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trof

(54,256 posts) Fri May 25, 2012, 06:28 PM May 2012

My new guilty TV pleasure: 'How it's made'

It really is a fascinating look at how so many mundane things we don't think about are made.
Propane tanks, hockey goalie pads, soccer shoes, handcuffs.

What really gets me is how the engineers/inventors/etc. dream up the machines that do a lot of the automated stuff.

Also surprising, how much is still done by hand.

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My new guilty TV pleasure: 'How it's made' (Original Post) trof May 2012 OP

Hypnotic caraher May 2012 #1

I LOVE that show and there are dozens of old episodes if you have a DVR. CurtEastPoint May 2012 #2

This is the kind of thing that would make me reconsider not having cable tv n/t arcane1 May 2012 #3

You can watch them on Netfix NV Whino May 2012 #4

i really like that show fizzgig May 2012 #5

The part about all those complex machines that automate it all kentauros May 2012 #6

caraher

(6,278 posts)

1. Hypnotic

Reply to trof (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2012, 06:51 PM

May 2012

One of my wife's faves...

CurtEastPoint

(18,646 posts)

2. I LOVE that show and there are dozens of old episodes if you have a DVR.

Reply to trof (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2012, 07:03 PM

May 2012

Some products they show are not interesting to me, but how those products are made certainly is.

arcane1

(38,613 posts)

3. This is the kind of thing that would make me reconsider not having cable tv n/t

Reply to trof (Original post)

Fri May 25, 2012, 08:08 PM

May 2012

NV Whino

(20,886 posts)

4. You can watch them on Netfix

Reply to arcane1 (Reply #3)

Sat May 26, 2012, 02:20 AM

May 2012

I got hooked on the series, too.

fizzgig

(24,146 posts)

5. i really like that show

Reply to trof (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 02:56 AM

May 2012

we discovered it when dish included discovery science in the free previews one month and then found the had it streaming on netflix. i like watching it as i wind down for bed, i find it kind of relaxing.

kentauros

(29,414 posts)

6. The part about all those complex machines that automate it all

Reply to trof (Original post)

Sat May 26, 2012, 03:08 AM

May 2012

is what they need to do a series on. I'd be hooked on that instantly!

I remember going to photography shows/conventions and there was one vendor that always had weird and oddball papers and films that I'd buy and try out. However, he stopped doing that after a while, saying he was moving north to design and build factory machines. That was before CAD/CAM, too

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