NERDGASM: Aluminum | Shop Talk

[@martinda7446]

Dying to GRAB an electron.

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

WOOPSIEDOODLES.

[@martinda7446]

@@arduinoversusevil2025 Ha ha I'm honored. I thought that was a wonderful talk.

[@wobblysauce]

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[@alphatechrefrigeration3983]

@@throttlebottle5906 hey what are you doing over here! Get back over to the h v a c videos. 😁

[@ibrahimkayani240]

My view on catching electrons is neutral

[@cuban9splat]

Greetings from Arkansas. In addition to the aluminum industry here, Arkansas was also where the toothbrush was invented. We don't really have any documentation to prove this, but if the toothbrush was invented anywhere else they would have called it a teethbursh.

[@MongooseTacticool]

In thar case, do you all share the same one? ;)

[@loddude5706]

Ah, Arkansas - the hair, those eyes, that tooth . . .

[@cuban9splat]

LOL..., of course

[@Majiksmoke]

As a native Texan transplanted to Arkansas....the arkansansians I work with hated me for a while after telling that joke.

[@cameronsmith3988]

Resident Material science guy again. Lab coat and "uhm actually" at the ready. Errata at 16:50 A eutectoid reaction is a completely different thing than a eutectic reaction. The eutectic point is just that. Along with that, there is a eutectic temperature and eutectic composition. The eutectic reaction is Liquid -> Solid 1 + Solid 2 on cooling. The eutectoid reaction is Solid 1 -> Solid 2 + Solid 3 on cooling. For example, there is a eutectoid in the Fe-C system (Steel) where upon cooling the austenite, the material separates into ferrite and iron carbide. -ic = liquid to something -oid = solid to something This holds true for the other invariant reactions too: monotectic, syntectic, peritectic, peritectoid, etc.

[@WanderingDad]

This is like being lost in the Smithsonian. You may never get where you planned, but wow what you see along the way.

[@edwardleas1619]

Welcome to the tubernet

[@brownbanana18]

Well said

[@user-ef4gf7rr9r]

It's what dropping acid and studying should have been like.

[@CUclimber]

I could really use some 8-hour versions of these talks to get me through the work day. Nothing like touching on everything from social anthropology to metallurgy to the industrial revolution to get through the morning grind.

[@karlreinke]

Uncle Bumblefuck has gone full James Burke (the old Connectiond PBS series) on this one. And that is about the highest compliment I can give because that series was awesome.

[@MField-mq9oq]

I download the vids to my phone and listen to them though my earbuds for hours while I work in the shop.

[@kevlarandchrome]

@@karlreinke My immediate thought as well, I loved those series.

[@danhammond8406]

Worst part of work is that 12 hour wait to go home

[@ToTheTopCrane]

We just went through the industrial revolution, a geology class, and advanced chemistry. All by way of a miter saw and 22 minutes. I wonder if Uncle Bumble has trouble sleeping at night? For some reason, I feel his brain never shuts down.

[@raabsand]

He probably drinks to turn his mind off.

[@burningdinosaurs]

Hey Jimmy! Shouldn't you be craning something right now lol!

[@ToTheTopCrane]

@@burningdinosaurs, I'm off today. So, I'm currently editing my next video. 🙂👍

[@burningdinosaurs]

@@ToTheTopCrane Right on! Looking forward to the upcoming vidjas!

[@burningdinosaurs]

Wow, Didn't know so many of the same people watch AvE vidjas. And I thought only trolls read thru the comments on vidjas... oh... wait... Doh!

[@mrplowjrezv]

I'm not sure of your profession, but if I had you as a college professor or highschool teacher I wouldn't be a truck driver. Brilliant, entertaining and engaging.

[@NGC1433]

What's bad to be a truck driver? I am aspiring to become one, after 10+ years in IT. My C95 driving exam is scheduled for 12/04

[@johnpossum556]

But we need truck drivers. At least until they all go driverless.

