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MachinePix Weekly #21
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MachinePix Weekly #21

An explosive process was this week's most popular post đŸ’„

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Dec 7, 2020
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Next week’s interview will feature Simon Winchester, the author of one of my favorite books: The Perfectionists: How Precision Engineers Created the Modern World. I’m quite excited for this one!

The Perfectionists' asks incisive questions about tech in the modern world  | The Star

If you’ve ever been kept awake wondering how humans bootstrapped precision (“if you need a CNC to make a CNC, how did we make the first one?!”), The Perfectionists is an engaging history of humanity’s command of precision.

Speaking of precision, the most popular post last week was the explosive hydroforming of a steel sphere.

I’m always looking for interesting people to interview, have anyone in mind?

—Kane


The Week in Review

I tried really hard to figure out the manufacture of this rolling stock but was unsuccessful. Trainspotters, hit me up if you have tips and resources for this kind of thing.

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Panoramic rail car of the RhÀtische Bahn Bernina Express.
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December 6th 2020

83 Retweets733 Likes

Last week’s most popular post! This process is also known as High Energy Rate Forming, in following engineering tradition of making violent processes sound dull. Props to the welder.

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Explosive hydroforming a steel sphere.
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December 3rd 2020

3,395 Retweets18,842 Likes

I’m genuinely curious what’s going through the dog’s mind. Royal de Luxe has an incredible stable of massive puppets.

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Another encounter between Xolo the Royal de Luxe dog puppet and a real dog.
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December 2nd 2020

112 Retweets428 Likes

This is done with a da Vinci surgical system.

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Robotic surgery on a banana by Dr. Kais Rona.
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December 1st 2020

243 Retweets1,333 Likes

I was surprised by how manual this process is.

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Swaging a loop in steel wire rope with a 4,000 ton Z94 Down Stroke Swaging Press by SAHM SPLICE.
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December 1st 2020

119 Retweets999 Likes

Postscript

A very cyberpunk meeting I was in last week:

If you enjoyed this newsletter, forward it to friends (or interesting enemies). I am always looking to connect with interesting people and learn about interesting machines—reach out!

—Kane

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