Post Your Photos of Machinery

[Heroique]

We need to understand the context within which these machines are posted if we are to comment on them with any real sense of understanding or sincerity.

A lot of these giant machines are vicious dinosaurs, hunting each other in primitive lands.

Especially those log cutters – the dragger, the crane, the splitter.

Below is one more of their species, machined in the same shop, recently escaped.

Tachi 4x5
Schneider XL 110mm/5.6
Polaroid Type 55
Epson 4990/Epson Scan

[Jim Jones]

Even baby lathes have character.

[Andrew O'Neill]

While your point is well taken and I happen to agree with it who made you the forum response monitor?

I never presumed to be the forum monitor but it would appear from your comment that you did. Regardless, I just wanted to take the discussion and the responses to a more substantive and respectful level.

[sully75]

To simply say, I like this or don't like that (without giving expression to why) falls short of an intelligent response, one that each photo posted here deserves. That said, I know that when I have posted my own images, I haven't always stated the purpose or idea behind my photos; however, in responding to images posted, it seems to me that we need to understand the context within which they are posted if we are to comment on them with any real sense of understanding or sincerity. Anything less is superficial. My thoughts only.

I'm pretty ok with someone just saying they like a picture I took. Makes my day.

[Ari]

Even baby lathes have character.

They used to make lathes for babies?
Glad they abolished those child labour laws

[Andrew O'Neill]

I'm pretty ok with someone just saying they like a picture I took. Makes my day.

Me too, but I guess my curious nature wants to know why. Is that asking too much?

[atlcruiser]

Me too, but I guess my curious nature wants to know why. Is that asking too much?

Perhaps it is when you tell me that my response was not up to your standards................

[SocalAstro]

Even baby lathes have character.

Very lovely image of what my brain sees when I hear the word "machine" :-)

[Vaughn]

They used to make lathes for babies?
Glad they abolished those child labour laws

Much better than the image I had of babies being turned on a lathe!

Heroique -- trees would shake down to their root tips seeing that thing coming their way!

Vaughn

PS...Andrew, I think it is not too much to ask, if asked nicely. JMO

[bgh]

Such a wonderful thread! Here are a couple of photographs that I took for an exhibit on the use of hydroelectric power on the Erie Canal in NY--the horizontal generating units at the Brewerton Lock, and one of the governors at the Newark Lock.

Bruce