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These are the user uploaded subtitles that are being translated: 1 00:00:51,103 --> 00:00:53,137 Narrator: WHEN IT COMES TO SOUND QUALITY, 2 00:00:53,137 --> 00:00:55,896 AUDIOPHILES SWEAR BY AMPLIFIERS WHICH CONTAIN 3 00:00:55,896 --> 00:00:59,172 VACUUM TUBES TO BOOST AND MODIFY THE ELECTRICAL SIGNAL. 4 00:00:59,172 --> 00:01:01,793 THEY WERE THE NORM UNTIL TRANSISTORS CAME ALONG 5 00:01:01,793 --> 00:01:03,793 IN THE 1950s. 6 00:01:03,793 --> 00:01:06,413 MANY AUDIO ENTHUSIASTS STILL PREFER TUBE SOUND, 7 00:01:06,413 --> 00:01:10,931 WHICH THEY FIND WARMER, RICHER, AND MORE NATURAL. 8 00:01:18,689 --> 00:01:22,344 ONCE STANDARD IN RADIOS, PHONOGRAPHS, AND TELEVISIONS, 9 00:01:22,344 --> 00:01:24,103 TODAY YOU SEE VACUUM TUBES ONLY 10 00:01:24,103 --> 00:01:26,448 IN VERY HIGH-END AUDIO EQUIPMENT. 11 00:01:26,448 --> 00:01:29,586 THEY COME IN AN ARRAY OF MODELS DESIGNED TO PERFORM SPECIFIC 12 00:01:29,586 --> 00:01:31,551 SOUND-ENHANCING TASKS. 13 00:01:34,137 --> 00:01:37,103 TECHNICIANS AT THIS CZECH FACTORY FIRST WIND WIRE 14 00:01:37,103 --> 00:01:39,310 A PRECISE NUMBER OF REVOLUTIONS 15 00:01:39,310 --> 00:01:41,620 WITH A VERY SPECIFIC DEGREE OF TENSION. 16 00:01:43,000 --> 00:01:47,310 THEN THEY CLEAN THE SURFACE AND WELD IT TO A SUPPORT STRUCTURE. 17 00:01:47,310 --> 00:01:52,103 THIS COMPLETES THE GRID, ONE OF THE TUBE'S MAIN COMPONENTS. 18 00:01:52,103 --> 00:01:55,689 NEXT, TECHNICIANS TAKE THE SECOND MAIN COMPONENT, 19 00:01:55,689 --> 00:01:58,724 THE CATHODE, AND INSERT IT INTO THE GRID. 20 00:01:58,724 --> 00:02:00,931 WHEN THE SOUND SIGNAL ENTERS THE TUBE, 21 00:02:00,931 --> 00:02:03,931 THE CATHODE PRODUCES A FLOW OF ELECTRONS. 22 00:02:03,931 --> 00:02:05,620 THE GRID CONTROLS THAT FLOW 23 00:02:05,620 --> 00:02:09,103 AS IT TRAVELS TO THE THIRD MAIN COMPONENT, THE ANODE. 24 00:02:09,103 --> 00:02:11,241 THE ANODE'S TOP SECRET BLACK COATING 25 00:02:11,241 --> 00:02:13,896 INCREASES THE EFFECT OF THE ELECTRONS HITTING IT, 26 00:02:13,896 --> 00:02:17,862 CAUSING THE ANODE AND CATHODE TO HAVE TWO DIFFERENT VOLTAGES, 27 00:02:17,862 --> 00:02:21,103 BOTH OF WHICH ARE GREATER THAN THAT OF THE ORIGINAL SIGNAL. 28 00:02:21,103 --> 00:02:23,931 THIS MAKES THE SIGNAL LARGER AND MORE POWERFUL, 29 00:02:23,931 --> 00:02:26,482 MEANING IT AMPLIFIES THE SOUND. 30 00:02:26,482 --> 00:02:29,827 WITH THOSE THREE COMPONENTS NOW ASSEMBLED INTO ONE UNIT, 31 00:02:29,827 --> 00:02:33,000 THE INSIDE STRUCTURE OF THE TUBE IS COMPLETE. 32 00:02:33,000 --> 00:02:36,379 NOW FOR THE BULB, WHICH WILL ENCASE THE UNIT. 33 00:02:36,379 --> 00:02:38,379 A GLASS BLOWER SKILLFULLY CRAFTS 34 00:02:38,379 --> 00:02:41,206 IT OUT OF HARD, LABORATORY-GRADE GLASS. 35 00:02:41,206 --> 00:02:44,206 USING A HIGH-TEMPERATURE TORCH AND GLASS-MAKING TOOLS, 36 00:02:44,206 --> 00:02:48,586 HE MELTS THE OPEN END AND SEALS IT OFF. 37 00:02:48,586 --> 00:02:50,586 THEN HE BLOWS IN A BIT OF AIR 38 00:02:50,586 --> 00:02:55,103 TO SHAPE THE END INTO AN EVENLY ROUNDED DOME. 39 00:02:55,103 --> 00:02:59,517 NOW HE MOUNTS THE BULB ON A LATHE TO COMPLETE THE SHAPING. 40 00:02:59,517 --> 00:03:01,896 KEEPING THE GLASS EVENLY HEATED, 41 00:03:01,896 --> 00:03:04,275 HE BLOWS IN JUST ENOUGH AIR PRESSURE TO KEEP THE BULB 42 00:03:04,275 --> 00:03:06,172 FROM COLLAPSING INWARD. 