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  1. Plow for installing underground cable - GIF and photo

    Started by Jon, Aug 31, 2019 07:45 PM
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  2. Commercial pilot oxygen mask - GIF and video

    Started by Jon, Sep 1, 2019 07:33 PM
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  3. Homemade ring roller - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 3, 2019 11:01 AM
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  4. High-rise window installation tool - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 3, 2019 11:12 AM
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  5. Vintage watchmaker's dividing plate - photo

    Started by Jon, Sep 3, 2019 08:17 PM
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  6. Homemade metal twisting machine - video

    Started by Jon, Sep 4, 2019 12:07 PM
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  7. Propeller vortices on small plane - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 5, 2019 10:55 AM
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  8. Golden Gate bridge cable cutaway - photo

    Started by Jon, Sep 6, 2019 09:38 PM
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  9. Group of people parallel parking a van by hand - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 7, 2019 08:05 PM
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  10. Rotating a 30,000 ton bus terminal - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 7, 2019 08:27 PM
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  11. Thread rolling cylindrical dies - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 10, 2019 08:20 PM
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  12. Train-like wave creator - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 12, 2019 08:12 PM
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  13. U.S. Navy submarine missile launch tubes - photo

    Started by Jon, Sep 13, 2019 05:49 PM
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  14. Plane landing turns into plane drifting - GIF

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  15. Pre-WWII naval battle smoke curtain - GIF

    Started by Jon, Aug 30, 2019 08:48 PM
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  16. Utility poles collapse during storm - GIF

    Started by Jon, Aug 31, 2019 11:30 AM
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  17. Homemade drive belt tool - video

    Started by Jon, Aug 31, 2019 04:44 PM
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