March 2011 – Product by Process

Baseball bats:wood vs alu vs Carbon fiber

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Side to side videos of three different material to make a baseball bat , wood, aluminum, and carbon fiber.

Eames Lounge and ottoman

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Charles & Ray Eames Lounge assembly, advertising and First appearance on TV .

Setu : Herman Miller

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Studio 7.5 gives us a behind-the-scenes look on the making of the Setu chair. Design process.development started in 2003, one continuous contour , from 45 prototype to fully functional cinematic comolded polypropylene evolutive structure, the beauty of this chair is the minimalism in term of material nature , less hinges, not treated aluminum only used in car design so far, less pieces, one main idea. The chinematic spine is one main assembly of easily recycled piece of 2 type of polypropylene to achieve structure and movement .no instructions, no control …genius

Wolverine Boots 1000 Mile :721LTD

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Wolverine guides you through the process of crafting the new limited edition shell cordovan Wolverine 1000 Mile 721LTD boots. To learn more visit: wolverine1000mile.com first video is about leather tanning and treatment , second video is about craftmanship and making the shoes from flat leather to wearable product .

Lynksey Cyclo cross Bike Frame

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lynskeyperformance.com (aka) Lynskey Performance in Chattanooga has built an entry level Cyclo-Cross bike and we walk thru the manufacturing process step by step from the Mitering process to the finished bike frame.

Roller UFS speed frame

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A video of an aluminum machined speed frame for roller in line. you can download the file here : http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3d-ufs-speed-frame-model/448389

Lexus carbon fiber weaving chassis.

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Why weave a chassis? The pursuit of perfection means striving to create the lightest and strongest possible materials. See how Lexus takes the hard way in reinventing the manufacturing process.

Bike Rims : H plus son

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H Plus Son rims are machine made in China hplusson.com/

Audi carbon ski

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AUDI carbon ski takes advantage of more than 20 years of partnership between the car company and the german ski association DSV, and from AUDI motorsport’s knowhow. co-developer is the carbon competence center – the gerg group, who also produce important components for their DTM and le mans race cars. http://www.designboom.com/weblog/cat/8/view/13310/audi-carbon-ski-update.html