23 Photos That Show The Inner Workings of Things

Peter Rapine Published 12/01/2023 in ftw

Ever wonder what the inside of an elephant's foot looks like? How about the inside of a Milky Way?

Well, thanks to the cross-section-loving folks of r/ThingsCutInHalfP–, who love seeing things cut in half, you'll get exactly what you've come here for, things cut in half.

We've got bullets, boats, snacks, cars, and just about everything that was able to be preserved while being halved. It's subreddits like this that speak to our inner child, that reach deep down into our desire for knowledge and provide us with the answers we are so hungry for.

So if you just really, really need to know what a cruise ship looks like when it's cut in half, the answer is but a short scroll away. Enjoy.

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1.
Cut in Half Cables used in the Golden Gate Bridge
2.
A painter's mixing brush after 1 year.
3.
Rather than build a new cruise ship, Silversea has decided to cut their current ship in half with “military precision” and add another 50 feet of space right in the middle of the vessel. The project cost $100 million and took over 450,000 man hours to cut the 36,000 ton ship in half.
4.
Cross section of a whale rib
5.
Palm tree
6.
7.
Elephant's foot
8.
VW Camper Vanagon T3 Cutaway
9.
Vintage vacuum cleaner cutaway
10.
Mercedes Benz 280 E cut in half
11.
Power Supply Transformer
12.
Mud dauber nest
13.
4.5 inch Shrapnel Shell cut in half
14.
Milky Way bar
15.
Powerdrill
16.
Cross section model of the engine core and funnel, Disney ship MAGIC, as displayed in the Port Canaveral Disney Cruise Terminal
17.
Hot Tub
18.
Cutaway of a deadly British WWI 18-pounder shrapnel shell.
19.
AR-Style Airsoft Gun Cutaway
20.
1992 Opel Vectra
21.
Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy
22.
High Velocity Aircraft Rocket
23.
Clogged Kitchen Drain

1.
Cut in Half Cables used in the Golden Gate Bridge
2.
A painter's mixing brush after 1 year.
3.
Rather than build a new cruise ship, Silversea has decided to cut their current ship in half with “military precision” and add another 50 feet of space right in the middle of the vessel. The project cost $100 million and took over 450,000 man hours to cut the 36,000 ton ship in half.
4.
Cross section of a whale rib
5.
Palm tree
6.
7.
Elephant's foot
8.
VW Camper Vanagon T3 Cutaway
9.
Vintage vacuum cleaner cutaway
10.
Mercedes Benz 280 E cut in half
11.
Power Supply Transformer
12.
Mud dauber nest
13.
4.5 inch Shrapnel Shell cut in half
14.
Milky Way bar
15.
Powerdrill
16.
Cross section model of the engine core and funnel, Disney ship MAGIC, as displayed in the Port Canaveral Disney Cruise Terminal
17.
Hot Tub
18.
Cutaway of a deadly British WWI 18-pounder shrapnel shell.
19.
AR-Style Airsoft Gun Cutaway
20.
1992 Opel Vectra
21.
Aero Spacelines Pregnant Guppy
22.
High Velocity Aircraft Rocket
23.
Clogged Kitchen Drain