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Making a sword like in Ancient China.
How silk is made.
Fence wire tensioner.
Automatic screen printing line.
Balloon screen printing machine.
Cheese Slicing Machine.
Bridge girder erection machine placing concrete segments.
Articulated boom crane with a grapple saw.
Rolling up a hose !
Arch support rig.
Applying signage on a museum wall.
Reflex Robotics testing a robot they designed to handle manual labor.
People still buy linoleum ?
This is such a great combo for screwing down deck boards.
Stacking luggage in the belly of a plane.
choppedliveraldente
#8 bobitmaster 7000sx
Dungeongeek
#6 +5 points for synching the double tap of the machine to the beat of the music.
MyBigMouth
#12 Hey Lazer Lips, your momma was a snow shoveller
theobituator
#13 or, remove the toilet, and install the lino under the toilet!
jargonmon
#15 world tetris champions
hothotsoup
I love how he starts just chilling in the hold
Twinklepot
It never ceases to amaze me how clever and creative people can be. Thanks for the great collection OP!
StewedTomaters
#2 Q: I have mulberry trees in my backyard; I have the means to plant more. What's stopping me from starting a local silkworm farm here in the Upper Midwest?
SignedEpsteinsMother
#14 god I hate Senco. Hilarious to see a Makita drill attached to that decking tool.
Tolocamp
#12 I wonder if Elon comprehends the difference to his BS Vaporware "Robot" and why this one actually works and his will, maybe, in 15 years ?
Kbantar
You could have stopped with the first five words.
ThaDdoc
Lol erection
Redshadow09
#12 2 things either that is being piloted by some hindu for pennies and I I want to see it plow snow on un even terrain that is higher then it
migratingotter
A snow shoveling robot shouldn’t look human, that is the least efficient shape to remove snow. It should look more like a snow blower with a pole that can see 360 degrees to allow it to maneuver. It should have a low center of mass.
IakobZ
#12
sometimesarobot
#12 A useful robot!
gobblinal
So many ToolGIFs!!!
TonyDiethelm
Whoever voiced that sword making video was handed a shit script, that is... NOT... how that works.
AnonOmis1000
#10 if they don't call that a hydra I'll be upset
LavaDiver1312
#13 Linoleum has become rare, but pvc flooring is a pretty good affordable option (and I'd bet the video doesn't show real linoleum but pvc flooring either)
Azazael79
#13 That is not linoleum. It is vinyl, pvc based floorings made for wetrooms. Linoleum is natural, made of linoil, kork and wood pulp, not made for wetrooms. Linoleum is historacly used as a term for floorings, but is an actual product.
xETM
#12 Remember to lift with your vertically constrained actuator
Cloudypoona
At least he’s not made just to apply butter
TheFastpaws
As long as when we finally reach sapient machines we stop? I support machines taking it over for now.
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
Looking at this thing, I very much wonder where its center of gravity is. Unless it weighs a LOT, and its mass is all down by those treads, it won't be able to scoop very much at a time. Better than nothing, but a wider base or a way to vary the position of its "torso" would help.
MrChimichanga
I bet a large portion of the weight is down at the base. That looks to be where the batteries are stored - although who knows how much all the other components weigh.
bricePlanetDiver
#15 only ever see containers now
IamTOOOLDforThisShite
Lifting / relocating heavy bags from your knees is SO unhealthy.
Imjurbro
Robot looks like its shoveling just enough snow to leave all the ice but make it 10x harder to see :P.
whatsthisbuttondonow1
#13 who installed a toilet in front of a radiator?
dreikommavierzehn
#1 ok i admit it, i officiallly hate the ai age now. I don't know whether to hate on whoever made/cut the video or on the program he used to generate it because I can't tell. Other than the language/phrasing is weird.
But it neglects to tell us how the interesting 'cake' shape forms when he gathers the iron. And more importantly doesn't specifically mention the crucial step of introducing enough carbon into the mix, so that iron becomes steel.
kahlas
All you questions where answered in the original video someone ripped off and put their own AI dub on. They are using a ring shaped magnet. Likely from an old speaker. Carbon is introduced with the charcoal, which is almost pure iron. The reason I hate AI bullshit videos like this is 99/100 times the original was better. Someone just didn't want their voice attached to plagiarism.
Ultratoxic
There should also be a tempering step after the quench, otherwise that blade will be glass-brittle. The cake is iron filings stuck to a ring shaped magnet.
DildoMussolini
They're using a perfectly ring shaped magnet, just like in Ancient China. Such an idyllic return to a simpler time!
SOLARvsFACISM
And they mig welded the "sand" into a steel box to pattern weld in the forge, just like the ancients did.
theskepticinme
The narrative description of creating steel from black sand is accurate to the actual historical method. The video is a lie. Black sand is not the same as magnetic iron filings which is what is shown in the video
Tarmaccian
The video isn’t too inaccurate… I’ve done a very similar (smaller) process.
Not all black sand is iron, but what sticks to a magnet is. What’s missing is that that fuzzy ring took probably a good hour or two of sifting through (and washing away) silt, and you constantly have to keep finding new iron-rich areas.
