MetaFilter posts tagged with manufacturing

Koyaanisqatsi

phrontist — Sat, 10 May 2008 23:59:12 -0800

It's All Gone Pete Wong.

gman — Wed, 07 May 2008 17:23:52 -0800

Chinese manufacturers are setting up shop in the U.S. due to a weak dollar, energy shortages, tax credits, and a desire to compete globally.

Notch tubing without a notcher.

Mitheral — Sat, 15 Mar 2008 18:19:34 -0800

Cope pipe without a jig. Enter a few parameters and get a pdf that will give you a printable pattern that will allow you to notch tubing for welding or brazing to another pipe.

All you ever needed to know about crayons

bijou — Wed, 01 Aug 2007 16:44:05 -0800

A history of crayons. A Crayola color chronology. More facts about crayons. How to remove a crayon stain. How crayons are made (video). The lost Crayola colors. "State colors" and their equivalents. Soy crayons. Art made of crayons.

Made in China

srboisvert — Mon, 23 Jul 2007 07:49:25 -0800

Made in China. A look inside the world’s manufacturing center. Flash video slideshow of the port of Shenzhen (7:00 minutes with sound)

Laptopalooza

aerotive — Mon, 19 Mar 2007 14:47:48 -0800

Ever wondered where your laptop's parts come from, what it's made of, or what toxins are in it?

How Lenses Are Made

notsnot — Sat, 03 Feb 2007 13:31:52 -0800

Ever wonder how camera lenses are made? *Almost* justifies the cost of some of these behemoths. via.

Like Mr. Rogers without the hipness.

Captaintripps — Tue, 23 Jan 2007 05:23:09 -0800

Cool Stuff Being Made: Each week the National Association of Manufacturers posts a new, generally-lengthy video of something being made.

The Flyest Fly

fenriq — Thu, 25 May 2006 22:23:17 -0800

A Fly Wearing Glasses
PopSci offers this cool gallery of high-magnification micro manufacturing coolness. Potentially NSFW if a mite at 50,000x could be construed as sexy.

How Products are Made

Irontom — Wed, 08 Feb 2006 12:38:59 -0800

Step right up ladies 'n gents! See how to make just about verything from accordions to zirconium. They've got paint, unicyles, condoms and much much more! Diagrams included at no extra charge!