---
title: "The Sum Of Their Parts"
description: "Get a better appreciation for everyday machines."
date: "2016-01-19"
modified: "2016-01-19"
authors:
  - name: "The Drive Staff"
    link: "https://www.thedrive.com/authors/the-drive-staff"
url: "https://www.thedrive.com/tech/1753/the-sum-of-their-parts"
categories:
  - "News"
---

# The Sum Of Their Parts

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Things come together. Things come apart. It’s the allure of anything that’s assembled, anything adjustable or using a mechanism: All the little parts and pieces and bolts and bits. Each has a function. Each is essential. And you’ll never know a thing better than after you’ve seen its guts spilled out on a workbench.

Or, carefully laid out in a photo studio. That’s the idea behind these photos we’ve collected: various household objects, meticulously disassembled. Some are rudimentary, others insanely complex. But there’s an odd beauty to seeing the insides of everyday items. You can look and see progress. You can look and see the simplicity of lethality. Above all else, though, it’ll give you a better appreciation for the machine.

![Alarm Clock](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_alarmclock_art.jpg>)
**Chris Parsons/Getty Images**

![Bike](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_bike_art.jpg>)
**Philip Gatward/Getty Images**

![Camera](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_camera_art.jpg>)
**Michele Lugaresi/Getty Images**

![Car Trim](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_cartrim_art.jpg>)
**Dave Rudkin/Getty Images**

![Espresso Machine](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_espressomachine_art.jpg>)
**Dave King/Getty Images**

![Film Projector](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_filmprojector_art.jpg>)
**bogdandreava/Getty Images**

![Food Processor](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_foodprocessor_art.jpg>)
**Dave King/Getty Images**

![Handgun](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_gun_art.jpg>)
**Rich Legg/Getty Images**

![iPod](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_ipod_art.jpg>)
**Joseph Clark/Getty Images**

![Meat Grinder](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_meatgrinder_art.jpg>)
**bogdandreava/Getty Images**

![Safety Razor](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_razor_art.jpg>)
**Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images**

![Tape Recorder](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_taperecorder_art.jpg>)
**Chris Parsons/Getty Images**

![Telephone Receiver](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_telephonereciever_art.jpg>)
**Dorling Kindersley/Getty Images**

![Trombone](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_trombone_art.jpg>)
**Tim Ridley/Getty Images**

![Typewriter](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_typewriter_art.jpg>)
**Dave King/Getty Images**

![Video Camera](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_videocamera_art.jpg>)
**bogdandreava/Getty Images**

![Wristwatch](<https://www.thedrive.com/wp-content/uploads/content/archive-images/inpieces_watches_art.jpg>)
**Yomka/Getty Images**

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