Manufacturing & Industrial Processes Videos Hacker News Recommends

explainer#147

The Ingenious Design of the Aluminum Beverage Can

engineerguy

“Whenever it’s about cans I can only recommend this video from the engineer guy”

9 HN recommenders · 2016–2026

documentary#183

Shenzhen: The Silicon Valley of Hardware (Full Documentary) | Future Cities | WIRED

WIRED Investigations

“There's an excellent documentary on the hardware/hacking ecosystem in Shenzhen on YouTube”

8 HN recommenders · 2016–2022

documentary#228

Origins of Precision

Machine Thinking

“The Origins of Precision" is a half hour well spent”

11 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

documentary#432

The Art of Making a Nixie Tube

Dalibor Farný

“The video in the article is just amazing. You don't normally get to see the exact details of how things get made.”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2026

documentary#526

I Tried To Make Something In America (The Smarter Scrubber Experiment) - Smarter Every Day 308

SmarterEveryDay

“Here's a great video by Smarter Every Day that came out a few months ago”

6 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

documentary#816

HOW ROCKETS ARE MADE (Rocket Factory Tour - United Launch Alliance) - Smarter Every Day 231

SmarterEveryDay

“If you haven't watched Smarter Every Day's ULA factory tour I highly recommend it.”

5 HN recommenders · 2020–2025

documentary#829

The Boeing 787: Broken Dreams l Al Jazeera Investigations

Al Jazeera English

“AlJazeera deserves respect for this excellent footage they got from inside the factory.”

6 HN recommenders · 2017–2024

interview#975

Tearing Down the Model T of Our Time - Autoline After Hours 284

Autoline Network

“discussing the manufacturing tech within the i3; absolutely fascinating”

6 HN recommenders · 2015–2018

explainer#1234

The $200M Machine that Prints Microchips: The EUV Photolithography System

Branch Education

“I highly recommend watching this video about lithography and the machine that makes it all possible”

3 HN recommenders · 2025–2026

talk#1388

Tesla Battery Day

Tesla

“for anyone even remotely interested in this space and this topic, I think it is an essential watch.”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

documentary#1394

Inside a Huge PCB Factory

Strange Parts

“It's a tour of JLCPCB's factory, where they go through all the PCB manufacturing steps.”

4 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

explainer#1617

The Closest Thing We Have to Alien Technology

Veritasium

“The whole process was deep magic to me before I watched that video.”

5 HN recommenders · 2026

documentary#1726

The 1751 Machine that Made Everything

Machine Thinking

“Also Machine Thinking's videos "The 1751 Machine that Made Everything”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2023

documentary#1756

America's Iron Giants - The World's Most Powerful Metalworkers

Machine Thinking

“I first learned about these presses several years ago from the YouTube channel Machine Thinking which is excellent and unfortunately infrequent.”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

documentary#2003

How Does Kodak Make Film? (Kodak Factory Tour Part 1 of 3) - Smarter Every Day 271

SmarterEveryDay

“it’s a fascinating look at the process of film manufacturing”

3 HN recommenders · 2022

documentary#2129

How the US Postal Service reads terrible handwriting

Tom Scott

“This Tom Scott video shows some of the surprising (to me) lengths to which the USPS does go to figure out the right address”

4 HN recommenders · 2022–2026

interview#2131

Elon Musk Interview: 1-on-1 with Sandy Munro

Munro Live

“Check out this video of Musk and Sandy Munro (former Chief Engineer at Ford) talking about it”

3 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

tutorial#2312

An Intro to KiCad – Part 1: How PCBs Are Made | DigiKey

DigiKey

“Digikey actually makes really nice YouTube tutorials on how to use KiCAD”

3 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

documentary#2663

The People's Republic of The Future

Bloomberg Originals

“ran across this video and it absolutely blew me away.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

documentary#2784

This Swiss Builder uses NO INSULATION...

Matt Risinger

“where Matt Risinger is visiting a Swiss factory where they use wooden (berch?) nails and dowel pins in stead of glue.”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2020

talk#2790

Thomas Thwaites: How I built a toaster -- from scratch

TED

“a great example of the hidden complexities of”

2 HN recommenders · 2019–2025

documentary#2940

The Mind-Blowing Machines that Stamp Millions of Metal Parts - Smarter Every Day 288

SmarterEveryDay

“SmarterEveryDay has a whole series[1] on manufacturing that covers how the US is losing/lost the ability to create tooling.”

