tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-52391573206963862262011-09-26T03:50:58.373-07:00head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.comBlogger21100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239157320696386226.post-7538299120430281212008-05-28T05:25:00.000-07:002008-12-13T01:17:43.708-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">Mounted the old Phillips meters.</span><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">They show kV.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">So 6kV is 1 hour....</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">And on the other meter 6kV is 12 hours.. </span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Kind of real.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">These meters had the possibility to be "back lit"..</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">So they are now.</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">At the rear, pulsing against the wall, there is a red LED.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Showing seconds.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Makes the clock look alive!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">And it keeps the burglars at bay too...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SD1QubO66OI/AAAAAAAAAV4/WMqtXaT7LDg/s1600-h/DSCN2856.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5205405502824704226" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SD1QubO66OI/AAAAAAAAAV4/WMqtXaT7LDg/s320/DSCN2856.JPG" border="0" /></a></span></div><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5239157320696386226-753829912043028121?l=timemachinesiv.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5239157320696386226.post-55897009635726003332008-04-14T10:40:00.000-07:002008-12-13T01:17:44.477-08:00<span style="font-family:verdana;">I like rust</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">A lot</span><br /><br /><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">this is an old mine on a small island off the west coast of Scotland.</span><br /><span style="font-family:verdana;">It is just beautiful.</span><br /><br /><a href="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAOX4Gbs8HI/AAAAAAAAATc/hLog3DIoXfQ/s1600-h/DSCN0318.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189158185716215922" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://2.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAOX4Gbs8HI/AAAAAAAAATc/hLog3DIoXfQ/s320/DSCN0318.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I've been working with steel for the best part of my life.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I just love steel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Wood too, mind you...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The smell of steel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The feel to it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The colour.</span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Especially if it starts to rust.</span><br /></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">A clock?</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Phillips made the most beautiful Bakelite meters half a century ago.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">I bought loads of them.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">In a military dump store in Holland.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Almost 20 years ago now.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Even then I said to myself: you never know...</span> </div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I made this frame out of really cheap steel.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Thought it would rust just by looking at it.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;">Not so.<br /><br><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Threw it into the Venoge (the most beautiful river in the world..)</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Half in, half out the water.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">For half a year.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">No rust...<br /><br><br /></span></div><div></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Put on the grass in the garden.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">The whole winter.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Under the snow.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">No rust...<br /><br><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Acid is the magic word.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">You can buy it in any pharmacy here in Switzerland.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">You just show your passport, swear under oath that you will not use it to dissolve dead bodies and sign tons of official documents.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I showed, swore and signed.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">And walked out of the shop with the most aggressive acid money can buy...</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Still no rust....<br /><br><br /></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:Verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">"You have to dissolve some pure copper in it first"</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">OK.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Magic!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Now we're talking!</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just to be sure I made my own magic potion with vinegar and salt.</span></div><div><span style="font-family:verdana;">I'm sure this is what made the nice pits....</span></div><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><a href="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAZcqmbs8MI/AAAAAAAAAUE/4TVPe9mXau8/s1600-h/DSCN2699-1.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189937507532075202" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAZcqmbs8MI/AAAAAAAAAUE/4TVPe9mXau8/s320/DSCN2699-1.JPG" border="0" /></span></a><br /><br /><div><span style="font-family:verdana;"></span></div><br /><br /><div><a href="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAZcQGbs8LI/AAAAAAAAAT8/APQ_gd3w538/s1600-h/DSCN2696-1.JPG"><span style="font-family:verdana;"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5189937052265541810" style="CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="http://1.bp.blogspot.com/_eePk-f1Usdk/SAZcQGbs8LI/AAAAAAAAAT8/APQ_gd3w538/s320/DSCN2696-1.JPG" border="0" /></span></a></div><br /><br /><p><span style="font-family:verdana;">Just mount the meters and electronics...</span></p><div class="blogger-post-footer"><img width='1' height='1' src='https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/tracker/5239157320696386226-5589700963572600333?l=timemachinesiv.blogspot.com' alt='' /></div>head1962http://www.blogger.com/profile/11083452177987168127noreply@blogger.com0