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John Peralta Explodes Historic Technology into Three-Dimensional Diagrams

104 points by surprisetalk 2y ago

rwmj 2y ago
If an article ever needed more, larger photographs it'd be this one. On a related topic, I have a really cool book from the 1970s which contains beautiful cutaway drawings of high technology from the era (everything from telephones to Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors). Edit: How Things Work, Volumes I & II published by Paladdin. There's a borrowable copy of Vol II at the IA: https://archive.org/details/howthingsworkuni00vana/page/n595/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/howthingsworkuni00vana/page/n595... (can't find if they have Vol I).
- nbernard 2y ago
  How Things Work was published in the US by Simon & Schuster as The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology, which is on the IA: vol 1: https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki00cvan https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki00cvan vol 2: https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki02cvan https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki02cvan
- jgrahamc 2y ago
  As a child I had the book "What makes it go?" which was full of illustrations of how machines work: https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Go-Joe-Kaufman/dp/0600392651 https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Go-Joe-Kaufman/dp/06003926...
  - mhandley 2y ago
    There's a blast from the past - I had that book too and absolutely loved it. I'm glad I grew up in an era when a child had some hope of thinking they could understand all the technology around them (even though with hindsight, I know that knowledge was extremely superficial).
  - itishappy 2y ago
    Anybody here have "The Way Things Work" or "The New Way Things Work"? Haven't opened it in 20 years, but I don't think I've poured over a book the same way since. https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/0395428572 https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/039... https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473 https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473
midenginedcoupe 2y ago
Mercedes World have a Formula 1 car exploded like this. It's fab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAWi1dh8Fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAWi1dh8Fs
rmholt 2y ago
Has he ever worked on pagers by a chance
Molitor5901 2y ago
Better photos on his website: http://www.johnperaltafineart.com/ http://www.johnperaltafineart.com/
motohagiography 2y ago
these are amazing and beautiful. the singer sewing machine is particularly useful as I use a standing one as a modular synth workstation, but there is a full sewing machine inside it I've never used.
Loughla 2y ago
I'm kind of disappointed that it's only broken into major components. They're still super cool, but to see every little spring and cog and switch represented by their own monofilament would be pretty neat.
- rwmj 2y ago
  Along those lines, this is a neat TV series with James May (of Top Gear fame): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May:_The_Reassembler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May:_The_Reassembler
lrivers 2y ago
What a great use case for a 3D representation

104 points by surprisetalk 2y ago

rwmj 2y ago

If an article ever needed more, larger photographs it'd be this one. On a related topic, I have a really cool book from the 1970s which contains beautiful cutaway drawings of high technology from the era (everything from telephones to Advanced Gas-Cooled Reactors). Edit: How Things Work, Volumes I & II published by Paladdin. There's a borrowable copy of Vol II at the IA: https://archive.org/details/howthingsworkuni00vana/page/n595/mode/2up https://archive.org/details/howthingsworkuni00vana/page/n595... (can't find if they have Vol I).

nbernard 2y ago
How Things Work was published in the US by Simon & Schuster as The Way Things Work: An Illustrated Encyclopedia of Technology, which is on the IA: vol 1: https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki00cvan https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki00cvan vol 2: https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki02cvan https://archive.org/details/waythingsworki02cvan
jgrahamc 2y ago
As a child I had the book "What makes it go?" which was full of illustrations of how machines work: https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Go-Joe-Kaufman/dp/0600392651 https://www.amazon.com/What-Makes-Go-Joe-Kaufman/dp/06003926...
- mhandley 2y ago
  There's a blast from the past - I had that book too and absolutely loved it. I'm glad I grew up in an era when a child had some hope of thinking they could understand all the technology around them (even though with hindsight, I know that knowledge was extremely superficial).
- itishappy 2y ago
  Anybody here have "The Way Things Work" or "The New Way Things Work"? Haven't opened it in 20 years, but I don't think I've poured over a book the same way since. https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/0395428572 https://www.amazon.com/Way-Things-Work-David-Macaulay/dp/039... https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473 https://www.amazon.com/New-Way-Things-Work/dp/0395938473

midenginedcoupe 2y ago

Mercedes World have a Formula 1 car exploded like this. It's fab. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAWi1dh8Fs https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=wyAWi1dh8Fs

rmholt 2y ago

Has he ever worked on pagers by a chance

Molitor5901 2y ago

Better photos on his website: http://www.johnperaltafineart.com/ http://www.johnperaltafineart.com/

motohagiography 2y ago

these are amazing and beautiful. the singer sewing machine is particularly useful as I use a standing one as a modular synth workstation, but there is a full sewing machine inside it I've never used.

Loughla 2y ago

I'm kind of disappointed that it's only broken into major components. They're still super cool, but to see every little spring and cog and switch represented by their own monofilament would be pretty neat.

rwmj 2y ago
Along those lines, this is a neat TV series with James May (of Top Gear fame): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May:_The_Reassembler https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/James_May:_The_Reassembler

lrivers 2y ago

What a great use case for a 3D representation