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Mechanics

587 blueprints available • 8 subcategories

Blueprints (587)

The Disc Brake: A Stop Is Heat, and the Disc Can Get Rid of It

The Disc Brake: A Stop Is Heat, and the Disc Can Get Rid of It

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Drum Brake: Shoes That Push Themselves Harder

The Drum Brake: Shoes That Push Themselves Harder

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Sliding-Mesh Gearbox: Choosing a Ratio With the Engine Running

The Sliding-Mesh Gearbox: Choosing a Ratio With the Engine Running

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Leaf Spring: A Beam That Carries the Load and Locates the Axle

The Leaf Spring: A Beam That Carries the Load and Locates the Axle

by EmmaSE

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Ackermann Steering: The Inner Wheel Turns Further

Ackermann Steering: The Inner Wheel Turns Further

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Wankel Engine: A Three-Cornered Rotor in an Epitrochoid

The Wankel Engine: A Three-Cornered Rotor in an Epitrochoid

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Electric Self-Starter: Kettering's Motor-Generator

The Electric Self-Starter: Kettering's Motor-Generator

by VoltSE

Energy

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Cams and Valve Timing: Open Early, Close Late

Cams and Valve Timing: Open Early, Close Late

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Magneto and the Spark Plug: Thousands of Volts at the Right Moment

The Magneto and the Spark Plug: Thousands of Volts at the Right Moment

by VoltSE

Energy

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The Two-Stroke Engine: The Piston Is the Valve

The Two-Stroke Engine: The Piston Is the Valve

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Carburettor: A Venturi, a Jet and a Float

The Carburettor: A Venturi, a Jet and a Float

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Crank and the Flywheel: Smoothing One Bang in Two Turns

The Crank and the Flywheel: Smoothing One Bang in Two Turns

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Piston Ring: Sealed by the Gas It Holds Back

The Piston Ring: Sealed by the Gas It Holds Back

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Kaplan Turbine: A Propeller in a Pipe, With Blades That Turn

The Kaplan Turbine: A Propeller in a Pipe, With Blades That Turn

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Tesla Turbine: Discs, Not Blades, Driven by the Boundary Layer

The Tesla Turbine: Discs, Not Blades, Driven by the Boundary Layer

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Turbocharger: The Exhaust Drives the Compressor

The Turbocharger: The Exhaust Drives the Compressor

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Gas Turbine: When the Turbine Finally Beat Its Own Compressor

The Gas Turbine: When the Turbine Finally Beat Its Own Compressor

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Sirocco Fan: Many Shallow Forward-Curved Blades

The Sirocco Fan: Many Shallow Forward-Curved Blades

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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Fins and the Heat Sink: A Fin That Is Too Long Does Nothing

Fins and the Heat Sink: A Fin That Is Too Long Does Nothing

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Heat Pipe: Evaporation, Condensation and a Wick That Pumps

The Heat Pipe: Evaporation, Condensation and a Wick That Pumps

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Rotary Regenerator: Store Heat in a Wheel and Carry It Across

The Rotary Regenerator: Store Heat in a Wheel and Carry It Across

by MartinNO

Mechanics

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The Plate Heat Exchanger: Thin Plates, Turbulence, and a Frame You Can Open

The Plate Heat Exchanger: Thin Plates, Turbulence, and a Frame You Can Open

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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Counterflow: The Same Area Does More When the Streams Run Opposite

Counterflow: The Same Area Does More When the Streams Run Opposite

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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The Radiator: Mostly Convection, and Why Temperature Is Everything

The Radiator: Mostly Convection, and Why Temperature Is Everything

by EmmaSE

Mechanics

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