Using natural lodestone magnets takes longer, and doing it without a magnet is possible, but even worse: https://youtu.be/DyGLE0usN_I
savanik
The 'cake' shape really, really acts like he's got a giant ring magnet.
Veh1
The cake shape forms around a magnet that attracts particles of iron ore from the river silt.
Efreeti
Charcoal provides carbon https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carburizing
dreikommavierzehn
I know that. But any documentary styled video needs to mention that specifically. It's the single most important fact for that segment
IDontKnowWhatToDoAnymoreAndImTired
#1 looked really interesting, but I had to give up partway. Absolutely fuck those subtitles. That shit is impossible to read.
mormacil
#2 The boiling at the end kills the larva, if they don't they'll chew up the long strands. That's why wild silk has shorter fibers, they don't kill them prematurely but only harvest the leftovers.
Toverdoos
That's what I came here for to find out, I was wondering if they got out of got cooked
mormacil
Some folks eat the larva but most often they get discarded.
MrStealYourGiF
#10 Thanks, I hate it, but I have needed an arch enemy for some time.
sometimesarobot
What's wrong with it
MrStealYourGiF
It's just a bit meh, Romans had better looking arches, Leonardo did more innovative arches, Normans did pointier arches....
sometimesarobot
Depends on what it's being used for
FibbyStormsong
“Arch”enemy building an arch.
YeastInfectedWhiskerBiscuit
#1 Is Chinese propaganda.
Tarmaccian
“Chinese culture exists” isn’t propaganda.
ihugpeople
If the content firms behind it are state funded with the intent to shift the public's perception of China, how is it not propaganda? It might be true method, but they were practiced other places as well, so really the intent behind it makes it propaganda.
JustSomePersonThere
Poor silkworms. What a horrible way to die.
DobbyOneKenobi
Considering what happens to a butterfly's body when in a pupal stage makes me wonder if they're even conscious when they're being boiled like that. It's still absolutely brutal though.
JustSomePersonThere
It’s a comforting thought, but untrue. When they pupate, they dissolve their nervous system, so they aren’t aware of what’s happening.
When they are boiled alive, every last pain receptor they have is dialed up to 11 before their flesh gives way enough to release them unto oblivion. It is a torment unimaginable to us.
pullingsixty
#13 I much prefer to pop the toilet off first. For the cost of a new wax seal you cut the time in half and the finish is going to be far more accurate.
Tarmaccian
And when the toilet gets replaced before the floor, it just needs cleaning, not patchwork.
pullingsixty
Good point
Predacane35
Please explain. Why would one require patching and not the other?
Tarmaccian
@pullingsixty is right. Almost every toilet fits a ~5” ring around the sewer pipe, but the rest of the shape can change.
If you put a toilet on top of the flooring, the flooring will be there when the toilet is removed, so you just have to clean any crud (caulk, stains, etc.) off the flooring, and a new toilet will look decent.
If you cut flooring as shown, removing the toilet leaves an old-toilet-shaped hole, which will look awkward around the new toilet shape, unless you patch it carefully.
pullingsixty
Toilet styles change, the base that it sits on isn't the same as your flooring cutout around your old toilet, or more likely you changed brands and it has a different style.
Predacane35
Fair
Astramancer
That toilet has simply incredible amounts of clearance on both sides.
pullingsixty
So much room for growth.
ariania
"People still buy linoleum ?" was the correct title tho. who the heck installs this still? in 2026 :D.
pullingsixty
I was a little mystified by that too. Especially since the toilet looks pretty upscale.
PolyTheWicked
Linoleum is extremely durable, sustainable, recyclable, biodegradable because the ingredients are things like linseed (flax) oil, pine resin, jute, finely milled wood or cork. It’s a shame it fell out of fashion. Oh yeah, and it has natural antibacterial properties.
kahlas
What type of flooring do you recommend for bathrooms? I prefer both linoleum and it's slightly more modern counterpart of sheet vinyl. Both are at least half the price per square foot than luxury vinyl plank/tile and 100% waterproof vs just water resistant. Tile is also just resistant but extremely expensive. Linoleum and Vinyl sheet flooring comes in 12' wide rolls that you have the store cut to length when you buy it. So the floor is one piece and waterproof.
azgrak1
Rental property or a house being flipped.
Uselesstoy
Tell me you grew up with wealth without telling me you grew up with wealth. If you never saw this in your bathrooms or a friend's bathroom, then your social circle is very far from the trailer park.
Predacane35
Correct!
64marc
In the UK its called cushion floor. It's vinyl with a foam back warmer and softer than lino or tiles, and slip-resistant. It's better all around for colder climates.
Youareincorrectsir
In Scandinavia it's considered trashy. Tiles with floor heating solves the cold
pullingsixty
If it's the same thing, it's called luxury vinyl in Canada, a big step up from linoleum.
kahlas
It's called LVP or LVT for luxury vinyl panels or sheets. Those are just terms for laminate style click together flooring that isn't actually waterproof at the seams. If they have foam under them it's because that what style of underlayment the installer choose since they don't come with foam backing. They are a step down in the waterproofing department they just look fancier but offer less protection.
pullingsixty
That's interesting you say that, I put down click vinyl in my bathroom and a couple of years in its cracking in the center of tiles. I've put down two LVP floors in the last five years and both are still going strong.