[@mrplowjrezv]

@@NGC1433 nothing to be honest. Just not very glamorous. I was a Citrix/VM admin 5 years ago. I grossed 210k US so far this year driving this old truck. Let's not talk about expenses though. Congrats on making the switch. 20 years in IT. I only miss my vacation time.

[@okienative4785]

@@NGC1433 I think they meant, he would have gotten more interested in other stuff if his teachers hadn't been boring.

[@ThomasOnTape]

Good luck @@NGC1433 !

[@stephanmantler]

The alumina being processed in Iceland comes (in part, at least) from Australia, of all places. Still cheaper to ship that shit halfway around the earth than to do it locally. And the three aluminum smelters consume close to 75% of all electricity generated here. Crazy world we live in.

[@JustBecause7754]

Da, cuz you got one of the nations with readily accessible thermal energy.

[@natdrat00]

My great grandfather worked for Reynolds Aluminum in Bauxite Arkansas when he wasn't serving in WW2. He would say it took two days to shutdown the production line and two days to get going again, so they just kept going almost year round. I believe he said they would shutdown around Christmas and resume January 1, he was high up the maintenance side and would do most of the overhauls and repairs then. Last time I was down that way the old steel skeleton of the plant was still standing, they stripped the walls and roof a long time ago.

[@NurdRage]

Damn that was an awesome video. Good work!

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

cheers man!

[@DrLumpyDMus]

Sandpapering my smelly pits now. Thanks - Lumpy

[@jackwood8307]

Well I’m glad someone figured all that out so I can have cold beer in lightweight container!

[@ukpamor]

word.

[@me3333]

Priorities!

[@graydonwelch4490]

Gotta say there's something special about being able to listen to the ramblings of a well-rounded and worldy-wise worker. This was great, educational and entertaining. Cheers, AvE.

[@MadsPrintz]

True story, The Danish chemist who first managed to extract aluminium from ore gifted a dinner set to the Danish King, allowing the Danish King to throw the ultimate bling state dinners. Of course there weren't enough aluminium plates for every one so the less important dignitaries had to eat of gold plates.

[@TheTurinturumbar]

Is it true? I've heard the same about Napoleon, Napoleon III and the king of Siam.

[@MadsPrintz]

@@TheTurinturumbar Yeah it is true, the danish king was just the first to do it. Aluminium remained a very expensive material until the modern electrical process of extracting it from aluminium sand was invented.

[@TheTurinturumbar]

@@MadsPrintz I should've been clearer. I know you think it's true, my question is do you have a source?

[@Minimal_Mischief]

The Library of Congress in the USA has an aluminum roof because it was very precious at the time. Not the most precious, but highly neat.

[@JoshStLouis314]

While corundum is alumina, carborundum is silicon carbide. Little slip of the tongue there.

[@5roundsrapid263]

If you slip the tongue, you won’t need a corundum...

[@JoshStLouis314]

Sounds like a real conundrum

[@0num4]

Unless they're quick on the take, this thread will confoundem.

[@walkingcontradiction223]

​@@0num4Confoundem? I barely knew her! Though, tulips on my stem is better than four bushes full of birds if'n ya ain't got no stones? I think Willy S. said that.

[@andronatroncoulomb9299]

Solidified electricity is an accurate description of aluminum. I knew it took a lot of energy to produce but that much per kg is awesome.

[@marklinsarms]

This is my favorite part. Learning at the bench of my favorite Uncle Bumblefuck.

[@danspappa]

Yes, it's information hard to come by

[@fatshadow2062]

And all so I can wrap up my baked tater.

[@fatshadow2062]

Eric, my boy, you've no idea.

[@miohe]

Thank you Uncle AvE. I appreciate your protracted comprehensive discourse on these technical subjects. I find them profoundly fascinating. Please continue to elucidate these subjects in the future!

