It’s Friday. It’s the weekend. I feel like I can run a little long going into the weekend.
This video did come up in my recommendations, but my decision to feature it today was inspired by this tweet from Morlock Publishing:
> physical fabrication is in the dark ages
things said by people who don't work in / have any knowledge of the physical fabrication world https://t.co/0WaumdO7kp
— Dogs Don't Make Jokes Near Humorless People (@MorlockP) May 14, 2020
and this re-tweet from the same:
Everything is really freaking difficult. This cookie mould line? Probably a hundred person years of work from experts in dozens of fields. https://t.co/wcUzj9JA7M
— 20 8-car trains per hour, 19 hours/day, every day (@HeadwaysMatter) May 14, 2020
From 1959, another film from those wonderful folks at Shell Oil: “The Drama of Metal Forming”. Lots and lots of hot metal being worked: this is another one of those things that fascinates me.
Bonus video: from the good folks at the Ford Motor Company (FoMoCo): “Steel on the Rouge”, about making steel at the River Rouge plant.
As best as I can tell, the River Rouge steel mill is still in operation (this video is from 1968): FoMoCo apparently sold off the steel mill part of their business in 1989, and the Rouge mill has changed hands a couple of times. Currently, it seems like it is owned and run by AK Steel Holding.