Teardown as art!

[mikeselectricstuff]

http://butdoesitfloat.com/2353920/Everyone-has-a-piece-of-the-puzzle

[alm]

Neat! I like it, great execution. Maybe Dave could hire this guy to create some decoration for his new lab .

[NiHaoMike]

More on the mechanical side but here's the disassembly of an automatic transmission:
http://forum.e46fanatics.com/showthread.php?t=713780
And a manual:
http://www.honda-acura.net/forums/do-it-yourself/284236-diy-transmission-rebuild-89pics.html
Notice that while you can get an idea of how a manual works by looking at the pictures, the automatic mostly remains a mystery.

[urbanwriter]

Not enough LEDs for my advanced age - I think automatic transmissions are easier to understand if you dismember (oh, dismantle) and reassemble a few internal-gear bicycle hubs. Actually, now that I think of it I could copy the art-idea that started the thread - but then it is only derivative rather than original - and sort of pointless at that point. The first time I saw the original series of images I was most struck by the typewriter bits - sort of 'french curves' for drawing schematics. 

[ivan747]

Neat! I like it, great execution. Maybe Dave could hire this guy to create some decoration for his new lab .

If I was him, I would ask that guy for permission to print those photos on A5 or A6 paper and stick them to the walls! In fact, I think I am going to do that myself! I will have to do it on non-metric tabloid paper (two letter-sized sheets next to each other).

[IanB]

Is nobody going to ask about putting them back together again?