[@fifthblackbird]

AvE dropping knowledge from 4 or 5 different disciplines like it's nothing! Videos like this are why I subscribe.

[@shootthemoon6072]

Thanks for the upload Uncle B. I could listen to you talk about things like this for hours. I always learn something. Now I have to clean up after my nerdgasm.👍👍

[@mrtheman260]

Oh Jesus this is my materials science class but I can understand it. I wonder what the policy is on bumblefucks guest lecturing?

[@John-wk2fd]

I would venture to say that it is near a complete ban on guest with the exception of good ol' dew claw (Duke law?)

[@shootthemoon6072]

I can see Uncle B. doing lectures at college; from inside a box, with just his arm protruding. Lol

[@jenda386]

As a chemist: excellent explanation. I would just clarify that after the dissolution of bauxite they filter it to remove oxides of iron (the brown impurities seen on the photo of the rock at 3:20) and then they gently acidify the filtrate with the CO2 obtained from the Hall-Herault electrolysis process. This leads to precipitation of hydrated alumina which is then dried.

[@sirthicenskoorb3684]

No offense but your explanation is boring. Uncle is much more fun to listen to with the colorful language and diagrams.

[@AndySmith-gg5fp]

Uncle Bumblefuck! How I wish I had discovered you 45 years ago. My life would have taken a different course. Instead I had teachers who knew little and had no idea how to even get that across. Love to Chickadee

[@MongooseTacticool]

Regular Car Reviews voice: B R O W N!

[@avedesco]

I found that an interesting point, can't win them all.

[@matthewellisor5835]

"Where was I going...?" I love it! I've been found with a dozen of the encyclopedia sections open and spread around the floor. Probably more times than I should admit if I care to further reproduce...

[@JohnnyG1956]

I have no idea of what you are talking about yet I can't turn off the video. Well done AvE... great presentation skills!!!

[@reddawgrup1779]

John Genovese yea unfortunately I'm in the same boat completely, but enjoyed the hell out of it for some reason. More please!! Thanks AvE!!

[@q0rban]

You've convinced me not to throw my aluminum cans in the camp fire for entertainment. Better to just throw it in the garbage. Educational and entertaining as always! Thank you.

[@christopherpandolfi1229]

Dude you are one smart somebody. You have shared a ton of knowledge that has made me more proficient and productive. Keep it up and thanks.

[@syninys100]

The stuff used as a mordant for dying textiles is actually alum, which is aluminium potassium sulphate; and not alumina (aluminium oxide). The way the mordants work is that the metal salt dissolves in water, and then when the fibre is soaked in the solution. This allows the soluble metal ions to enter the fibres. Then it's drained, and placed in the dye bath, which contains the coloured substances. These then soak into the fibres too, but the coloured stuff reacted with the metal ions (forming what chemists call a complex), and this complex is _insoluble_. That's how they get the colour to stick, and it doesn't wash out - it actually is converted to an insoluble form inside the fibre. If the same reaction is used to make an insoluble pigment, that's known as a lake pigment. This sort of process only applies to the class of dyes called, imaginatively enough. 'mordant dyes'. Most of the important natural dyes are of this type (indigo is the blatant exception, being a vat dye). Different metals salts can be used - notably iron is said to 'sadden' colours, and tin 'brightens' them, amoung others. Tin salts were particularly important to get a good clear scarlet colour from madder root - all the armies that used 'redcoats', that was tin mordanted madder root to get that colour. Aluminium potassium sulphate is just the simplest and safest soluble aluminium salt. It can be mined directly in some places, but by the time Bayer was working on aluminium, it was made from alumina due to the scale of demand. Oddly enough, right around then saw a decline in the use of mordant dyes, as that was roughly when acid dyes started to take over the commercial market; being either cheaper or better than the mordant dye equivalents.

[@TheRumbles13]

I'll always be suprised by your ability to teach me things I already know, and have me listen like a schoolboy. You should be a trades teacher. You would inspire so many young people that being intelligent is a GOOD thing. Something we desperately need in Canaderp!

