January 2013, 15:36

That would be interesting fo sho.

I've ridden the Bullet from Tokyo to Nagoya a few times and was like a kid.

**Nova.** · 12th January 2013, 15:41

i don't like trains, but someone at work started a rumor about another worker saying he had a train set in one of his rooms, a little conductor suit and that he charged 2$ entry

**awa355** · 12th January 2013, 16:05

Originally Posted by Nova.

i don't like trains, but someone at work started a rumor about another worker saying he had a train set in one of his rooms, a little conductor suit and that he charged 2$ entry

I heard of a bloke with a sister who was supposed to have a dentist chair in her room. She apparently dressed in a nurses uniform, but she charged $100 entry.