43 00:03:06,172 --> 00:03:08,793 WHEN THE GLASS REACHES JUST THE RIGHT TEMPERATURE, 44 00:03:08,793 --> 00:03:13,275 A DIE PRESSES AGAINST IT, SETTING THE FINAL SHAPE. 45 00:03:15,206 --> 00:03:17,448 NEXT, THEY MOUNT A GLASS COLLAR 46 00:03:17,448 --> 00:03:20,862 OVER COPPER WIRES CLAMPED INTO A MOTORIZED VICE, 47 00:03:20,862 --> 00:03:25,413 THEN INSERT A GLASS STRAW CALLED AN EVACUATION PORT. 48 00:03:25,413 --> 00:03:28,137 AS THE VISE ROTATES, THEY HEAT 49 00:03:28,137 --> 00:03:31,551 THE COLLAR UNIFORMLY WITH STATIONARY TORCHES. 50 00:03:31,551 --> 00:03:33,206 USING A HANDHELD TORCH, 51 00:03:33,206 --> 00:03:37,310 THEY REMOVE ANY STRETCHES OR RUNS IN THE SOFTENING GLASS. 52 00:03:37,310 --> 00:03:39,827 WHEN THE TIME IS RIGHT, THEY ACTIVATE A DIE 53 00:03:39,827 --> 00:03:42,172 TO PRESS THE GLASS INTO THE FINAL SHAPE. 54 00:03:42,172 --> 00:03:44,068 THIS COMPLETES THE STEM ON WHICH 55 00:03:44,068 --> 00:03:46,758 THE TUBE'S INSIDE STRUCTURE SITS. 56 00:03:46,758 --> 00:03:49,103 THE WIRES PROTRUDING FROM THE TOP OF THE STEM 57 00:03:49,103 --> 00:03:52,000 CONNECT TO THE STRUCTURE'S TERMINALS. 58 00:03:54,758 --> 00:03:58,103 NOW THEY PUT THIS ASSEMBLED UNIT ON A TURNTABLE 59 00:03:58,103 --> 00:04:00,413 AND CENTER THE BULB OVER IT. 60 00:04:06,551 --> 00:04:11,103 AS THE TURNTABLE REVOLVES, THEY HEAT THE BOTTOM OF THE BULB. 61 00:04:11,103 --> 00:04:13,689 AS THE GLASS MELTS, THEY PRESS IT INWARD, 62 00:04:13,689 --> 00:04:15,310 FUSING IT TO THE STEM. 63 00:04:24,551 --> 00:04:27,965 THEY REMOVE THE EXCESS GLASS AND CONTINUE HEATING 64 00:04:27,965 --> 00:04:30,379 TO ENSURE THE BOTTOM IS FULLY SEALED. 65 00:04:32,137 --> 00:04:35,724 NEXT, THEY PREPARE TO SUCTION OUT THE AIR. 66 00:04:35,724 --> 00:04:38,620 THIS STEP IS CRITICAL TO THE TUBE'S PERFORMANCE, 67 00:04:38,620 --> 00:04:42,068 BECAUSE AIR MOLECULES HINDER THE FLOW OF ELECTRONS. 68 00:04:42,068 --> 00:04:44,655 TECHNICIANS FUSE THE TUBE'S EVACUATION PORT 69 00:04:44,655 --> 00:04:47,793 TO THE GLASS EVACUATION LINE OF A VACUUM PUMP. 70 00:04:47,793 --> 00:04:51,103 THE PUMP THEN EXTRACTS THE AIR THROUGH THE PORT. 71 00:04:51,103 --> 00:04:54,413 AT THE SAME TIME, THEY HEAT THE TUBE IN A PULL-DOWN OVEN. 72 00:04:54,413 --> 00:04:56,896 THIS INCREASES PRESSURE INSIDE THE TUBE, 73 00:04:56,896 --> 00:04:58,965 CREATING A STRONGER VACUUM. 74 00:04:58,965 --> 00:05:03,103 NEXT, THEY RUN AN INDUCTIVE HEATER OVER THE TUBE. 75 00:05:03,103 --> 00:05:05,482 THIS DISLODGES DAMAGING IMPURITIES, 76 00:05:05,482 --> 00:05:08,448 ENABLING THE VACUUM PUMP TO DRAW THEM OUT. 77 00:05:08,448 --> 00:05:11,689 THEY TARGET THE STEM AREA WITH A SECOND INDUCTIVE HEATER 78 00:05:11,689 --> 00:05:15,310 TO DRAW PARTICLES CALLED IONS ONTO THE GLASS PERMANENTLY 79 00:05:15,310 --> 00:05:18,517 SO THAT THEY CAN'T LATER DAMAGE THE TUBE. 80 00:05:18,517 --> 00:05:21,413 FINALLY, THEY CONNECT THE PROTRUDING WIRES 81 00:05:21,413 --> 00:05:23,896 TO A PLASTIC PLUG-IN BASE. 82 00:05:23,896 --> 00:05:26,482 THERE ARE SUBTLE TECHNICAL DIFFERENCES BETWEEN TUBES 83 00:05:26,482 --> 00:05:27,931 OF THE SAME MODEL. 84 00:05:27,931 --> 00:05:30,137 SO THE FACTORY TESTS EACH TUBE, 85 00:05:30,137 --> 00:05:34,137 THEN MATCHES PAIRS WITH SIMILAR PERFORMANCE FEATURES. 