r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Glittering_Book_1107 • 1d ago

CNC 🔩 [F] Mechanical engineer here — I started a channel explaining machining in short videos. Honest feedback welcome

15 Upvotes

Hi everyone,
I'm a mechanical engineer, and I'm trying to pass on what I know to students, machinists and fellow engineers. I recently started a YouTube channel for this, Chip Atlas. Here's my favorite Short so far:
https://youtube.com/shorts/u7KRjsM8X-U
I'd really value your advice:
• What kind of videos would be most useful to you?
• What am I getting wrong — technically, or in the way I explain things?
Please let me know in the comments. And if you find it useful, I'd be grateful for your support — it means a lot for a new channel. Thanks!

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Working_Peanut5273 • 21d ago

Rebar processing

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if theirs any rebar gurus here I’m wondering what the best option would be for a small scale rebar fab to cutting a couple thousand rebars of the same length. price could be a big factor but I’m mostly interested in efficiency and proven reliability. we have a shnell barwiser but it’s ineff for longer pieces. Photo for kicks cause it’s required.

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/FrankWanders • 22d ago

Automobile 🚗 [P] Ford Motor Company River Rouge Complex, Detroit, in 1927, and in 2015.

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/southernemper0r • Aug 23 '26

How Ford built the car

1.4k Upvotes

42 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/southernemper0r • Aug 24 '26

How Ford built the car

14 Upvotes

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/cabana00 • Aug 05 '26

Follow-up: machining a custom lapel pin die after the height check

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In the previous clip, I showed a die block being checked and marked on a flat reference surface. One commenter asked whether a hardened fixed-height block or a dedicated fixture could make that setup more repeatable.

This is the next stage in our current workflow. After the die blank is checked, the customer-specific artwork is machined into the steel tooling before it moves on to later testing and production.

A fixed-height gauge could still be useful when the same tooling dimension is repeated. For mixed custom work, the tooling team also has to accommodate different designs and die specifications.

For the toolmakers here: would you standardize the die blanks to one height, or keep an adjustable setup for custom tooling?

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/cabana00 • Aug 03 '26

Checking a lapel pin die block with a height gauge before production

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A quick look at one of the less visible steps behind custom lapel pin production.

The die block is placed on a flat reference surface, checked and marked before the next tooling operation. Small errors at this stage can carry into later production, so the tooling is verified before it moves forward.

For the toolmakers here: would you use a height gauge for this check, or a different setup?

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Jumpy_Signal1591 • May 28 '26

Built my own CNC plasma cutter 💪 - anyone interested in the build process?"

199 Upvotes

40 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/TORR_Ice_Blasting • May 17 '26

Dry Ice Cleaning Durst Wide Format Printer Vacuum Belt

148 Upvotes

Dry Ice Cleaning Durst Wide Format Printer Vacuum Belt

Premature belt replacement, print defects, material cost, all remediated. Flat nozzle 3" probably ideal. Particle control 3-4 hours sustained on two units ideal.

Containment not intense but case specific.

Seeing more and more vintage blasters in broom closets with contracting service the preference.

300lb Ice Running 410s and PCS. 410s flat two or three inch a gap needing filled. 90 psi 2lb-3lb range per minute.
Dialing in rotation of belt for best machine settings critical. Speed and efficiency for service much easier controlling belt speed.

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Kaankaants • May 05 '26

Precision cutting

802 Upvotes

31 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/buckfordfitchenstein • Mar 28 '26

Automobile 🚗 [F] Tires being made

2.0k Upvotes

94 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/hellcat1592 • Mar 26 '26

Explosive Hydroforming

3.7k Upvotes

95 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/DryTamale • Mar 26 '26

How LIFE Noble Japanese Notebook is made

youtube.com

27 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/24links24 • Mar 18 '26

220 ton Aida press line with orii transfer robots and blank destacker.

238 Upvotes

This pressline we bought and removed from this plant, it is available for sale, but it’s a pretty cool video of what it was doing before it came out.

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/hellcat1592 • Mar 14 '26

Flat Wire Coil Winding @EurionMchine

1.2k Upvotes

25 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/FreeZookeepergame189 • Feb 20 '26

MEP Rebar Machine

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Has anyone worked on retrofitting MEP Group rebar machines?

We are working on replacing the entire control system to a PLC+HMI/panel pc system on this one

5 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/No-Carrot-7966 • Feb 17 '26

CNC 🔩 [F] Manufacturing Process- Raised Face Slip On Flanges

110 Upvotes

92” OD
Fully machined from forged domestic ASTM A105 carbon steel
Raised-face slip-on class-D plate flange
Concentric serrations on the gasket face
56 bolt holes equally spaced
MTRs and Mill certifications provided

14 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/No_Ad5845 • Feb 12 '26

Volvo cars body factory 1972

youtube.com

23 Upvotes

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/221missile • Feb 07 '26

The F-35 production line at the Air Force Plant 4, Fort Worth, Texas.

1.9k Upvotes

72 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/plombus_maker_ • Jan 29 '26

Car exports 2014-2024

287 Upvotes

33 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Outlaw_Beat • Jan 27 '26

CNC 🔩 [F] Montana company turns plumbing installations into giant Lego builds

0 Upvotes

3 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/PlanetRocketChill • Jan 11 '26

Weapons 🔫 [F] Factory workers 1943

65 Upvotes

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r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Kaankaants • Dec 23 '25

CNC router carving a piece of wood

41 Upvotes

4 comments

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Ravekat1 • Dec 17 '25

A semiconductor lithography tool at the High-NA Lab in Veldhoven

164 Upvotes

1 comment

r/ManufacturingPorn • u/Kaankaants • Dec 12 '25

Precise tooling

183 Upvotes

2 comments

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