[@PipeEnthusiast]

You do go on a good ramble. I'd like to see more electronics vjos from you. I liked the ones you have so far, but I like how you explain things and show how they can be practically used and would like to see more. Thanks for making the stuff you make and teaching what you know.

[@red00eye]

Now THIS is hinteresting. Feck the Pixies, more meth lab lessons.

[@matthewwilliams6596]

Best part of my week is watching this dude nerd out.

[@jammin60psd]

You realize if he gave lectures and showed his face no one would watch. I think he is really sand bagging on his level of genius. Learned a metric tonne!

[@justinvandergriff3859]

I don't think he's sandbagging at all, he just doesn't feel the need to intellectually masturbate - I think that's what's so captivating and relateable. The first BOLTR I ever watched it was apparent that he knew more about electronics, plastics, manufacturing, metallurgy, machining, etc. etc. than just about anyone other than an expert in those specific fields. To know all of them simultaneously is god-tier. He's like that uncle (bumblefuck) that you love that seems to know everything, but turned up to 11.

[@JasonKerlin]

Used to cliff jump into an old bauxite mine that had been flooded in arkansas back 25 years ago. Hadn't thought about that in a few decades. Thank you for that.

[@MM-cr7dq]

Awesome talk AvE ... I sent 10-yrs with a big mob south of you getting splashed with caustic (NaOH - sodium hydroxide) designing/fixing/improving gear to turn bauxite to alumina. Great memories and great engineering.

[@the_real_ch3]

There's not that many people pumping sintered bauxite for prop. Most of the shales in North America don't have the closure pressure to really justify it on a cost basis. Instead people are running regular silica sand. Average wells out in West Texas (for example) take about 15,000,000 lbs of proppant and bauxite is about 20x more expensive than sand.

[@SexDrugsFinance]

Yeah this is the first I've heard of using bauxite for prop. What advantages does bauxite have over silica?

[@Dunderwood62]

@@SexDrugsFinance it can handle higher closure pressures.

[@the_real_ch3]

@@SexDrugsFinance very high crush strength but there are ways to get sand to act like very high crush bauxite. You can pump more sand (increased proppant loading is correlated with decreased stress loading on individual grains) or you can pump resin coated sand (it deforms instead of shattering) it's more expensive than plain sand but still far cheaper than bauxite

[@SexDrugsFinance]

@@the_real_ch3 Interesting. I take it resin costed sand is has some environmental concerns? Any idea how common these methods are? I get the impression most fracking operations right now are at low pressure sites.

[@the_real_ch3]

SexDrugsFinance West Texas commonly sees closure stresses of over 6500psi and the brown sand they are pumping has crush strengths of 6k-ish. And seems to be doing good enough. There has been work done that shows that even a crushed proppant pack still retains enough permeability to allow for the well to be productive.

[@johnl2876]

I learned more from this video than from about 4 different classes in high school. Well Done AvE!

[@marvintpandroid2213]

But, but, how can all that happen in 6,000 years

[@arduinoversusevil2025]

Because God. D'uh.

[@w8stral]

Sigh... Don't be an arrogant fool due to your blatant ignorance. Oil/NG only requires heat/pressure+HC's and is made in as little as hours to as long as forever(Kerogen) depending on conditions. ALL ROCK has HC's in it. From the hardest Granite to the softest sandstone. The deepest wells through hard rock have HC's along with water at all depths. Types of rock hold HC's better than others. Sandstone, can be poor or wonderful for holding HC's. If heated sufficiently said HC's become MOBILE and if held in place under pressure(increase heat) long enough depending on the porosity of the rock will migrate out of the rock or become fixed in place as oil/ng. Why oil/ng is found under domes of HARD rock that does not allow, well slows, the migration of the HC's through it with loads of sandstone under, or just deep enough sandstone. KEROGEN on the other hand are HC's that have been insufficiently heated/pressure and cannot migrate. There are generally two and sometimes classed as 3 different types of Kerogen... Anyways... enjoy, but don't let your arrogance make you stupid eh?

