Tag: Mechanics

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The Rotary Engine

A rotary engine is an internal combustion engine, like the engine in your car, but it works in a completely different way than the conventional piston engine.

In a piston engine, the same volume of space (the cylinder) alternately does four different jobs — intake, compression, combustion and exhaust. A rotary engine does these sam­e four jobs, but each one happens in its own part of the housing. It’s kind of like having a dedicated cylinder for each of the four jobs, with the piston moving continually from one to the next.

The rotary engine (originally conceived and developed by Dr. Felix Wankel) is sometimes called a Wankel engine, or Wankel rotary engine.

This animation provides a basic understanding of how the Rotary Engine is put together and how it works. It was created with 3ds max, Cinema 4D and After Effects.

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Man Born without Arms Changes Brake Pads with Just His Feet

Mark Stutzman was born without arms, but that didn’t become him from becoming a highly successful archer, both in competition and deer hunting. He quite properly bills himself as the “Inspirational Archer”, and I started to write this post with that as the central theme. But then I found this video buried in his website, and it strikes me as even more amazing than the archery. Stutzman, using only his feet, changes the brake pads on his car.

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“Intimidator”

Bart Hickey is a mechanic who has been blind since birth. He should be an inspiration to everybody.


“Intimidator” from Jim Quattrocki on Vimeo.

Video Description:

I asked Bart Hickey, owner of B.A.T. Automotive, if we can come by his shop with a camera… we let him talk… mostly about anything… and I’m glad we did…

I love his line “I thought at 50, I would have a couple of tech’s working for me, and I can just be the boss.”

Haven’t we all had those thoughts?

Thanks to another great storyteller, Carey Ott, for the use of “Everyday Heroes”.

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