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Title: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 06, 2012, 05:39:20 AM

Hi Lads  :wave:

Has anyone been to the German Museum of Technology ?   http://www.sdtb.de/Home.623.0.html   , i am thinking about poking my head in the door  some time next week  :headbang:


Rob

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: ksor on September 06, 2012, 05:45:41 AM

No, but next time I go to Berlin I'll go there for sure !

Please let's see some pictures !

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: dsquire on September 06, 2012, 06:24:48 AM

Quote from: RobWilson on September 06, 2012, 05:39:20 AM

Hi Lads  :wave:

Has anyone been to the German Museum of Technology ?   http://www.sdtb.de/Home.623.0.html   , i am thinking about poking my head in the door  some time next week  :headbang:


Rob

Rob

I Haven't been there and probably never will. I will chip in for a roll of film though seeing as you take such nice pictures.  :lol: :lol: :lol:

Have fun and enjoy.

Cheers  :beer:

Don

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: allanchrister on September 06, 2012, 10:34:53 AM

Yes,  when I lived in Berlin I spent a good half day there last year and could have spent longer.  Great and interesting place and strongly recommended.

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: DaveH on September 06, 2012, 03:42:46 PM

Hi Rob,

Visited it when it was in Munich (1990) - no much help  :lol: :lol: :lol:

 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Yorkshireman on September 10, 2012, 03:07:49 AM

Sorry
The Museum in München ist a complete different place.
See http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php?id=1&L=1 (http://www.deutsches-museum.de/index.php?id=1&L=1)
To see this museum, you should take your time, a week is may be not enough!

Johannes, Yorkshireman

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: DaveH on September 10, 2012, 02:30:08 PM

You're right Johannes - I thought they had combined them  :Doh: was a long time ago.

 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 11, 2012, 12:35:38 PM

Evening lads

Just thought i would report back, well worth a look very interesting museum  :headbang:

Now off to sample some more German beer  :beer: :ddb: i seem to have developed a taste for it

Rob

Photos to come

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Bluechip on September 11, 2012, 01:13:33 PM

Quote from: RobWilson on September 11, 2012, 12:35:38 PM

Evening lads

Just thought i would report back, well worth a look very interesting museum  :headbang:

Now off to sample some more German beer  :beer: :ddb: i seem to have developed a taste for it

Rob

Photos to come

You mean to say they let you IN  ...... sheesh  :scratch:
Don't forget my stick of rock ....
 
BC

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 11, 2012, 03:45:18 PM

Ha ha ha getting back into the uk maybe more of a problem lol

Got you some German sausage  Dave   :thumbup:


Rob

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Bluechip on September 11, 2012, 03:54:27 PM

Quote from: RobWilson on September 11, 2012, 03:45:18 PM

Ha ha ha getting back into the uk maybe more of a problem lol

Got you some German sausage  Dave   :thumbup:


Rob

What a hero you are ....  :thumbup:
Scoffed no end of Weissewurst (??) in Stuttgart ..
Best ones were IIRC Thuringer Rostwurst { ?? ) 'kin HUGE things, think that's what  they were called.
 
The Germans do a nifty line in sausages, far better than most of the spineless rubbish here. You did stand a good chance of their stuff being made from protein rather than cereal .... blaaaah.
BC
 Just looked it up ... it's Thuringer Rostbratwurst ...
http://germanfood.about.com/od/regionalspecialties/tp/12Germansausages.htm (http://germanfood.about.com/od/regionalspecialties/tp/12Germansausages.htm)
 
See how I look after you ... hope you're grateful .. :lol:

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 11, 2012, 04:05:53 PM

Thought you would prefer sausage to rock Dave lol

 I they do do a crackin sausage mmmmm some spicy ones too

Rob

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology photos
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 16, 2012, 08:32:31 AM

HI Lads , here are a few of the photos I took on my visit to the museum ,the museum is well worth a look if your ever in Berlin , having a wide section of exhibits and demonstrations .

Its easy to spot  the museum from a distance as its the only building with a Douglas C-47 Skytrain/Dakota suspended from the corner of the building . One of the aircraft used in the Berlin airlift

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050597.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050598.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050601.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050730.jpg)

One of the first exhibits is of a working  engineering shop from the early 1900, complete with all the line shafts ,driven from a very fine example of a beam engine .

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050626.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050607.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050612.jpg)

Another very fine beam engine , there are red boxes that are viable in a few of the photographs these are positioned next to an exhibit and give the time at witch the next demonstration will be given .So if there is something you have a particular interest in seeing its just a case of noting the time and wandering back to see the demonstration .   