[@korishan]

Well, it didn't. The earth is much older than that. Well, unless you believe 24hrs hours in a day in Genesis. But, that's not accurate. It's an indeterminate amount of time, kinda like an epoch. Soooo, we really don't know how long/old

[@marvintpandroid2213]

@@korishan Sorry dude, that was meant to be a joke... get well soon

[@korishan]

@@marvintpandroid2213 Hahah I didn't take it offensively, and I'm not sick :) it's all good. Then again, it could of all happened in a much shorter span of time if we all live in a simulation

[@jachawk11]

I love these technical breakdowns! I would definitely be interested in more videos like this over other common elements, if you would indulge us!

[@coreymelton1186]

Yay for mention near my hometown. Bauxite, AR is a small town outside Little Rock. Pretty much died when Reynolds closed operations and sold to Almatis. The mines still are used by Saint-Gobain for production of propants.

[@225Perfect]

I really enjoyed that. Always fun to learn a thing from a good teacher.

[@CooleKip1]

Al tough i had troubles following along since English is only my fourth language, and the subject was not part of my common knowledge, i really enjoyed your class. Thank you.

[@lrodpeterson3046]

I'm proud to say I recognized "eutectic" the instant you said it. I was taught by a genius when I was discussing some electronic soldering I was doing. He pointed me to eutectic alloy solder (63/37) and explained what it meant. That conversation probably took place around 1978 and it's stuck with me ever since. Also, I've never used any other solder since, either (except in plumbing).

[@kojack57]

That 10 to the 6th is just around the corner. No one more deserving. If that's your kinda thing. I am going to hazard a guess and say you will ave 1MB by the time your little girl opens Santa's presents. Well done and thanks (no pun intended) a million for all the hard work, learning, new vocabulary and entertainment. Really appreciated.

[@edgeeffect]

This is one of the very best videos I've ever seen on KZbin.

[@watchfordpilot]

I just keep watching your stuff, never a dull moment.

[@Orange_Tang]

As a geologist by edumacation I'm a big fan of these rock talks. Keep it up.

[@stonedvideos1]

Local points!!! I live right next to the town "Bauxite" in Arkansas. I went to school in Bauxite, for a bit... I work in a plant that uses local and sourced bauxite to create proppant, a product used in fracking.

[@JasonTAho]

I'm learning more from this video than in all my years of schooling. Thank you!

[@cavelvlan25]

I absorbe every word you say. Too much wisdom and knowledge.

[@katawatenshu]

As fascinating as the engineering of fracking is, I sure do miss drinking water

[@MikeCookie1973]

The gas will get sour if it is contaminated with bacteria, so they add some chemistry to keep the wells disinfected.

[@MikeCookie1973]

Sheldon Robertson, corporations lie as much as the media exaggerates. In all of the stories there is some truth.

[@blackfireburn]

@Sheldon Robertson tell that to the rivers in north England where the chems have been found and they have shut down franking due to earth quake. The water is being cleaned currently as its considered a health hazard.

[@CyborgPandaBaby]

I had a materials exam today where we had to figure eutectic points and microstructures today. you explained this better than my professor

[@Biohazarus]

SOOO much interesting info, was great to listen! You are one of those great guys who not only know bunch on everything but can speak about it without sounding annoying!!! I place you in the same bucket as Mythbuster, you are able to degonkify science and bring it down to earth. Salut to you! I need to tip in your patreon!

[@nochan99]

Thank you! Finally an episode in the good old format! I like your big CNC machine, but please never stop talking about stuff like this!

[@grayjedi6391]

I was disappointed you skipped over this in the last vid. Glad you went back and showed this!

