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Manufacturing & industrial processes Videos Recommended on Hacker News (69)
Manufacturing & industrial processes is one of the 150 topics Hacker News readers organize their video recommendations around. These 69 videos each earned real recommendations in real HN threads between 2010 and 2026 — 142 recommendations in total — and they're ranked by how many separate months the community kept coming back to them, not by view count.
Manufacturing: factories, how things are made, injection molding, casting, machining, supply chain, assembly lines, industrial automation, lean production, mass production tours.
Why HN keeps sending people here — on The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can: “Whenever it’s about cans I can only recommend this video from the engineer guy” — an HN commenter, 2025.
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9 mo on HNThe Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can
engineerguy
9 HN recommender · 2016–2026
9 mo on HNOrigins of Precision
Machine Thinking
11 HN recommender · 2019–2025
6 mo on HNThe Art of Making a Nixie Tube
Dalibor Farný
6 HN recommender · 2017–2026
6 mo on HNI Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308
SmarterEveryDay
6 HN recommender · 2025–2026
5 mo on HNHOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231
SmarterEveryDay
5 HN recommender · 2020–2025
5 mo on HNThe Boeing 787: Broken Dreams l Al Jazeera Investigations
Al Jazeera English
6 HN recommender · 2017–2024
3 mo on HNThe $200M Machine that Prints Microchips: The EUV Photolithography System
Branch Education
3 HN recommender · 2025–2026
4 mo on HNInside a Huge PCB Factory
Strange Parts
4 HN recommender · 2018–2026
3 mo on HNThe Closest Thing We Have to Alien Technology
Veritasium
5 HN recommender · 2026–2026
3 mo on HNThe 1751 Machine that Made Everything
Machine Thinking
2 HN recommender · 2020–2023
3 mo on HNAmerica's Iron Giants - The World's Most Powerful Metalworkers
Machine Thinking
3 HN recommender · 2019–2024
3 mo on HNHow Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 1 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 271
SmarterEveryDay
3 HN recommender · 2022–2022
3 mo on HNHow the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting
Tom Scott
4 HN recommender · 2022–2026
2 mo on HNThis Swiss Builder uses NO INSULATION...
Matt Risinger
2 HN recommender · 2019–2020
2 mo on HNThomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch
TED
2 HN recommender · 2019–2025
2 mo on HNThe Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288
SmarterEveryDay
2 HN recommender · 2023–2025
2 mo on HNBehind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory
ILFORD Photo
2 HN recommender · 2020–2022
2 mo on HNThe Material Science of Metal 3D Printing
Real Engineering
3 HN recommender · 2019–2024
2 mo on HNUpdated BP Texas City Animation on the 15th Anniversary of the Explosion
USCSB
2 HN recommender · 2022–2025
2 mo on HNHow I Made My Own iPhone - in China
Strange Parts
2 HN recommender · 2017–2023
1 mo on HNHow Sikh Chefs Feed 100,000 People At The Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Temple In New Delhi, India
Insider Food
1 HN recommend · 2024–2025
1 mo on HNMaster Hands - Chevrolet Manufacturing (1936)
US Auto Industry
1 HN recommend · 2015–2019
1 mo on HN21st Century Jet - Building the Boeing 777 - Full Episode 1
shareoldvideos
1 HN recommend · 2014–2021
1 mo on HNPointing and Calling Japanese Safety Standard at Railway Companies & Toyota (HD)
AllAboutLean.com
1 HN recommend · 2018–2022
1 mo on HNMacintosh Factory
MacGeneration
1 HN recommend · 2016–2025
1 mo on HNSurface Plate Calibration and Conditioning
oxtoolco
1 HN recommend · 2017–2020
1 mo on HNInferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar
USCSB
1 HN recommend · 2018–2026
1 mo on HN日本の家作り(据え付け作業)Japan builds house in 1 day
Rachel and Jun
1 HN recommend · 2016–2021
1 mo on HNScanRobot 2.0 MDS: Scanning very thick books up to 15 cm (6 inch)
bookscanner
1 HN recommend · 2021–2023
1 mo on HNThe Life of a Bolt
Oracle Red Bull Racing
1 HN recommend · 2023–2026
0 mo on HNHow It's Made - Canola Oil
Panos Egglezos
0 HN recommender · 2021–2023
0 mo on HNAutomatic Hamburger Machine - 50 Years Ahead of Its Time!
Automated Foodservice
0 HN recommender · 2015–2024
0 mo on HN5Axis Machine Cutting HELMET / DAISHIN SEIKI CORPORATION
DAISHIN SEIKI大槇精機
0 HN recommender · 2015–2022
0 mo on HNWhat happens at a Materials Recycling Facility? (MRF) - How does our sorting machine work?
Devon Contract Waste
0 HN recommender · 2016–2019
0 mo on HNMercedes A-Class Production line
TestDriven
0 HN recommender · 2016–2017
0 mo on HNOxbo Raspberry & Blueberry Harvesters
Oxbo
0 HN recommender · 2017–2020