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The Beauty of Pulse Arc Welding

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The Rise of Steel – Part I

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When splines were physical objects (2016)

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Finding the Darkest Pencil

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How a razor blade can be damaged as it cuts human hair (2020)

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Hitachi Wood Plug Cutter Works Perfectly in Hand Held Drills (2013)

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“True” Damascus steel is not a “lost art”

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The industry has been sizing kayak paddles wrong

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What Ever Happened to Scandium Bike Frames? (2016)

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High-Security Mechanical Locks (2020)

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Show HN: Web page that parses and explains the label on a bike tire

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Testing the strength of different wood species

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Hardened wood as a renewable alternative to steel and plastic

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Scientists have found a way to harden wood to make a knife that rivals steel

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Choosing the Right Wall Anchors

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Extreme Ironing

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Reconstructing Roman Industrial Engineering

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Iron, How Did They Make It, Part IVb: Work Hardening, or Hardly Working?

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Iron, How Did They Make It, Part IVa: Steel Yourself

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Iron, How Did They Make It, Part III: Hammer-Time

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The Whitworth Three Plates Method (2017)

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Why shaving dulls even the sharpest of razors

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Hand Scraping a Truly Flat Plane (1908) [pdf]

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Wood Joint Strength Testing

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Repairing a Bent Trombone Slide (2004)

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Pizza Physics: Why Brick Ovens Bake the Perfect Italian-Style Pie

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The Entire History of Steel

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Why are bones not made of steel? (2010)

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Before the Iron Age, Most Iron Came from Space

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Melting aluminum

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1984 Day - Rally Against Surveillance

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Induction powered LED lit engagement ring

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The Fifty is awake again

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Repairing a dented tuba with magnets

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The story of titanium

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What happened to the US machine tool industry?

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