Table of Dreams

10 responses to “Table of Dreams”

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   sbove

   Dec 13, 2019 at 2:33 pm

   Was once in a house back east where one of the kids had a glass topped table in an upstairs bedroom suite made from a 3x3x2 foot hexagonal carbon nuclear reactor core section from a US Navy submarine. The family was in defense contracting and the section had a defect that made it unusable (prior to initial installation)…so dad brought it home…They joked that it was a $20M coffee table. 😉

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   Lars Plougmann

   Dec 13, 2019 at 5:07 pm

   Awesome to see one of the fins that close. Is the coffee table made from the titanium or aluminium version of the grid fins?

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   jurvetson

   Dec 14, 2019 at 12:52 am

   Ti, unflown. Quite valuable 🙂

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   P^2 – Paul

   Dec 14, 2019 at 4:16 am

   I have the perfect accessory:
   

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   precious amount

   Dec 14, 2019 at 2:59 pm

   Is this a casting? Were the recesses hogged out with a mill? (I’m not sure what processes work with titanium.) Impressive structure.

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   jasamataz

   Dec 14, 2019 at 4:47 pm

   Engineered parts have always fascinated me, from their inception to production. This is wild! Quite the coffee table. It becomes it’s own conversation piece. Thanks for sharing it!

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   _sarchi

   Dec 14, 2019 at 9:08 pm

   everyday astronaut does a plasticised souvenir

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   le cabri

   Dec 15, 2019 at 3:14 am

   That’s photography!

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   Gwênlyn

   Dec 21, 2019 at 2:40 am

   Great for storing ostrich eggs.

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    jurvetson

    Jun 2, 2020 at 3:17 pm

    P.S. A Merlin beauty I saw at the McGregor engine test facility

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