86 00:05:34,137 --> 00:05:37,448 THIS ENSURES THEY'LL AMPLIFY SOUND EVENLY. 87 00:05:50,310 --> 00:05:53,413 Narrator: A LIGHT BAR IS THAT STRIP OF FLASHING LIGHTS ON TOP 88 00:05:53,413 --> 00:05:56,620 OF A POLICE CAR OR EMERGENCY VEHICLE. 89 00:05:56,620 --> 00:05:58,689 THE LIGHTS ARE HIGH-OUTPUT L.E.D.s, 90 00:05:58,689 --> 00:06:01,413 FAR MORE EFFICIENT AND DURABLE THAN INCANDESCENT 91 00:06:01,413 --> 00:06:04,620 OR QUARTZ HALOGEN BULBS OR STROBE TUBES. 92 00:06:04,620 --> 00:06:06,137 THE MOUNTING SYSTEM IS DESIGNED 93 00:06:06,137 --> 00:06:09,379 TO WITHSTAND EMERGENCY HIGH-SPEED DRIVING. 94 00:06:12,034 --> 00:06:15,862 THE L.E.D.s ARE GROUPED BY COLOR WITHIN A MODULE. 95 00:06:15,862 --> 00:06:18,413 MODULES CAN BE ARRANGED IN ANY CONFIGURATION 96 00:06:18,413 --> 00:06:20,068 ON THE LIGHT-BAR BASE. 97 00:06:20,068 --> 00:06:22,206 THE BASE MOUNTS TO THE VEHICLE'S ROOF 98 00:06:22,206 --> 00:06:25,551 VIA STRAPS MADE OF HIGH-STRENGTH STAINLESS STEEL. 99 00:06:25,551 --> 00:06:28,689 THOSE STRAPS BEGIN AS FLAT PIECES, 100 00:06:28,689 --> 00:06:31,068 LASER CUT TO A STARTING SHAPE. 101 00:06:31,068 --> 00:06:34,689 A 50-TON FORMING PRESS BENDS THEM TO THE FINAL SHAPE, 102 00:06:34,689 --> 00:06:40,172 WHICH FITS THE EXACT CONTOUR OF THE VEHICLE'S DOORJAMB. 103 00:06:40,172 --> 00:06:43,689 THE LIGHT BAR'S WHITE LIGHT MODULES FASTEN ONTO THE BASE 104 00:06:43,689 --> 00:06:46,827 WITH THE ALUMINUM BRACKETS THIS WORKER IS ASSEMBLING. 105 00:06:46,827 --> 00:06:48,655 THESE BRACKETS ALSO HELP DRAW 106 00:06:48,655 --> 00:06:51,068 OUT THE HEAT THE LIGHTS GENERATE. 107 00:06:51,068 --> 00:06:55,896 THIS IS CRITICAL, BECAUSE IF L.E.D.s OVERHEAT, THEY BURN OUT. 108 00:06:55,896 --> 00:06:58,517 THE BASE IS MADE OF EXTRUDED ALUMINUM. 109 00:06:58,517 --> 00:07:02,551 THIS COMPUTER-CONTROLLED LASER, WORKING ON SIX BASES AT A TIME, 110 00:07:02,551 --> 00:07:05,551 CUTS OUT HOLES FOR VENTING AND CABLES. 111 00:07:05,551 --> 00:07:09,344 THE LIGHT BAR HAS TWO CABLES -- 112 00:07:09,344 --> 00:07:12,241 ONE RUNNING POWER FROM THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY 113 00:07:12,241 --> 00:07:14,206 TO THE LIGHT BAR AND ANOTHER CONNECTING 114 00:07:14,206 --> 00:07:15,896 CONTROL SWITCHES ON THE DASHBOARD 115 00:07:15,896 --> 00:07:18,517 TO THE LIGHT BAR'S ELECTRONIC CONTROL BOARD. 116 00:07:18,517 --> 00:07:21,724 AN AUTOMATIC MACHINE MEASURES AND CUTS THE REQUIRED LENGTH 117 00:07:21,724 --> 00:07:24,862 OF EACH CABLE, THEN STRIPS OFF A SPECIFIC AMOUNT 118 00:07:24,862 --> 00:07:28,310 OF THE PVC OUTER JACKET AT BOTH ENDS. 119 00:07:28,310 --> 00:07:30,586 THIS EXPOSES THREE WIRES, 120 00:07:30,586 --> 00:07:35,586 TWO OF WHICH ARE INSULATED AND INSIDE A FOIL WRAP. 121 00:07:35,586 --> 00:07:38,000 AFTER STRIPPING OFF THE FOIL, 122 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:41,344 AN AUTOMATIC STRIPPING MACHINE REMOVES SOME INSULATION, 123 00:07:41,344 --> 00:07:46,275 BEARING THE TIN-COATED COPPER WIRE WITHIN. 124 00:07:46,275 --> 00:07:49,931 WORKERS PUT CONTACTS ONTO TWO OF THOSE WIRES -- 125 00:07:49,931 --> 00:07:52,827 THE GROUND AND THE POWER -- 126 00:07:52,827 --> 00:07:54,931 THEN PRESS THE CONTACTS ON SECURELY 127 00:07:54,931 --> 00:07:57,689 WITH A CRIMPING DEVICE. 