[@chrisvangerve5569]

Love this, extremely interesting. Another 2 to 3 hours of this would be appreciated

[@nissearkevid1995]

The most educational 22 minutes of my life! Awesome!

[@rayceeya8659]

We used to have a bunch of aluminum plants here in the PNW. Tons of electricity coming from the dams on the Columbia River. Then ENRON managed to ruin it and shut them all down and they never re-opened. And then Ken Lay had the nerve to just die in prison before serving his full sentence. Makes my blood boil every time I think about it.

[@jamesburleson1916]

Ah yes, good old Florine, the friendliest of the elements in the 'old feller what took an unhealthy shine to your 12 year old son' way. They tried using Florine as a rocket fuel oxidizer, and they achieved some mind bogglingly good efficiency numbers with a combination of cryogenic Hydrogen, cryogenic Florine and molten Lithium, but in the end they came to the conclusion that working with a substance that would happily oxidize anything or anyone it came into contact with was probably not a good idea.

[@Chuck_Huckler]

Yep. Accidentally knock over a barrel of that shit and it'll set fire to the asphalt, the gravel underneath the asphalt and five feet of dirt and rock below that.

[@markkayser426]

Ignition! - John D Clark... The chemistry is a bit thick but the fun stories of things going BOOM is worth it.

[@thetizzleforshizzle]

Loved your explanation of fracing. Wasn't really sure what it was beforehand. Would love to hear your thoughts on the effects of fracing on the environment.

[@Mitznal85]

Oh to go back in time. Had I have had you during high school or college, I wouldn’t have chased so many squirrels when I got bored. BRILLIANT!!! I love that word “Chineseium”

[@thesentientneuron6550]

I really enjoy these kind of videos. Please make more of these kind of videos if you have the time.

[@bakkencutter189]

I like when you talk about oil and gas. Been in the oilfield since 2006.

[@piccilos]

I appreciate that the ran the protective sleeve for the power cord all the way through the handle instead of cutting it off at the entrance to save the 6cents

[@brucewilliams6292]

The most educational conversation I've had today; thank you!

[@Nono-hk3is]

This is the best f*cking video I've ever seen.

[@inthefade]

My older brother works as a tech in the oil industry... This is like any given night drinking beers with him on the rare times we can get together these days. All the technical doodles makes me miss my big bro.

[@JohnSmith-ud9ex]

Thanks Uncle B, best (and only) chemistry/physics lesson I ever enjoyed ; )

[@FieroFats]

Aluminium is basically electricity in solid form.

[@pygo]

". . . however the f you do that. . ." That reminds me of my calc prof going on about how you can go ahead and use a calculator for basic maths, but it's important to remember how to use the equations. something like that. Keeping this sort of thing in is very entertaining and keeps me coming back for more. Keep up the good work.

[@Matias-nr6rm]

"But they are locked in there, if they weren't locked in there, they wouldn't be there" love this channel

[@brewski118sempire]

Something that has always stuck with me is in Jr. High a great teacher I had was talking about this. He then made the comment that on future we vary well would be mining landfills to get all the aluminum that was thrown away. I think about this every time I think about throwing a soda can away.

[@stephenhalliwell4720]

What's in the water up in Canadia?! Your understanding and memory for that scientific lingo is outstanding!

[@thnksno]

Last night I tore down my Dewalt DW705 saw. I haven't used it aside from a cut here and there for the past 10 years. The aluminum table and fence picked up some oxidization, it's been stored in the garage. I can only assume typical garage dust along with a little condensation reacted to the aluminum. Some steel wool and a little polish, she looks like new!

[@theodorecalvin4214]

Thank you for demonstrating the functional mind I always wished I could have! And sharing lots of knowledge, 'cause I can't go back to college.

[@SureWouldFriend]

I'm glad you followed through on the Aluminum info dump from the BOLTR. I don't come here for the quick, just the dirty.

[@john-paulsilke893]

Let’s mine our old garbage dumps. We’ll be rich.

