Sewing turret for piecing together sails (via “How Its Made”; season 7, episode 4).
Paint Tint-Strength Tester
Chain-drive paint tint-strength tester in a Sherwin-Williams factory (via “How It’s Made”, season 9, episode 10).
Factory Machine User Interfaces
Factory machine UIs, above from a lightbulb plant and the bottom from a concrete tile factory. Via another “How It’s Made” marathon (both season 7, episode 9).
Ham Sealer
A ham-sealing machine, via further “How It’s Made” marathon (season 5, episode 14).
Label Applicator Control Board
Control board for a label application machine from 1985, with hex keypad; really nice hand-drawn circuit board.
Via JGC.org
Paper Beater
From the archives: a beautifully-made paper pulp beater.
Testing Fluorescent Tubes
Fluorescent light tubes being testing in the factory.
Via: “How It’s Made”, season 1, episode 2
Rope Making Machines
Images of rope making machines, which twist individual strands separately (driven by a single crank), which are then combined into one thicker rope.
Also highly recommended are these videos on the Wikipedia page for Rope, which I sadly cannot seem to convert from OGV to anything usable :(
Via: MK Drafting and Lumenaris