128 00:07:57,689 --> 00:08:01,310 NEXT, THEY CONNECT A TERMINAL TO THE THIRD WIRE, 129 00:08:01,310 --> 00:08:02,896 THE SHIELD DRAIN. 130 00:08:02,896 --> 00:08:05,344 THIS WIRE REDUCES ELECTRONIC INTERFERENCE 131 00:08:05,344 --> 00:08:07,793 FROM SOURCES LIKE THE POLICE RADIO. 132 00:08:07,793 --> 00:08:10,103 NOW FOR THE L.E.D. LIGHT MODULES, 133 00:08:10,103 --> 00:08:12,862 THE MAIN COMPONENT OF WHICH IS A REFLECTOR. 134 00:08:12,862 --> 00:08:16,379 THEY PUT THE REFLECTOR'S PLASTIC BODY INTO THE SEALED CHAMBER 135 00:08:16,379 --> 00:08:18,034 OF A METALIZING MACHINE. 136 00:08:18,034 --> 00:08:20,896 THE MACHINE THEN RELEASES ARGON GAS 137 00:08:20,896 --> 00:08:23,137 WHILE APPLYING HUNDREDS OF VOLTS OF ELECTRICITY 138 00:08:23,137 --> 00:08:25,379 TO A SOLID PIECE OF ALUMINUM. 139 00:08:25,379 --> 00:08:28,206 THIS VAPORIZES THE METAL INTO TINY PARTICLES, 140 00:08:28,206 --> 00:08:30,758 WHICH A VACUUM DRAWS ONTO THE PLASTIC BODY 141 00:08:30,758 --> 00:08:34,344 IN AN ULTRA-THIN REFLECTIVE COATING. 142 00:08:34,344 --> 00:08:37,137 TO BROADEN THE HORIZONTAL RANGE OF THE REFLECTION, 143 00:08:37,137 --> 00:08:41,965 WORKERS INSTALL A DEVICE CALLED A COLLIMATOR. 144 00:08:41,965 --> 00:08:44,551 THEN THEY TAKE AN L.E.D. LIGHT, 145 00:08:44,551 --> 00:08:47,379 PUT AN ELECTRIC INSULATOR ON THE BACK OF IT... 146 00:08:49,620 --> 00:08:52,931 AND MOUNT IT INSIDE A HOUSING THAT'S SPECIFICALLY DESIGNED 147 00:08:52,931 --> 00:08:55,586 TO REMOVE HEAT FROM THE L.E.D.s. 148 00:08:55,586 --> 00:08:58,000 THEN THEY INSTALL THESE ASSEMBLED LIGHT COMPONENTS 149 00:08:58,000 --> 00:09:01,275 IN THE REFLECTOR... 150 00:09:01,275 --> 00:09:03,517 INSTALL THE CONNECTOR THAT PLUGS INTO THE WIRE HARNESS 151 00:09:03,517 --> 00:09:05,620 THAT LEADS TO THE CONTROL BOARD... 152 00:09:08,310 --> 00:09:10,724 ...AND TEST THE FINISHED MODULE. 153 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,862 TO ASSEMBLE THE LIGHT BAR, 154 00:09:23,862 --> 00:09:25,896 THEY SLIDE THE CONTROL BOARD ONTO THE BASE, 155 00:09:25,896 --> 00:09:29,137 PLUG IN THE CONTROL CABLE THAT CONNECTS THE BOARD 156 00:09:29,137 --> 00:09:31,034 TO THE DASHBOARD SWITCHES, 157 00:09:31,034 --> 00:09:32,827 INSTALL THE POWER CABLE THAT RUNS 158 00:09:32,827 --> 00:09:35,068 FROM THE VEHICLE'S BATTERY TO THE LIGHT BAR, 159 00:09:35,068 --> 00:09:38,206 AND THE WIRING CONNECTING THE LIGHTS TO THE BOARD. 160 00:09:41,172 --> 00:09:44,310 AFTER MOUNTING THE WHITE LIGHT MODULES ON THE BRACKETS 161 00:09:44,310 --> 00:09:46,482 AND SECURING THEM TO THE BASE, 162 00:09:46,482 --> 00:09:48,827 WORKERS TAKE THE COLORED L.E.D. MODULES 163 00:09:48,827 --> 00:09:51,758 AND SLIDE THEM ONTO THE TRACKS ON THE BASE. 164 00:09:54,965 --> 00:09:58,586 THEY MAKE THE INTERNAL CONNECTIONS 165 00:09:58,586 --> 00:10:00,586 TO THE CONTROL BOARD, 166 00:10:00,586 --> 00:10:02,275 THEN PLUG EACH MODULE INTO THE CONTROL BOARD HARNESSES. 167 00:10:02,275 --> 00:10:05,310 AFTER TESTING TO MAKE SURE EVERYTHING WORKS PROPERLY, 168 00:10:05,310 --> 00:10:07,862 IT'S JUST A MATTER OF ENCASING THE MODULES, 169 00:10:07,862 --> 00:10:10,034 STARTING WITH AN ALUMINUM TOP, 170 00:10:10,034 --> 00:10:12,931 THEN SLIDE ON TRANSPARENT PLASTIC LENSES 171 00:10:12,931 --> 00:10:15,379 WITH DIVIDER GASKETS IN BETWEEN 172 00:10:15,379 --> 00:10:18,931 TO PREVENT RAIN FROM PENETRATING AND SHORTING OUT THE LIGHT. 