A Couple of Steam Engines

This is fun article that shows a couple of steam engines, and presents some evidence indicating Blend Dynamics is weird. Let’s just put this out there: My wife and I are weird. A few years ago, she bought me a gift for our anniversary. It’s pictured above (the steam...

The Peaucellier Linkage

The Peaucellier Linkage A Post for the Christmas Break. (Don’t read this if you are not a nerd) (No audio; safe for work)   I’m a nerd, so I think this mechanism is really cool.  When I was a kid, I asked myself if there were some planar linkages that could...