Here is this week’s “How it’s made” – Pat writes “It follows the construction of tufted broadloom carpet through all its steps: tufting, dyeing, backing, finishing, inspection and shipping. it was the development of the manufacturing process called tufting in the 50’s combined with the invention of synthetic fibers that made the carpet industry boom. […]
Here’s how Whirlpool’s #1 product, the washing machine, is made in Clyde, Ohio USA (yay!) – “The video you are about to watch takes you step-by-step on how a washing machine is made, from the seam welding, basket expansion, spiral design hole punch, the various layers of paint coating & firing, to tub support & […]
Radiorental writes – “I recently fried my mp3 player. One tiny little Linear Technologies chip had its part number blown off, so a $250 player is of no use because I cant replace a $0.50 part, that bums me out. So, what to do with a perfectly good 40G Tosh 1.8″ HD? Stick it in […]
I store most of my important stuff in a series of text files, always have, and likely always will – on my Windows machine I’ve been trying this out – “Steganos LockNote will change the way you work with confidential notes. Application and document in one: the mechanism to encrypt and decrypt a note is […]
Another great how-it’s-made-site – “How Stuff Is Made is a visual encyclopedia that documents the manufacturing processes, labor conditions and environmental impacts involved in the production of contemporary products. It is a free, independent, academic resource published by engineering and design students, who research and produce summative photoessays describing these conditions of creation.” Thanks Star! Link.
This week’s Cool Stuff Being Made video – heat treating! “You will see on this 18-minute video the many things that we use every day that are heat treated. As they say, heat treating puts the spring in springs. It also strengthens the metal used in axes, knives, saws, aircraft landing gears, jet engines, space ship launchers, computers, agricultural implements and oil drilling and refining equipment, to name just some. There’s also a scene toward the end that shows how many everyday things are heat treated. You see form one of the scenes the difference between a drill bit that is heat treated and one that is not. The former works while the latter fails.” Link.
Joelsprayberry has an Instructable that’s sad, cute, funny and clever – “Our dachshund hurt his back, so for rehab we made him swim a lot and i built this chair until he could use his back legs again.” Link.
