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    Default Steel porn :)

    I never get bored watching this, and others like it.

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    Mesmerizing. Thanks for sharing!

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    Man, that was cool. I love seeing stuff like that.
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    The forces and the weights involved and yet they make it look inconsequentially easy. Makes me want to heat up the stove and beat the skillet into a razor blank.
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    Very cool indeed, it is like ballet with very big tools. Those are some talented folks. It is amazing how long that big mass of steel retains heat.

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    That is indeed amazing. Though the flip side is it will take a long time to heat up.
    And I also suspect that an enormous aount of heat is generated by the mechanical deformation imparted by the presses.
    It is no coincidence that the initial compression of the block to a cheese wheel makes it glow much brighter.
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    I'm with you .... I can watch this all day long. Thanks for posting.

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    Wonderful show, thanks for sharing. I would love to visit such a shop...

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    Yep, big boys and big toys.
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    who woulda thought a factory and its complicated functioning system would go well with "chill out" music
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