What’s life like inside the Moleskine factory? Every bit as timeless and beautiful as the notebooks themselves. Here’s a scrumptious look at how the debossing process works, deep in the heart of Moleskine. More »
Phwroar, get a load of ‘er rear end! This German heavy machinery calendar is wall-porn for anyone who fetishizes CAT bulldozers and diggers. Strangely enough, I want one. A calendar, that is—where would I park a digger? More »
You drive them, you idiot. But if that’s not an option — say, if you’re shipping your Belaz mining truck from Belarus to South Africa — you’ve got to break them into pieces. Hulking, multi-ton pieces. More »
It’s the simple things and life that bring the most pleasure. Like watching an industrial concrete crusher apply over 1.4 million pounds of force to a block of concrete. It done crushed it good! Wheeee! [CollegeHumor] More »
Since CGI has rendered stop-motion filmmaking all but obsolete, it’s nice to see someone doing something fresh with the format. In this case, John Douglas Powers has created a mini-masterpiece using various machinery.
Those coolhunters over at Oobject have uncovered another gem of engineering: the floating crane. Because the cranes require a massive superstructure and a relatively shallow hull, designers have to approach them pretty much the opposite way they approach typical ship design. They weigh many thousands of tons, and yet somehow manage to lift thousands of tons, too—engineering that truly borders on magic. There are two more insane crane shots below; feel free to hit up Oobject for all the crane porn you’ll ever need. [Oobject]
Sometimes we forget that diggers are more than just utilitarian machines. Inside their steel body beats a heart filled with passion…and lust. Behold the grace and beauty of the ‘Transports Exceptionnels’ performed by one 5-ton digging machine and a crazy guy from a French dance group. It just goes to show you—when it comes to art, there is no such thing as “too stupid.” [Reuters via Geekologie]
Sometimes, you just need a huge fucking hole dug. Enter the world’s most interesting boring machines–all big enough to Chunnel their way under vast bodies of water, massive gem mines, that kind of thing. Huge well-ventilated rotating digging heads are the name of the game here–good to ogle from the safety of the internet, because if you’re hanging out in a cave with Sly Stallone and you see one of these coming, you’ll be too busy runing. [OObject]
