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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 09:57 AM
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Yup, saw that episode. I actually toggle back and fourth between "How it's Made" and "Modern Marvels" on the history channel. ...I am such a dork (according to my wife)
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 10:23 AM
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if ur a dork than so am i... those shows are amazing!!
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 10:27 AM
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I like that new show...big fixes or something like that where they have to repair huge things. They did one on a jumbo jet, replacing the pressure hull....it was really cool!
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 03:54 PM
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It is pretty cool, I see it in person every day at work. I stop at 5-8 machine shops every day of the week! You get to see some crazy **** being done, Stop at foundries car plants, die mold and stamping shops, fabricatots etc etc.....
The machining industry feeds the world with everything and anything made of metal, composites, wood, blah blah blah!! LOL
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Old Oct 31, 2008 | 05:33 PM
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I love "How It's Made"! That piston manufacturing they were showing was Wiseco, BTW
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 11:56 AM
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Four Shows i Live on

World's Toughest Fixes
Modern Marvels
How It's Made
How they Do it (???)

I'm a Mechanical engineering student lol those shows are like crack to me

oh and the powerblock lol
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 12:06 PM
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Originally Posted by ZZebes
oh and the powerblock lol
Would fit better on the comedy channel
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Old Nov 1, 2008 | 12:36 PM
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Originally Posted by Stoichiometric
Would fit better on the comedy channel
Yeah i think of it like saturday morning cartoons lol
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Old Nov 2, 2008 | 03:54 AM
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They seem to have a pretty killer high speed camera on "How It's Made", as you can't tell they are showing something in slow motion until they show it at normal speed.

Great show.
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