#video by #Destin on #manufacturing in the #USA, quoting Tim Cook on how the reason companies go to #China is for the skills. So he bought two used CNC machines and learned enough about injection molding to make working dies on them. His chainmail from India turned out to actually be from China. #toread
on 02025-06-08#Destin #video trying to understand why you get flashes of yellow light when you strike solid objects together.
on 02025-04-02#Destin #manufacturing by progressive stamping #video at T&C Stamping in Athens, Alabama, distinguishing progressive stamping (which is of a continuous strip, and is what they do) from transfer stamping, showing hemmed edges to protect spark-plug wires from abrasion. They made 35–40 million blender blades for a company they don’t want to talk about last year, among other things. “We process, I think it’s 10 million pounds [of sheet metal] a year. (...) We’re a mid-size stamper.” I think that refers to the size of presses they operate.
on 02024-04-03