welding

Wednesday, December 24, 2008
Design

12 Videos of Metal Being Sliced and Diced by Lasers and Fire

1:01AM Matt Buchanan | Welding goes back thousands of years, but was totally revolutionised just a couple centuries ago. Oobject has 12 awesome videos showing the evolution of welding from blue-collar craftsmen last century to laser-wielding robots today. [Oobject] More »
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Friday, August 8, 2008
Toys

Working Plastic-Welder Toy For Kids Sounds Like Lawsuit-In-Waiting

9:28PM Kit Eaton | The Discovery Power Welder’s sales pitch is fantastic, and worrying: “discover the power to make and create with the tool that safely welds plastic to plastic.” And sure, the kit comes with specially-crafted parts that’ll let your little-ones knock together a plastic dinosaur, plane or car. But what happens then? Do they start tackling their Lego collection with it, or decide to weld your iPod to your vacuum cleaner? Ok… so it’s battery powered, and probably doesn’t get all that hot, but we know just how “inventively naughty” kids can be. For just US$30 this could allow your children to fuse your credit cards into one lump, never to be used again. [Product page via Random Good Stuff] More »
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