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  1. Electric concrete mixer - video

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  2. If you like anvils watch this vid.

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  3. Modular transporter moving a massive tank - GIF

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  4. Mailing kids through the USPS in the 1900s - photo

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  5. Installing high-voltage cable spacers - GIF

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  6. Stump drill - GIF

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  7. Cutting Oils Explained

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  8. Fly cutting a cylinder head - GIF

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  9. Swaging a copper pipe - GIF

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  10. Small anvil hardy shear - video

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  11. Machining sprockets in the third world - video

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  12. Burn staining floor with a propane torch - GIF

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  13. Headstone plucking tool - photo

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  14. Zoom-in magnification of a pen - GIF

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  15. Tractor-mounted soil compactor - GIF

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  17. Forklift safety lights - GIF

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  18. How workers carry blocks - GIF

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