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  1. Bench vise jaw magnetic protectors - video

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  2. Corner clamp - video

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  3. Handheld belt sander - video

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  4. Radial engine cutaway - GIF

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  6. Metal shaping beads and panels - video

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  8. German MG3 machine gun belt loader - GIF

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  9. 17th century bronze and ivory hammer - photo

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  10. Automatic CNC dust shoe - video

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  11. Octagonal bar cut jig - video

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  12. Sparks flying off forged part - GIF

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  15. 1956 NACA twin spool compressor - photo

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  17. WWII Boeing factory disguised as neighborhood - photo

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