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  1. Fire handling gloves - GIF

    Started by Jon, Nov 24, 2018 10:18 AM
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  2. What is this tool?

    Started by Jon, Jan 28, 2017 10:51 AM
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  3. Quenching an anvil in a river, with an excavator - GIF

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  4. Moved: What is this tool?

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  5. Antique hand-cranked grinding stone - GIF

    Started by Jon, Nov 20, 2018 03:34 PM
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  6. Moved: Arbor specs/terminology,Questions

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  7. Tiled access panel - GIF

    Started by Jon, Jan 12, 2018 10:17 AM
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  8. Pull-down garage screen door - GIF

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  9. Pouring an iron fence - GIF

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  10. Straightening bicycle sprockets - GIF

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  11. Hand-held laser for nuclear decommissioning

    Started by Jon, Jul 23, 2017 12:34 PM
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  12. Shaving with an axe - GIF

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  13. Sheetmetal circle cutting - GIF

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  14. 200-watt laser bazooka - GIF and video

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  15. Carnival crane game with kid as the claw - GIF

    Started by Jon, Sep 6, 2018 10:36 AM
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  16. Moved: Geometrical construction and cumulative error

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  17. Removing a large stuck hydraulic piston - GIF

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  18. Nitinol paper clip returns to form after bending - GIF

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  19. Hundreds of pounds of acorns fall out of a telecom antenna - GIF

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