How is it Made

[Kevin the grey]

You have proabably seen the program. A fairly detailed explanation on how various things we use are made.

From snowboards to toilets the manufacturing process is shown. If you ever get a chance to see how 3D foam puzzles are made there is an interesting part in it.

A gentleman is fastening a sheet of foam ruber into place to be diecut. The narrator stresses how important alignment is. You then watch a worker take a philips screwdriver and tries to tighten a reamed out Robertson screw. When that doesn,t work he pounds it down with a hard rubber mallet.

It was hilarious.

 

[Nabok]

That is a great show, I haven't seen that one yet. I worked for a carbide tool manufacturer for a few years. I was mostly in the shipping area, but early in my time there I got to spend a couple of days helping out in the centerless grinding dept. As the machine was dialed-in for fine adjustment the operator would whack the regulating assembly with a dead blow hammer. Needless to say I was a bit surprised at the technique, but they managed to keep things in spec -.0001 to -.0003 of an inch, even with my less than skilled help.

Todd

 

[Daniel Koster]

when and what channel?

 

[Kevin the grey]

Daniel these are short blurbs they put on the discovery channel inbetween full length shows.

Don,t ask a man who doesn,t know what date it is for the time of anything.

As far as I know? Its Fall time.

 

[Nabok]

http://science.discovery.com/fansites/howitsmade/howitsmade.html

That should have the details. I could have sworn I saw 30 minute episodes on the plain old Discovery channel earlier this year in the late afternoon, but can’t find it on the schedule now.

Todd

 

[JTC]

Check out your guide for the science channel on friday nights. I love that show. It's always two episodes back to back.