[@timothyhaley6187]

I have been say this for years.

[@Deepwaterjew]

This is where I come to learn about things that I'm likely to NEVER use, this info just sits in the back of my mind until the time comes to use it. Your plastic lessons have certainly paid off though!

[@davidcoghill8612]

Electrowinning has always been my favourite refining process.

[@Norm475]

Hi AvE, I worked in sales for the Dow chemical co. of Midland, MI. There are huge salt deposits in MI. and Herbert Dow started mining this salt and had a process to convert it to Bromine. Hence the start of the Dow chemical co.

[@mikew4232]

I'm thinkin use that chopsaw to cut the sleeves off that jizzstained shop coat and put on a gun show instead. #aveneedsanewshopcoat.

[@MongooseTacticool]

I bet that coat could tell some stories in of itself!

[@moneybalz]

HEY!! I liked Kitimat ! Fixed a buncha cranes there for Bechtel cpl yrs ago...Wednesday Wing Night at the Ol' Keg !! Plus u can walk/stagger along the pathways clean across town!

[@suivzmoi]

1:46 second most abundant metal in the earth's crust (O>Si>Al)

[@0num4]

I caught this as well. It's not the core, it's the crust he should have mentioned. The Earth's core is primarily iron with nickel and some other heavy metals.

[@IamWoundedDuck]

You explain things just like my dad, its perfect.

[@1987FX16]

Man I have learned so many things from you and your videos. Thank you bud.

[@bradhyndman]

i love all the science talk, metallurgy and chemistry is just so fucking cool

[@hamijoh]

Impressive amount of data between left and right audio input.

[@PaulsGarage]

Just what Nerds need, more gasms

[@brooklynsingleton3676]

Thoroughly enjoyed the history/chemistry lesson.

[@chrisparola3949]

Professor Bumble where were you when I was in school ? That was awesome relaxing lesson perfect!

[@revb0]

Brilliant exposition! Has inspired me to become a... Alumininium salesman!

[@ZE0XE0]

I'm studying mining engineering with a minor in mineral processing engineering. Id love to see more videos like this.

[@joelspann228]

my dad was the strip mining superintendent for Reynolds metals corporation in bauxite Arkansas. the mines are long gone, he was over two walking draglines, one a Bucyrus erie 1260w and the other a old marion, don't remember the model. i got to go into the mines and be around the machines when i was a kid. got a lot of good memories. no bullshit about it.

[@TheBrewjo]

"I'll edit out the rambling", proceeds to edit in info-graphics to the rambling... I'll still hit the like button :)

[@trumpetpatrick]

Lac de Boxite à Arvida Saguenay Qc, les lignes d'Hydro qui y vont sont étonnant! Sa fond de l'aluminium a longueure de journée! Rio Tinto Alcan!

[@WeighedWilson]

Thank you for uploading these scraps from the cutting room floor!

[@WeighedWilson]

Really well done. Graphical support documents and all. Well done uncle B.

[@baneblackguard584]

This is why I love the internet.

[@TBizzell68]

I wasn’t going to watch this one but I’m so glad I did. It would have been worth it just for the salt brine explanation but I learned much more.

[@Richdudevids]

I will never look at a beer can the same way , maybe only after the 1st one,, cool video.. thanks for sharing.

[@natelobo93]

Acid is some amazing stuff. Use a ton of diff kinds in the pvd world. Passivation, stripping, etching, tons of uses. We also did our own gold reclaiming with potassium cyanide but started sending our shields out to be stripped if and wen we used 24kt gold. Gas lines dark space shields and the foil we line inside the chamber with. Each job we change foil out for ease of cleaning. In our cathodic arc machine its a diff story we actually have to wire wheel off the shmoo would take me a week to dissasemble this giant machine and put it back together with new triggers an sand blasted sheilding. We then bake it in to help clean everything off from contaminates. Super fun I enjoy the hell out of it