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Japanese Puppet Style – Tyger

moresnow — Mon, 06 Feb 2012 14:59:00 +0000

Tyger by Guilherme Marcondes (2006)

Louis Chenot is the definition of awesome!

moresnow — Thu, 12 Jan 2012 15:04:36 +0000

Louis Chenot a master craftsman and model maker built this supercharged, Model SJ Duesenberg with a fully functional engine over a ten year period.

image credit: Just A Car Guy

This is a fully working model of a 1932 SJ Duesenberg LaGrande dual-cowl phaeton. There is even a working video of the motor.

Read more here to see even more pictures

2011 in review

moresnow — Tue, 03 Jan 2012 19:41:11 +0000

The WordPress.com stats helper monkeys prepared a 2011 annual report for this blog.

Here’s an excerpt:

A San Francisco cable car holds 60 people. This blog was viewed about 3,300 times in 2011. If it were a cable car, it would take about 55 trips to carry that many people.

Click here to see the complete report.

Precision Metalworking Yields the Berkbinder & Brown Tool Watch

moresnow — Tue, 20 Dec 2011 15:55:36 +0000

What a masterpiece! Berkbinder & Brown fabricates through precision metal working products of rugged, functional beauty all from a history of a rich American Legacy. The Tool Watch evolved out of a desire by Ted Brown to have a watch for active pursuits, a watch built for work, a “tool not a jewel.”

Starting out in 2008 Berkbinder & Brown set out to create this masterpiece. The Tool Watch is not a mass production item, it is a finely crafted “timepiece for life.”

Awesome Video which makes you want to Try Harder

moresnow — Sat, 17 Dec 2011 17:48:09 +0000

Kerns Guava

moresnow — Thu, 08 Dec 2011 00:56:28 +0000

Sommerrodelbahn!!! – Super Mountain Coaster

moresnow — Tue, 22 Nov 2011 21:40:04 +0000

CAT CT660 – So you now have a beast on your job site.

moresnow — Thu, 17 Nov 2011 18:11:40 +0000

So you drive to your work site in your Ford F350 Super Duty and you tower over everyone on the road….. But how do you ensure your commercial truck is just as badass….search no further. Caterpillar is now in the commercial truck space. I would like to see what happens if you do a draw and quarter competition between a Mack and CAT. I think the dog may win…. Here is the beast the CT660

M/V Lone – World’s Strongest Heavy Lifter

moresnow — Mon, 14 Nov 2011 21:35:01 +0000

The M/V Lone, owned by shipping company S.A.L. of Germany, together with sister ship Svenja, is the most powerful Heavy Lift Ship in the world. It has two cranes with a joint hoisting capacity of 2,000 tons. The 162-meter long Lone is also DP equipped for offshore work.

The video shows above shows the Lone’s first job, transporting six 630 ton pipes from the RHB Terminal in the Rotterdam to Korea. The video was shot on March, 11 2011.

Syvia debut EP “Unloveable”

moresnow — Tue, 08 Nov 2011 20:19:34 +0000

From indie electropop duo Syvia’s debut EP “Unloveable.”