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1shot #066-allegory of the parking garage
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Looking up and in #011
Yes. Yes, it does.
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Framed print in this limited series of 10 for sale: $200. Just email me.
Matted image is 12.5” square, with mat and frame 22.5” square.
Project statement is back on the first post. Here’s how they look framed.
1shot #065-what engaged community looks like…
Waterloo students had *their* say in the bitter cold of the public square today. At issue is the impact on student life of the job action and associated strife between the teachers’ union and the Ontario government. Wherever you come out on that recurring debacle, you have to admit: it’s pretty damned encouraging to see so many citizens out in the bone-chilling wind, actively engaged in their community.
It ain’t all facebook and twitter: today it was feet on the street. Bravo.
DW
Two turntables and a… gearbox
This is probably what the guts of your snowblower gearbox look like, too. I upended my trusty winter friend today for a look-see when the auger engage lever wasn’t returning. Suspected a broken spring was the culprit and confirmed that, bottom right of this photo. The drivetrain clutch is a model of simplicity: the belt-driven pulley has a rubber platen centre, like a turntable. When you pull on the lever to engage the drive train, you’re yanking that cable on the right, pulling the spinning turntable against the perpendicular rubber wheel attached to the shaft that drives the larger axle gear attached to the wheels. Shifting gears is accomplished by shoving that rubber wheel between the centre and outside edge of the turntable: faster spin on the outside means faster wheel speed. And for reverse, the rubber wheel is shoved to the other side of the turntable, thus turning the driveshaft in the opposite direction.
High-five to YardMaster for shipping my snowblower with a manual that includes a detailed exploded parts diagram. Makes it much easier to get a new extension spring, part number #732-0611. Wish all vendors would support repair/reuse like this, employing standard fasteners so we can crack open and fix what we own.
Hope y’all got your DIY freak on this weekend.
DW
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1shot #064-all the horses
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1shot #063-one scale of reason
Don’t tell me a thing: the mystery is all.
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1shot #062-I think it moved
but I’m not sure.
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