"The biggest attribute we look for in a new customer isn't past experience but a little bit of mechanical aptitude," he said.
But some of the most clever and practical conversions came from owners' sheer ingenuity, with a bit of carpentry and mechanical skill.
"Using two engines combined makes it a bit of a complex mechanical system, so I wonder about operating efficiency and fuel consumption.
In "Martrida, Zanzibar" (1998), Mr. Miraglia injects a bit of High Modernism by using mechanical textures like woven palm and fabric patterns in contrast to the organic forms of the subject's face.
So that's one complex bit of mechanical beauty that must remain unappreciated.
Germany were more mechanical, with a bit of dash sacrificed through Klinsmann's decision that the deteriorating form of Bastian Schweinsteiger meant the left winger would not start.
Wiggins, who experienced the problem with his chain at the beginning of the climb at Crans-Montana, said: "It was a true test of a rider, it had a bit of everything in it plus a mechanical problem.
Patrick, Ms. Jenkins said, was a mechanical whiz and a bit of a "hustler".
So adding any fresh mechanical complication is a bit of a risk given how smooth and hermetically sealed smartphones have otherwise become.
I had a bit of a background in industrial design and mechanical design, and Adam had been interested for a long time in electronics and high tech and had been doing IT infrastructure work in the Valley for a few years before we met.