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050636.jpg)

A few of the locos they have on display , one which  has been sectioned so you can see how things work.
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050671.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050653.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050652.jpg)

Some of the 1/5 scale model locos and rolling stock , these were built to a very high standard .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050648.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050649.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050650.jpg)

The jewellery manufacturing shop was excellent  with chain making ,embossing ,drawing,rose engines and guilloche demonstrations ,the display cases showed a step by step processes of spin and lost wax castings , sadly no casting demonstration that day . Wile on the subject of ornamental work I was lucky enough to pick up a five volume set of Holtzapffes Turning and Mechanical Manipulation 1850 on my way back through London,nice addition to my library. 

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050661.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050656.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050664.jpg)(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050655.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050662.jpg)
 
Think i will make one of these engraving vice.
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050658.jpg)


Now this was something else , whats hard to see due to the glass is the amount of rivets in this model of a boat lift , similar to the  Anderton Boat Lift here in the UK , This model was still under construction , but the chap did give me a quick demo .
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050680.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050679.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P10506802.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050681.jpg)

AS well as sail boats they had a good selection of steam boat engines .

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050682.jpg)

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050687.jpg)

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050685.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050689.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050690.jpg)

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050691.jpg)

An Oscillating steam engine 

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050700.jpg)

Video
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/th_00018.jpg) (http://s1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/?action=view&current=00018.mp4)
aviation
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050713.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050706.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050709.jpg)

aero motors

(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050714.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050711.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050710.jpg)
(http://i1066.photobucket.com/albums/u410/RobWilson100/Berlin%20engineering%20museum/P1050708.jpg)


Above  is just a very small selection of what was on display ,some of the other displays were computing,chemistry,transport,brewery and windmills . They were doing some remodelling of the museum at the time of or visit  but this did not detract from or experience .


Rob

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Mayhem on September 16, 2012, 09:02:50 AM

Thanks for sharing those Rob.  It certainly looks worth a look.  I'll be in Berlin for a meeting in 2014, so I'll pencil that in.

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: saw on September 16, 2012, 09:17:12 AM

Nice Rob, I missed that museum when I was in Berlin last year  :doh:

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: micktoon on September 16, 2012, 05:01:10 PM

  Hi Rob , Cheers for posting the photos :thumbup: , good photos they are too :clap:, looks like a first class place, I could spend a lot of time there! The old fella at the boat lift looks like a wax work exhibit himself in your photo  :D

  Cheers Mick

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: doubleboost on September 16, 2012, 05:03:41 PM

That marine engine and boier
 :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool: :drool:
John

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: krv3000 on September 16, 2012, 05:25:17 PM

Thanks for sharing those Rob nice pics

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 17, 2012, 05:25:36 AM

Cheers lads  :beer:

Rob

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Stilldrillin on September 17, 2012, 06:01:17 AM

Thanks for showing those pics Rob!   :clap: :clap:

Some lovely machinery there........  :bugeye:



First workshop pic. Right hand side. Pedestal drill.......

That's "the one", I started operating in 1972. It was rather tired, by then........   :(

We finally got something (slightly) better, five years later!  (http://serve.mysmiley.net/rolleye/rolleye0014.gif) (http://www.mysmiley.net)

David D

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: andyf on September 17, 2012, 06:39:27 AM

Thanks for posting those great photos, Rob! If I visit Berlin again, that museum will be on my list.


Given what you said here:

Quote from: RobWilson on September 11, 2012, 04:05:53 PM

Thought you would prefer sausage to rock Dave lol
 They do do a crackin sausage mmmmm some spicy ones too
Rob

..... maybe you should put this on the list for your next visit http://www.currywurstmuseum.de/en/die-currywurst-hat-ein-museum/

Andy

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: DaveH on September 17, 2012, 08:14:30 AM

Thanks Rob  :clap:

Great photo's, really nice  :thumbup: :bow:
 :beer:
DaveH

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Brass_Machine on September 17, 2012, 12:50:59 PM

Very nice pictures Rob!

Eric

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: Rob.Wilson on September 18, 2012, 12:40:24 PM

thanks lads , pleased you liked  the photos  :thumbup:

 :lol: :lol: Andy ,I will remember the  Currywurst museum for next time  :ddb: :ddb:


cheers Rob

Title: Re: German Museum of Technology
Post by: John Stevenson on September 18, 2012, 06:15:47 PM

Any German ju-ju dolls ?