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  1. Manufacturing cloth buffing wheels - GIF

    Started by Altair, Aug 7, 2022 03:42 PM
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  2. Pipe dollies - GIF

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  4. Gluing matchbox strike strips - GIF

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  6. Ratchet and pawl mechanism - GIF

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  7. How handcuffs are made - GIF

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  8. World's first computer patch - photo

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  9. Architecture of American houses - photo

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  10. Universal wrench - GIF

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  11. Confidential roller marker - GIF

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  12. Crushing a steel drum flat - GIF

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  13. Resurfacing a manifold using an angle grinder - GIF

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  14. Railway hydraulic retarders - GIF

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  16. Floating knife

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