Armstrong Effect(en.wikipedia.org)

36 points by userbinator 4 months ago | 2 comments

Animated Engines(animatedengines.com)

57 points by surprisetalk 8 months ago | 4 comments

How machines learned precision(glinscott.github.io)

194 points by glinscott 20 days ago | 65 comments

An illustrated essay by Gary Linscott on how Industrial Revolution machine tools like the screw-cutting lathe achieved precision from iron.

A Swiss firm’s software mines the world’s knowledge for patent opportunities(spectrum.ieee.org)

10 points by geox 2 years ago | 5 comments

BRL-CAD(brlcad.org)

94 points by pabs3 3 years ago | 30 comments

Steam Machine Launches Today(store.steampowered.com)

38 points by no_news_is 4 months ago | 6 comments

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

700 points by razin 4 months ago | 118 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive blog article explaining how a mechanical watch mechanism works, with draggable 3D demonstrations.

Mechanical Watch (2022)(ciechanow.ski)

900 points by Akcium 2 years ago | 153 comments

Bartosz Ciechanowski's interactive article explaining how a mechanical watch works, with draggable 3D demonstrations of its mechanism.

How an oil refinery works(construction-physics.com)

503 points by chmaynard 5 months ago | 175 comments

A Construction Physics article by Brian Potter explaining how oil refineries process crude oil into fuels and other products.

Elevators(john.fun)

1556 points by Jrh0203 2 months ago | 383 comments

An interactive article on john.fun explaining how elevators work and the algorithms that decide which car answers a call.

507 Mechanical Movements(507movements.com)

643 points by helloplanets 2 months ago | 76 comments

A website presenting animated versions of the illustrations from Henry T. Brown's 1868 book 507 Mechanical Movements, showing belts, pulleys and other mechanisms.

How to build a 50k ton forging press(construction-physics.com)

407 points by chmaynard 2 years ago | 165 comments

A Construction Physics article by Brian Potter on how 50,000-ton forging presses, such as Alcoa's, were designed and built.