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Glimpses of How it's made, 6 Minute Manufacturing

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the building-it-all dept.

ptorrone writes "We (MAKE Magazine) have released a free 35 minute film for download - "Glimpses of How it's made" - a tour of how many things in our world are made, each segment is 6 minutes (hence the full name "Six-Minute Manufacturing Glimpses of How it's made"). Learn about, get inspired, and see how stuff is made: LectroSonics (wireless microphones), Rose's Southwest Papers (paper converting), Accurate Custom (Injection Molding), Mega Corp. (water haulage equipment), Earthstone International (recycled glass abrasives), Butterman Tool (tool and die), Eclipse Aviation (small jet aircraft), Optical Insights (optical equipment). Downloads and more info."

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  1. Someone please seed torrent by patiwat · · Score: 3, Informative

    I'm not sure of the wisdom of the site owners in posting a 166MB file onto Slashdot... Why don't people just use bittorrent for distributing content like this? A mirror (a 100MB quicktime movie) is available, though, at http://downloads.oreilly.com/make/howitismade.mov

    A fascinating file though, conveniently formated for the ipod with video.

  2. How It's Made on Discovery Channel by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 2, Informative

    This is like the show How It's Made on the Discovery Channel:

    http://www.exn.ca/ontv/series.asp?series=43701526& TZ=0

  3. Coral to the rescue by Saiyine · · Score: 3, Informative


    Mirror of the video

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  4. Um by tomstdenis · · Score: 4, Informative

    In Canada on the discovery channel we have a "how it's made" series that shows how things are manufactured in about the span of 6-8 minutes. ... welcome to 2001

    Tom

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  5. Re:Cool by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    I remember a show, circa 1968, that I believe was called Discovery. It showed how pencils, bowling balls, etc., were manufactured. Anyone else remember this one?

  6. Show on Science Channel by furry_wookie · · Score: 2, Informative

    Doesnt anyone else watch the "How its made" show on the science channel?
    http://science.discovery.com/
    http://science.discovery.com/tvlistings/series.jsp ?series=103469&gid=0&channel=SCI

    "How its made" and "Survivorman" are two of the coolest shows on TV, you have GOT TO watch survivorman if you have not seen it yet. It rocks.

    http://science.discovery.com/convergence/survivorm an/survivorman.html

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  7. Re:How it's Made by Anonymous Coward · · Score: 1, Informative

    The Science Channel (formerly Discovery Science) in the US has it, though.

  8. Direct Mirror by augustz · · Score: 4, Informative

    http://69.56.247.237/download/howitismade.m4v

  9. Another site with manufacturing videos by killerkalamari · · Score: 3, Informative

    Stanford University hosts another cool free site with manufacturing videos, entitled "How Everyday Things Are Made"

    http://manufacturing.stanford.edu/

    Here is the site's description:

    "If you've ever wondered how things are made - products like candy, cars, airplanes, or bottles - or if you've been interested in manufacturing processes, like forging, casting, or injection molding, then you've come to the right place."

    The videos play using Flash; some are longer than others. Since the videos are donated (they aren't made by Stanford) some of them spew a bit of propaganda, but overall they are excellent.