Self-oiling machine!

One of the galleries at the MIT Museum had a bunch of simple machines that students have made over the years, including this self-oiling machine. The arm continually circled around the main gears, dipping into the tray of oil below and dumping the oil when it was above it. It was very cool.

[mittens (Marilyn)]

This is really cool. What a neat invention.

[Lisa Poland]

@mittens We spent a lot of time in this room because my husband had to video each machine! LOL!

[Cheri]

Very cool invention and shots

[Margaret Obey]

Ingenious

[Lisa Poland]

@linc @ceilidh Thanks, they had all kinds of cool machines that did everything from stir rice to rock a baby doll.

[Jen Hudson]

Sounds like an Intriguing place. Nice shots to show this.

[Lyn Berriman]

Interesting! Thanks for sharing.

[Lisa Poland]

@jennywren @lynnilou Thanks!

[Taffy]

That's a clever installation. I like that we can see it in both positions.

[Lisa Poland]

@taffy Thanks!

[Paula McLaughlin]

Sounds like a fascinating display! (I can see my husband wanting to video the simple machines...Haahha) Great shot!

[Sue Wilde]

What a terrific subject

[Laurie F]

too sweet!

[Kathy]

Interesting shot & invention.

[Terry]

How cool is that

[Lisa Poland]

@paulam @swilde @lafish @kathysview @sarasdadandmom Thanks!

[Rick Schies]

I guess it coul dbe a useful gadget. Wonder if it was every pursued

[Lisa Poland]

@digitalrn I don't know. They had all kinds of stuff like this in their gallery.

[Mark Prince]

Novel idea. Neat collage

[Lisa Poland]

@markp Thanks! It was a very cool museum.

[Ann H. LeFevre]

The practical side of me is thinking, "So it oils itself. Does it do anything other than that? If not I don't think I'd want to sacrifice the space for it!" Good shot.

[Lisa Poland]

@olivetreeann I thought the same thing. They had all kinds of strange little machines that mostly just moved something around, didn't do anything practical at all.