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A worker from Berkeley's Urban Ore has opened a museum celebrating wingnuts

80 点作者 cainxinth10 个月前

15 条评论

andrewla10 个月前
Whenever I look at something like this I&#x27;m always a bit astounded by the variety and styles of similar-purpose objects. I would love to see a deep dive on the evolution of these designs; it always seems like there is untold history lurking in these -- why not make the wings shorter or longer, thicker or thinner, curved vs bicurved vs straight, some hollow and some solid. Was it a question of the amount of material used, or how many could be manufactured in a batch, casting the threads vs tapping them, hand sized or sized to openings, maximizing torque or limiting torque to prevent stripping.<p>One of my most annoying memories of a museum was visiting the Cooper-Hewitt design museum where they had a wall with imprints of coffee cup lids, and I was thrilled at the idea of reading about all the tradeoffs involved -- how much cup strength is offloaded onto the lid to save costs on that end, etc. But it turned out that the wall was just an Art with no deeper meaning. And then they had a car that they said was well designed and my reaction was just -- how can you show me good design without showing me either bad design (all the ways it can go wrong) or the evolution of that design?<p>If anyone knows any museums that would scratch this itch, please give me recommendations!
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jedberg10 个月前
Urban Ore is amazing. If you&#x27;re renovating a property in the Bay Area and are going for a retro look, you owe yourself a trip to Urban Ore. Or if you&#x27;re renovating an old house, you should seriously consider selling&#x2F;donating your old fixtures to Urban Ore.<p>It&#x27;s a wonderful testament to Reduce, Reuse, Recycle.<p>Edit: It looks like they don&#x27;t buy stuff and you have to pay to drop off now, but still worth it because it&#x27;s still cheaper than paying to dump it and someone else will get a chance to use it.
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jf10 个月前
If you’re in the SF Bay Area and like secondhand stores, you owe it to yourself to visit Urban Ore. It’s a secondhand store with a focus on building material. Things to check out include:<p>- a section for doors, if you want it, they have it<p>- the outdoor bathroom fixtures<p>- their tool section<p>I visit about once a year and enjoy seeing the weird things that accumulate there.
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incomplete10 个月前
i know i&#x27;m sounding like a broken record here, but urban ore is definitely a place that if you&#x27;re ever in the bay area, you need to check it out.<p>i go at least 3-4 times a year for &quot;something&quot;, with &quot;something&quot; being things like:<p>- a new bin for my inside recycling - an old street sign to use to plug the old sunroof on my 24 hours of lemons car - a door to use as a workbench - just to gawk at the massive selection of antique electronics<p>now i need to go check out the new museum! XD
noelwelsh10 个月前
I hope they asked King Charles to open it.<p><a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.betootaadvocate.com&#x2F;headlines&#x2F;australian-royal-mint-begin-drafting-new-wingnut-coins-capable-of-fitting-king-charles-ears&#x2F;" rel="nofollow">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;www.betootaadvocate.com&#x2F;headlines&#x2F;australian-royal-m...</a>
et-al10 个月前
Reminds me of this recent post about a woman and her washer collection: <a href="https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40627522">https:&#x2F;&#x2F;news.ycombinator.com&#x2F;item?id=40627522</a>
lindig10 个月前
This makes you appreciate curation in a museum. Why are these objects shown together? Historical period, size, design feature, material, production method? It looks completely arbitrary.
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mikewarot10 个月前
My friend has a Collins KWM-1, and the mobile mount wingnuts are unobtainium. They have an internal blind treaded hole instead of being simple thumbscrews. He was one of two.<p>I never knew there was such variety in that category before then.
pkaye10 个月前
I used to live near Urban Ore when I was younger and in the early 90s managed to find some old video game systems like the Fairchild Channel F, Intellivision and others for pretty cheap. Played them a bit and then sold them on the newsgroups before Ebay was around. Back then it felt like you could trust people wouldn&#x27;t scam on through transactions via such informal ways.
poopsmithe10 个月前
I get that they don&#x27;t want people to touch the displays, but please tell me there&#x27;s a hands-on section.
fsckboy9 个月前
I&#x27;m not sure that spare tire holder (bottom edge of photo, 5 o&#x27;clock from the center) gets to be called a wing-nut, its wings are actually part of the nut&#x27;s cargo fastening function
wing-_-nuts10 个月前
Well, all I&#x27;ll say is it&#x27;s about time
ThrowawayTestr10 个月前
It&#x27;s a shame wingnut has become a pejorative considering how useful the fastener is.
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gumby10 个月前
I clicked hoping it would be fasteners -- so glad for the link!
ForOldHack10 个月前
They offered me $3 for a hairwash sink. They charged $250 for it. I knew they would do this, so I only sold them one as proof. They are evil greedy scum sucking pigs:<p>But my friend picked up a Rac #3 record with liner notes for $1.<p>Their prices for their doors is outrageous, but if you know someone... its dirt cheap!<p>You can always get things at the Berkeley or Laney flea market for 1&#x2F;10th to 1&#x2F;20th of the cost.