173 00:10:20,413 --> 00:10:22,931 A CAP CLOSES UP EACH END. 174 00:10:29,241 --> 00:10:31,034 AFTER A FINAL ROUND OF TESTING, 175 00:10:31,034 --> 00:10:36,068 THE LIGHT BAR IS READY TO HIT THE ROOF AND THE ROAD. 176 00:10:50,517 --> 00:10:54,137 Narrator: FLYING A WOOD MODEL AIRCRAFT IS A WAY TO EXPERIENCE 177 00:10:54,137 --> 00:10:57,000 THE ADVENTURE OF FLIGHT ON A SMALL SCALE. 178 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:59,620 BUT THERE'S A LOT TO DO BEFORE TAKEOFF. 179 00:10:59,620 --> 00:11:02,241 THESE MINIATURE PLANES USUALLY COME IN KITS 180 00:11:02,241 --> 00:11:05,103 THAT CAN TAKE DOZENS OF HOURS TO PIECE TOGETHER. 181 00:11:05,103 --> 00:11:07,793 BUT, OF COURSE, THAT'S JUST PART OF THE FUN. 182 00:11:12,310 --> 00:11:15,241 WOOD MODEL PLANES ARE PART OF AVIATION HISTORY. 183 00:11:15,241 --> 00:11:18,206 THE FIRST REAL FLYING MACHINES WERE MADE OF WOOD, 184 00:11:18,206 --> 00:11:20,103 AND SOON AFTER THEIR INVENTION, 185 00:11:20,103 --> 00:11:24,482 PEOPLE BEGAN BUILDING MINIATURE WOOD REPLICAS IN KIT FORM. 186 00:11:24,482 --> 00:11:28,448 TODAY MODERN MANUFACTURING TECHNIQUES TAKE THE CONCEPT 187 00:11:28,448 --> 00:11:31,068 TO A WHOLE NEW LEVEL. 188 00:11:31,068 --> 00:11:34,517 PRODUCTION BEGINS WITH BLOCKS OF WOOD THAT CIRCLE ON A SYSTEM 189 00:11:34,517 --> 00:11:36,827 OF CONVEYORS. 190 00:11:36,827 --> 00:11:42,551 EACH TIME AROUND, A LONG BLADE SLICES AWAY A THIN PIECE. 191 00:11:46,206 --> 00:11:48,724 THEY TRANSFER THE SHEETS OF WOOD TO A TABLE 192 00:11:48,724 --> 00:11:51,137 THAT MOVES IN A COMPUTER-CHOREOGRAPHED SEQUENCE 193 00:11:51,137 --> 00:11:53,827 WHILE LASERS OVERHEAD MAKE CUTS. 194 00:11:59,620 --> 00:12:02,344 THIS COMPUTERIZED SYSTEM PRODUCES PARTS 195 00:12:02,344 --> 00:12:03,862 THAT WILL FIT TOGETHER PERFECTLY, 196 00:12:03,862 --> 00:12:06,310 NO MATTER HOW INTRICATE THE DESIGN. 197 00:12:09,379 --> 00:12:11,068 TO ASSEMBLE THE KIT AT HOME, 198 00:12:11,068 --> 00:12:14,379 THE MODELER EXTRACTS THE PRECUT PARTS. 199 00:12:14,379 --> 00:12:18,379 HE THEN BUILDS THE FUSELAGE RIGHT ON TOP OF THE PLANS 200 00:12:18,379 --> 00:12:21,931 IN ORDER TO FOLLOW THEM TO THE LETTER. 201 00:12:21,931 --> 00:12:24,517 AFTER THE FUSELAGE HAS BEEN ASSEMBLED, 202 00:12:24,517 --> 00:12:26,241 HE FOCUSES ON THE WINGS. 203 00:12:26,241 --> 00:12:29,482 HE BRACES THE MAIN SPAR WITH NUMEROUS RIBS 204 00:12:29,482 --> 00:12:31,689 TO CREATE A CROSS-SECTIONAL AIR FOIL 205 00:12:31,689 --> 00:12:34,586 THAT WILL GENERATE LIFT. 206 00:12:34,586 --> 00:12:39,103 HE THEN GLUES THE WINGS' LEADING EDGE TO THE FRAMEWORK. 207 00:12:39,103 --> 00:12:43,586 THE FRAMEWORK IS VERY SIMILAR TO THAT OF FULL-SIZED WOODEN WINGS 208 00:12:43,586 --> 00:12:45,793 BUILT IN THE EARLY DAYS OF FLIGHT. 209 00:12:45,793 --> 00:12:48,172 IT'S MADE MAINLY OF TROPICAL BALSA, 210 00:12:48,172 --> 00:12:51,793 A WOOD THAT'S BOTH LIGHTWEIGHT AND EXCEPTIONALLY STRONG. 211 00:12:54,689 --> 00:12:57,379 THE MODELER JOINS THE TWO WINGS. 212 00:12:57,379 --> 00:13:01,344 THE TONGUE OF ONE FITS INTO THE LASER-CUT SLOT OF ANOTHER. 213 00:13:01,344 --> 00:13:04,379 THIS JOINT WILL LATER BE GLUED TO REINFORCE IT. 214 00:13:04,379 --> 00:13:09,275 HE DEMONSTRATES THE NEXT STEP USING THE WING OF ANOTHER MODEL. 