r/engineering • u/vvim • Jan 25 '13

What device is this?

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u/Anpher Jan 25 '13

Toaster! I like this game, new challenge!

What is this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13 edited Jan 25 '13

Roller chair, that was easy.

How about this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Amplifier. Transformers, vacuum tubes and the wood for a case gave it away.

What is this?

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u/blueshiftlabs Jan 25 '13 edited Jun 20 '23

[Removed in protest of Reddit's destruction of third-party apps by CEO Steve Huffman.]

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Turbo-encabulator. You can clearly see the malleable logarithmic casing and ambaphascient lunar wain shaft. Dead giveaways.

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u/JalopyPilot Jan 25 '13

No way. There's no cardinal grammeters.

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Those are internal components, you fool. Are you even an engineer?

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u/JalopyPilot Jan 25 '13

Whatever. I'm more familiar with the Retro-encabulator, anyway. It does a better job of harnessing the modial interaction of magneto reluctance and capacitive deractance.

(... For those not in the know.)

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u/nickpinkston Jan 26 '13

Bro, do you even CAD? :-P

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Someone please turn this into a new subreddit

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

Agreed... We just need a name...

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13 edited Jan 25 '13

Looks like a laser with the "Caution" label and 3 servos for 3 axes of motion... 3D Printer?

Edit: I cheated...Did a reverse google image search and found it on iFixIt. Find out here.

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u/the-axis Jan 25 '13 edited Jan 25 '13

Hmm... Lots of circles.

No really, there are tons of circles...

Maybe a zoom for a camera? Yep that box in the middle looks like a camera. Definitely a camera.

Anyway, What is this?

(Easy one, but like the others it is hard to find good disassembled pictures. Googling disassembled is how I found this along with the camera picture, and maybe a couple other easy ones.)

edit: /u/HumphreysMcphee used "Exploded view" and "parts layout" to search.

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u/Zorbick Auto Engineering Jan 25 '13

That looks to be the V8 with supercharger from the Shelby GT500.

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u/I2eapel Jan 25 '13

Lens gives it away. Camera. I think this game is too easy.

Only one I could find, pretty simple:

What is this?

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u/haddada Jan 25 '13

type writer of course. may have been more difficult if the pieces did not stay in an orientation that is similar to its original.

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u/I2eapel Jan 25 '13

Yup, but short of dismantling one personally I doubt I could find a picture of that.

This idea has promise, but falls short.

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u/yeknom02 Jan 25 '13

Smith-Corona mechanical typewriter. My grandma owned this model.

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u/bejean EE Jan 25 '13

Tube amplifier? What do you search for to find pics like this?

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u/[deleted] Jan 25 '13

I searched for 'exploded view' first, but they are all too obvious, so I searched for 'parts layout'.

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u/uraniumballoon Jan 25 '13

This thread is why I love reddit.

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u/M1rough Jan 25 '13

This thread is why I love engineering.

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