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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. Hi, I'm Troy McClure ... by Average_Joe_Sixpack · · Score: 5, Funny

    You may remember me from such instructional videos as "Mothballing Your Battleship" and "Dig Your Own Grave and Save!"

  2. 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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    1. Re:Um by Comatose51 · · Score: 4, Funny

      Oh yeah?! Well here in the US on our Discovery channel we get shows about redecorating people's homes...

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  3. Because we need a museum by michaelmalak · · Score: 4, Funny

    It's good that we have an online museum like this because we in the U.S. will need to remember how to manufacture again once China floats the Renminbi.

  4. How to do it... by Ignominious+Cow+Herd · · Score: 4, Funny

    Alan: Well last week, we showed you how to become a gynecologist. And this week on "How to Do It" we're going to show you how to play the flute, how to split an atom, how to construct a box girder bridge, how to irrigate the Sahara Desert and make vast new areas of land cultivatable, but first, here's Jackie to tell you all how to rid the world of all known diseases.

    Jackie: Hello, Alan.

    Alan: Hello, Jackie.

    Jackie: Well, first of all, become a doctor and discover a marvellous cure for something, and then, when the medical profession really starts to take notice of you, you can jolly well tell them what to do and make sure they get everything right so there'll never be any diseases ever again.

    Noel: Great, great, Alan. Well, next week we'll be showing you how black and white people can live together in peace and harmony, and Alan will be over in Moscow showing us how to reconcile the Russians and the Chinese. So until next week, cheerio!

    All: Bye!

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  5. I hear the one of .... by gardyloo · · Score: 4, Funny

    ...how babies are made is especially interesting, but it's only 30 seconds.

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

    http://69.56.247.237/download/howitismade.m4v