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  1. Diamond wire fence manufacturing - GIF

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  2. Mushroom hunting basket with ground spike - photo

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  3. 1853 gold-inlaid Colt Model 1851 revolver - photo

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  4. Sewing with a Swiss Army knife awl - GIF

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  5. 1948 Beecraft Wee Bee world's smallest plane - photos

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  6. Train wheelset turntable - GIF

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  7. The Secret Life of Components: Switches - video

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  8. Miniature Bruce MacBeth engine - video

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  9. Making wooden spirals - video

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  10. Parting on the Lathe

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  11. Assembling a Rolls-Royce jet engine - GIF

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  12. 16th century pipe making - GIF and video

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  13. Stamping plant die change - GIF

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  14. 20-ton hydraulic press - video

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  15. Slag removal clamshell bucket - GIF

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  16. Shaper cutting splines - GIF

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  17. Sikorsky S-64 Skycrane helicopter accident - video

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