The 1751 Machine that Made Everything

Why HN readers recommended it

HN recommends the channel and this video as an explanation of how machine tools enabled modern manufacturing.

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Video & recommendation details

Creator / channel

Machine Thinking

Topic

history of machine tools

Format

documentary

Level

general

HN recommenders in dataset

2

HN mentions in dataset

5

Recommendation years in dataset

2020–2023

These counts and years describe the included Hacker News records; they are not YouTube views or the video’s publication date.

From the original HN conversations

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• How the screw of the wine press was the central part of Gensfleisch/Gutenbergs invention which allowed all the other previously existing ones to finally come together (though I also read that certain advances in metallurgy were also essential). Also see the previous video on screws, …

• If you can't visit but are interested in the topic and the beginning of the industrial revolution in general, the YouTube channel "Machine Thinking" has a video about this[1][2] and related topics. E.g. in another video he explains how to get a perfectly plan surface …

• Also Machine Thinking's videos "The 1751 Machine that Made Everything" ( [VIDEO] ), "Origins of Precision" ( [LINK] ) and some others on his channel.