215 00:13:09,275 --> 00:13:11,931 HE DRAPES PLASTIC FILM OVER THE WING'S SKELETON. 216 00:13:11,931 --> 00:13:13,965 HE TACKS THE PLASTIC TO IT 217 00:13:13,965 --> 00:13:17,034 AND SMOOTHES OUT RIPPLES AND BUBBLES. 218 00:13:17,034 --> 00:13:19,379 HE THEN HEAT-SHRINKS THE PLASTIC 219 00:13:19,379 --> 00:13:22,103 TO GIVE THE MODEL AIRCRAFT ITS TIGHT SKIN. 220 00:13:22,103 --> 00:13:24,448 OF COURSE, THERE'S NO NEED FOR A PAINT JOB 221 00:13:24,448 --> 00:13:27,413 BECAUSE THE PLASTIC IS TINTED. 222 00:13:27,413 --> 00:13:31,655 FINALLY, HE CONFIRMS THAT IT'S DRUM TIGHT. 223 00:13:31,655 --> 00:13:33,689 BACK ON THE PRODUCTION LINE, 224 00:13:33,689 --> 00:13:36,620 THEY'RE NOW WINDING WIRE TO PRODUCE A SPRING. 225 00:13:36,620 --> 00:13:38,448 THIS SPRING IS A SHOCK ABSORBER 226 00:13:38,448 --> 00:13:41,275 FOR THE PLANE'S FRONT LANDING GEAR. 227 00:13:41,275 --> 00:13:43,172 WITH THAT COMPLETE, 228 00:13:43,172 --> 00:13:45,758 THEY NOW POSITION A SHEET OF PREHEATED PLASTIC 229 00:13:45,758 --> 00:13:49,586 ABOVE SIX MOLDS OF WHEEL COVERS. 230 00:13:51,931 --> 00:13:56,137 HE ACTIVATES A VACUUM THAT PULLS THE PLASTIC OVER THE MOLDS. 231 00:13:56,137 --> 00:13:59,517 IN SECONDS, IT COOLS AND SOLIDIFIES INTO THE SHAPE 232 00:13:59,517 --> 00:14:02,137 OF THE WHEEL COVERS, CALLED PANTS. 233 00:14:07,034 --> 00:14:09,793 WITH THE WHEEL PANTS ASSEMBLED TO THE CRAFT, 234 00:14:09,793 --> 00:14:12,172 THE MODELER NOW INSTALLS THE TWO-STROKED 235 00:14:12,172 --> 00:14:15,206 ALCOHOL-BURNING ENGINE IN THE FRONT COMPARTMENT. 236 00:14:19,551 --> 00:14:23,931 HE ATTACHES THE MUFFLER TO THE ENGINE'S CRANK CASE. 237 00:14:23,931 --> 00:14:27,551 HE THEN SECURES THE SPINNER'S BACK PLATE AND PROPELLER 238 00:14:27,551 --> 00:14:32,206 ONTO THE ENGINE'S DRIVESHAFT WITH A WASHER AND BOLT. 239 00:14:32,206 --> 00:14:35,137 THIS ASSEMBLY WILL HAVE TO WITHSTAND THE FORCE 240 00:14:35,137 --> 00:14:38,655 OF THE SPINNING PROPELLER, SO HE TIGHTENS IT TO THE MAX. 241 00:14:47,793 --> 00:14:52,275 AND THIS MODEL PLANE IS NOW READY FOR FLIGHT. 242 00:14:52,275 --> 00:14:56,965 INCREDIBLY, IT STARTED OUT AS A BUNCH OF PARTS IN A BOX, 243 00:14:56,965 --> 00:14:58,448 BUT THEY ALL COME TOGETHER 244 00:14:58,448 --> 00:15:00,482 IN THE HANDS OF A SKILLFUL MODELER. 245 00:15:00,482 --> 00:15:03,862 OF COURSE, A GOOD SET OF INSTRUCTIONS IS ESSENTIAL. 246 00:15:03,862 --> 00:15:07,379 ASSEMBLING EACH MODEL CAN TAKE UP TO 50 HOURS. 247 00:15:07,379 --> 00:15:10,379 WE'VE JUST SHOWN THE HIGHLIGHTS. 248 00:15:15,310 --> 00:15:17,379 THE PAYOFF COMES WHEN THE OPERATOR 249 00:15:17,379 --> 00:15:19,724 MANIPULATES THE TRANSMITTER JOYSTICK 250 00:15:19,724 --> 00:15:23,206 AND THE PARTS OF THE PLANE MOVE RIGHT ON CUE. 251 00:15:24,931 --> 00:15:28,517 FROM FIGHTER PLANES AND BIPLANES TO CIVILIAN AIRCRAFT 252 00:15:28,517 --> 00:15:31,241 AND EXTREME AEROBATIC MACHINES, 253 00:15:31,241 --> 00:15:33,827 WHEN IT COMES TO THESE HISTORICAL REPLICAS, 254 00:15:33,827 --> 00:15:36,241 THE SKY REALLY IS THE LIMIT. 255 00:15:50,000 --> 00:15:52,724 Narrator: THE SOUND OF A SNARE DRUM IS UNMISTAKABLE -- 256 00:15:52,724 --> 00:15:56,034 A SHARP RATTLE WITH A SOMEWHAT TINNY RESONANCE. 257 00:15:56,034 --> 00:15:58,310 WHAT PRODUCES THIS DISTINCTIVE SOUND? 