2 HN recommenders · 2023–2025

documentary#2983

Behind the Film - Inside the ILFORD factory

ILFORD Photo

“The Ilford factory video is a fun watch”

2 HN recommenders · 2020–2022

interview#3150

Giga Castings with Sandy | Evolution of Tesla Bodies In White

Munro Live

“Sandy Munro is a leading expert in the auto industry, tears down all the vehicles and consults with all the major manufactures.”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

explainer#3174

Where The Real Chip Shortage Is

Asianometry

“This video seems to be doing much better job at explaining the problem”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2023

explainer#3224

Why There are Now So Many Shortages (It's Not COVID)

Wendover Productions

“see for a much better explanation than I could provide”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2022

documentary#3257

Shenzhen: A New Breed of Intellectual Property (Part 3) | Future Cities | WIRED

Uncanny Valley by WIRED

“A shoutout to a new video series from WIRED on Shenzhen.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

explainer#3293

The Material Science of Metal 3D Printing

Real Engineering

“Great Real Engineering video with a lot of discussion of the issues with material properties, crystalline structure, and fatigue cracks”

3 HN recommenders · 2019–2024

documentary#3300

Updated BP Texas City Animation on the 15th Anniversary of the Explosion

USCSB

“(but worth watching the whole thing!)”

2 HN recommenders · 2022–2025

documentary#3355

How I Made My Own iPhone - in China

Strange Parts

“You may enjoy this video where a guy goes to Shenzen and tries to build an iPhone 6s from parts.”

2 HN recommenders · 2017–2023

documentary#3400

BMW i3 Factory Production Tour

europeanautosource

“To me it looks like technology brought by aliens from the future.”

2 HN recommenders · 2016–2017

explainer#3438

How many robots does it take to run a grocery store?

Tom Scott

“I thought this was an interesting insight into what a fully-automated grocery store looks like.”

2 HN recommenders · 2021–2026

documentary#3559

How Sikh Chefs Feed 100,000 People At The Gurudwara Bangla Sahib Temple In New Delhi, India

Insider Food

“I want to post this video[1] because I think the HN crew will appreciate this.”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2025

documentary#3563

Master Hands - Chevrolet Manufacturing (1936)

US Auto Industry

“I find this half-hour movie from Chevrolet-making in 1936 absolutely fascinating”

1 HN recommenders · 2015–2019

documentary#3756

21st Century Jet - Building the Boeing 777 - Full Episode 1

shareoldvideos

“PBS did an interesting, long documentary filming the build and certification process for the 777.”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

demo#3802

Kiva Systems Warehouse Automation at Quiet Logistics

KivaDirector

“Most are Kiva machines, moving storage racks to human pickers. Here's what that looks like.[2]”

1 HN recommenders · 2014–2021

news#3811

Inside A Warehouse Where Thousands Of Robots Pack Groceries

Insider Tech

“Check out this automated grocery warehouse, something right out of Factorio”

1 HN recommenders · 2019–2022

documentary#3888

Pointing and Calling Japanese Safety Standard at Railway Companies & Toyota (HD)

AllAboutLean.com

“(quite fascinating to watch)”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2022

documentary#3974

Macintosh Factory

MacGeneration

“Here’s a video tour of the Macintosh factory that used to be in Fremont, CA”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2025

demo#3988

Surface Plate Calibration and Conditioning

oxtoolco

“I like the glimpse into the hobby/profession shown on channels like this”

1 HN recommenders · 2017–2020

demo#4032

30-story building built in 15 days! Construction time lapse of J57, Changsha, China.

AI+R

“Super impressive timelapse”

1 HN recommenders · 2012–2015

explainer#4060

Inferno: Dust Explosion at Imperial Sugar

USCSB

“Sugar dust is violently explosive.”

1 HN recommenders · 2018–2026

demo#4084

日本の家作り（据え付け作業）Japan builds house in 1 day

Rachel and Jun

“assembling a modular home in Japan”

1 HN recommenders · 2016–2021

demo#4206

ScanRobot 2.0 MDS: Scanning very thick books up to 15 cm (6 inch)

bookscanner

“I always thought the Treventus ScanRobot was an elegant way to scan books”

1 HN recommenders · 2021–2023

interview#4344

Sandy Munro's Tesla Deep Dive - Autoline After Hours 447

Autoline Network

“this video, which is very interesting”

1 HN recommenders · 2019

explainer#4419

Model Y E36: The Octovalve Episode

Munro Live

“Sandy generally has great commentary on the auto industry.”

1 HN recommenders · 2020–2021

documentary#4513

The Life of a Bolt

Oracle Red Bull Racing

“The Life of a Bolt video does a really good job of illustrating just how far these teams will go for safety, performance, and reliability.”

1 HN recommenders · 2023–2026

explainer#4516

The EV Detroit is Dying to Benchmark - BYD Seagull

Autoline Network

“This video here describes why BYD is so competitive”

1 HN recommenders · 2024–2025