Because who hasn’t dreamed of sticking their arms under those heat lamps, McDonald’s owner/operator Stephen Patula takes us on a first person tour of fries and hash browns being prepared at his restaurant while he sings a bit of ‘When Will My Life Begin?’ from Tangled. That’s cool, now make
This is a video from a Korean foundry where giant hex nuts are made (imagine the Erector Set you could build with those things!), detailing the process in which steel rods are transformed into some of the biggest nuts I’ve ever seen. The North Atlantic right whale excluded of course,
This is a video tour of South Korea’s Machang Music & Pictures, the only vinyl record factory in the country. In the video, the process in which a master disc is produced and used to press vinyl blanks is documented, which I found most interesting. It always blows my mind
Seen here showing off the rolls made especially for giants, this is a video tour of the Marutomi Paper Co. factory in Japan, which produces millions of rolls of toilet paper every month. Me? Personally I use about four rolls a month, plus several emergency magazine pages and a sock
This is a video highlighting the work of JEM FX, a visual effects company that specializes in the destruction of vehicles in movies. A lot of their work involves structurally weakening vehicles (e.g. cutting the support pillars of a car’s roof) so that they get damaged the way they want
This is a video of a couple firework sorting machines doing their thing. Their thing being sorting fireworks, in case you couldn’t tell from the obvious context clues. Being a detective isn’t for everyone, you know. Just look at all those firecrackers! It’s pretty crazy to think of just how
This is a video demonstration of an onion cutting and peeling machine that automatically orients onions to horizontally cut their tops and bottoms off, then rips their paper skins off with a blast of high pressure air. How about that! And here I thought onions were all peeled by hand
In sandwich time news, this is a video detailing how white and chestnut bread is made at the Yum Yum bread factory in South Korea. Me? I love bread. Especially with some peanut butter and banana in between two slices! I also like peanut butter and jelly. When I was