258 00:15:58,310 --> 00:16:01,758 IT'S A VIBRATING SET OF WIRES CALLED THE SNARE WIRE 259 00:16:01,758 --> 00:16:04,068 STRETCHED ACROSS THE BOTTOM OF THE DRUM. 260 00:16:04,068 --> 00:16:07,275 THE SNARE DRUM IS THE CENTER OF THE DRUM KIT. 261 00:16:11,448 --> 00:16:14,896 THE CIRCULAR FRAME OF A SNARE DRUM, CALLED THE SHELL, 262 00:16:14,896 --> 00:16:17,068 CAN BE MADE OF EITHER WOOD OR METAL. 263 00:16:17,068 --> 00:16:21,344 METAL SHELLS PRODUCE A SHARP, LOUD, AND MORE BRILLIANT SOUND. 264 00:16:21,344 --> 00:16:23,551 THE METAL THIS GERMAN DRUM COMPANY USES 265 00:16:23,551 --> 00:16:25,206 IS KNOWN AS BELL BRONZE, 266 00:16:25,206 --> 00:16:29,793 WHICH IS APPROXIMATELY 78% COPPER AND 22% TIN. 267 00:16:31,068 --> 00:16:34,379 WORKERS FIRST GLUE TOGETHER A THREE-PART MOLD. 268 00:16:34,379 --> 00:16:36,689 IT'S MADE OF A SAND AND CHEMICAL MIXTURE 269 00:16:36,689 --> 00:16:39,206 BECAUSE SAND CAN WITHSTAND THE TEMPERATURE 270 00:16:39,206 --> 00:16:40,793 OF THE HOT MOLTEN METAL. 271 00:16:40,793 --> 00:16:45,034 THE GLUE SETS IN ABOUT HALF AN HOUR, AND THE MOLD IS READY. 272 00:16:45,034 --> 00:16:47,379 THEY STEADY IT WITH HEAVY STEEL PLATES, 273 00:16:47,379 --> 00:16:49,827 THEN SCOOP A BUCKET FULL OF BELL BRONZE 274 00:16:49,827 --> 00:16:53,137 FROM THE FURNACE AND POUR IT IN. 275 00:16:53,137 --> 00:16:57,655 IT TOOK FOUR HOURS AT 2,300 DEGREES FAHRENHEIT 276 00:16:57,655 --> 00:16:59,586 TO MELT THE METAL, 277 00:16:59,586 --> 00:17:01,655 BUT JUST A FEW SECONDS FOR IT TO SOLIDIFY 278 00:17:01,655 --> 00:17:05,758 INSIDE THE MOLD CAVITY. 279 00:17:05,758 --> 00:17:11,827 THEY LET THE CASTING COOL FOR A COUPLE OF HOURS, 280 00:17:11,827 --> 00:17:15,379 THEN BREAK THE SAND MOLD TO EXTRACT IT. 281 00:17:17,655 --> 00:17:21,172 THEY CLEAN OFF THE LOOSE SAND WITH A WIRE BRUSH, 282 00:17:21,172 --> 00:17:23,724 THEN SHIP THE SHELL TO THE DRUM FACTORY, 283 00:17:23,724 --> 00:17:27,034 WHERE ITS FIRST STOP IS ONTO AN AUTOMATED LATHE. 284 00:17:27,034 --> 00:17:31,275 AS THE LATHE SPINS, A CUTTER SKIMS OFF A THIN LAYER OF METAL, 285 00:17:31,275 --> 00:17:34,655 MAKING THE SHELL'S EXTERIOR SURFACE CLEAN AND SMOOTH. 286 00:17:37,206 --> 00:17:41,620 NEXT, A COMPUTER-GUIDED DRILLING MACHINE BORES 47 HOLES 287 00:17:41,620 --> 00:17:43,137 FOR VARIOUS COMPONENTS, 288 00:17:43,137 --> 00:17:45,344 INCLUDING FITTINGS THAT HOLD AND ADJUST 289 00:17:45,344 --> 00:17:47,137 THE DRUM HEADS AND A VENT HOLE 290 00:17:47,137 --> 00:17:49,310 THAT INCREASES THE DRUM'S VOLUME. 291 00:17:49,310 --> 00:17:52,965 THEN THE MACHINE CHANGES THE DRILLING TOOL FOR A MILLING TOOL 292 00:17:52,965 --> 00:17:56,551 AND MAKES TWO RECESSED AREAS CALLED SNARE BEDS 293 00:17:56,551 --> 00:17:59,275 IN THE SHELL'S BOTTOM EDGE. 294 00:17:59,275 --> 00:18:01,068 THE DRILL LEFT ROUGH EDGES, 295 00:18:01,068 --> 00:18:02,896 SO THEY CLEAN AND SMOOTH THE HOLES 296 00:18:02,896 --> 00:18:05,724 WITH A SMALL GRINDING TOOL. 297 00:18:05,724 --> 00:18:09,310 THEN THEY MANUALLY SAND THE SNARE BEDS. 298 00:18:12,724 --> 00:18:16,310 NEXT, THEY SAND THE SHELL'S OUTSIDE SURFACE, 299 00:18:16,310 --> 00:18:18,586 FIRST WITH A ROUGH ABRASIVE BELT, 300 00:18:18,586 --> 00:18:20,482 THEN WITH A FINE ONE. 301 00:18:20,482 --> 00:18:24,586 THIS LEAVES THE METAL SHINY AND SILKY SMOOTH. 