How It's Made Umbrellas/Outboard Motors/Silver Cutlery/Tape Measures (2001– ) Online

How It's Made Umbrellas/Outboard Motors/Silver Cutlery/Tape Measures (2001– ) Online

The umbrella is a fashion accessory that actually originated in ancient China almost 1700 years ago. We learn about the fabrication of the meticulously crafted collapsible handmade umbrella, which begins with the processing of a birch wood shaft. Next, we take a look inside an outboard marine motor factory where motors that run on gas, diesel or electricity, ranging from single cylinder to eight cylinders are made. The motors consist of an engine that is on the top, a gear case below and a middle section that is in between. As the show continues, we follow the steps in the making of cutlery, utensils that date back to the Stone Age when splinters of stone, shells, horns or wood chips were used. The production process begins with the stamping of a thin sheet of metal that makes the basic shape or blanks, of a fork or a spoon. In the end, we learn about the making of a mid 19th-century invention; the spring-driven, retractable tape measure. Production begins with a three-dimensional ...