302 00:18:24,586 --> 00:18:28,068 NOW THEY SAND THE INSIDE SURFACE BY HAND. 303 00:18:33,758 --> 00:18:37,068 THEN THEY SPRAY IT WITH BRONZE-COLORED LACQUER 304 00:18:37,068 --> 00:18:40,344 TO GIVE THE METAL AN EVEN COLOR AND PREVENT TARNISHING. 305 00:18:40,344 --> 00:18:43,103 THEY TAPED OVER THE HOLES TO KEEP THE COLORED LACQUER 306 00:18:43,103 --> 00:18:45,793 FROM HITTING THE OUTSIDE SURFACE. 307 00:18:45,793 --> 00:18:48,103 NOW THEY REMOVE THE TAPE AND SPRAY THE OUTSIDE 308 00:18:48,103 --> 00:18:50,241 WITH TRANSPARENT LACQUER, 309 00:18:50,241 --> 00:18:53,793 WHICH ALLOWS THE NATURAL COLOR OF THE METAL TO SHOW THROUGH. 310 00:18:53,793 --> 00:18:55,896 25 MINUTES IN AN OVEN HARDENS 311 00:18:55,896 --> 00:19:00,137 THE LACQUER INTO A SUPER DURABLE FINISH. 312 00:19:00,137 --> 00:19:04,896 THEN FINAL ASSEMBLY BEGINS, STARTING WITH THE TENSION LUGS, 313 00:19:04,896 --> 00:19:07,103 THE FITTINGS THAT HOLD AND ADJUST THE TENSION 314 00:19:07,103 --> 00:19:08,275 OF THE DRUM HEADS. 315 00:19:10,827 --> 00:19:13,206 NEXT COMES THE ACTION STRAINER, 316 00:19:13,206 --> 00:19:15,551 THE MECHANISM THE DRUMMER FLIPS UP OR DOWN 317 00:19:15,551 --> 00:19:18,517 TO ACTIVATE AND DEACTIVATE THE SNARE SOUND. 318 00:19:22,551 --> 00:19:26,413 THE TOP DRUM HEAD IS MADE OF A STRONG POLYESTER MATERIAL. 319 00:19:26,413 --> 00:19:30,379 A CHROME-PLATED METAL HOOP WILL HOLD THE HEAD TO THE SHELL. 320 00:19:30,379 --> 00:19:32,896 TO TUNE THE DRUM TO A HIGHER OR LOWER PITCH, 321 00:19:32,896 --> 00:19:35,310 THE DRUMMER TIGHTENS OR LOOSENS THE SCREWS 322 00:19:35,310 --> 00:19:38,137 TO INCREASE OR DECREASE TENSION. 323 00:19:38,137 --> 00:19:40,517 DRUMHEAD TENSION DETERMINES PITCH. 324 00:19:45,137 --> 00:19:49,000 THE BOTTOM DRUMHEAD IS MADE OF CLEAR POLYESTER FILM. 325 00:19:49,000 --> 00:19:51,172 IT'S MUCH THINNER THAN THE TOP DRUMHEAD 326 00:19:51,172 --> 00:19:54,758 TO ENABLE THE SNARE WIRE TO RESPOND FASTER. 327 00:19:54,758 --> 00:19:56,448 THAT SNARE WIRE IS MADE OF 328 00:19:56,448 --> 00:20:00,931 MULTIPLE STRANDS OF STAINLESS STEEL, BRASS, OR COPPER WIRE. 329 00:20:00,931 --> 00:20:03,000 THEY STRETCH IT ACROSS THE BOTTOM HEAD, 330 00:20:03,000 --> 00:20:05,724 LAYING EACH END ON A SNARE BED. 331 00:20:05,724 --> 00:20:09,275 THEY ATTACH THE ENDS WITH NYLON CORDS TO THE ACTION STRAINER 332 00:20:09,275 --> 00:20:13,344 ON ONE SIDE AND TO A PART CALLED THE BUTT END ON THE OTHER. 333 00:20:13,344 --> 00:20:15,758 TO PLAY THE DRUM WITH THE SNARE SOUND, 334 00:20:15,758 --> 00:20:17,379 THE DRUMMER SIMPLY PULLS UP 335 00:20:17,379 --> 00:20:19,448 ON THE ACTION STRAINER'S HANDLE. 336 00:20:19,448 --> 00:20:23,551 EVERY DRUM UNDERGOES A FINAL INSPECTION, THEN TUNING, 337 00:20:23,551 --> 00:20:26,241 AND A THOROUGH PERFORMANCE TEST. 338 00:20:27,413 --> 00:20:29,517 TALK ABOUT ENDING WITH A BANG. 339 00:20:31,758 --> 00:20:34,758 --Captions by VITAC-- www.vitac.com 340 00:20:34,758 --> 00:20:37,758 CAPTIONS PAID FOR BY DISCOVERY COMMUNICATIONS 341 00:20:51,103 --> 00:20:53,827 IF YOU HAVE ANY COMMENTS ABOUT THE SHOW 342 00:20:53,827 --> 00:20:56,793 OR IF YOU'D LIKE TO SUGGEST TOPICS FOR FUTURE SHOWS, 343 00:20:56,793 --> 00:20:58,482 DROP US A LINE AT... 28083

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