All language subtitles for S15E07 - Replica Foods; Traffic Cone Dispensers; Rocking Horses; London Taxis (1080p AMZN WEB-DL x265 Garshasp)_track3_[eng]
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Narrator:
This meal may look delicious,
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But it actually tastes
Like plastic.
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This is fake food.
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It's not for tasting --
It's for tempting.
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Restaurants and food stores
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Use these imitations
To entice customers.
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Fake food is also used
As props in movies and tv
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Because the camera loves it.
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This fake food will keep
That fresh-cooked look forever.
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That means
There will be no waste
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From the restaurant
Display case.
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These authentic-looking fakes
Start out with the real thing.
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In this case, it's a sea bass.
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The worker blots up excess oil
From the skin.
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He then uses an adhesive
To glue the fish
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To the base of a wooden box.
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Next, he immerses the fish
In liquid silicone.
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24 hours later,
After the silicone is set,
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He breaks open the box
And removes the fish.
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This detailed silicone negative
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Can now be used to mold exact
Replicas of the original fish.
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They preheat the mold
Until it's warm to the touch.
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This kick-starts the curing
Of this liquid plastic,
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Which they pour into the mold.
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Once the mold is filled,
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They zap it in a microwave oven
For 45 seconds.
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It solidifies the plastic
Significantly,
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But it still needs
A bit more curing,
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So the worker transfers it
To a conveyor.
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It carries the mold
Under a lamp,
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Whose intense energy completes
The curing of the plastic.
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The worker now extracts
The mold and plastic replica.
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Spillover from the molding
Has created a few ragged edges,
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So he trims them
With a pair of scissors...
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...Then grinds the edges
To smooth away the rest.
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He also uses the grinder
To do some contouring.
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Now for the real artistry.
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The worker sprays silvery paint
Onto the plastic bass.
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It gives the fish scales
A lifelike, luminous texture.
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A bit of dark-gray paint
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Brings out
The silvery undercoat.
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Brown paint on the tail and fins
Make them look more realistic.
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Using an artist's brush,
He paints the eyes.
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He brushes on fine lines
That look like natural creases
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And adds some other typical
Sea-bass markings.
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A coat of lacquer keeps
The paint from chipping
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And makes the sea bass
Look moist.
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Now the sea bass
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Will always look like
The catch of the day.
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And unlike a real fish,
It won't start to decompose.
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At this faux-food factory,
There are 3,500 molds.
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Each one can be used
Hundreds of times
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And will produce an exact copy
Of the original every time.
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For things
Like meat and potatoes,
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They add color
To the liquid plastic
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Before they do the molding.
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This reduces the amount
Of painting
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They'll need to do later.
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It takes some trial and error to
Get the pigments just right,
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But when they do, this fake meal
Looks good enough to eat.
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They drizzle the beef and side
Dishes with gravy-colored glue
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That makes the fake food
Adhere to the plate.
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Now that they've pulled
This meal together,
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It should never come apart.
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It takes a couple of days
To produce all these dishes,
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But it should be worth it
Because, compared to real food,
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It will last forever.
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Narrator: traffic cones
Create a necessary diversion.
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They keep drivers away
From dangerous situations.
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But sending workers
Out onto the highway
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To set up those cones
Can be a perilous job.
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Now there's an automated machine
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That both dispenses
And collects cones
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To keep everyone
Out of harm's way.
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The automated
Traffic cone dispenser
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Goes where some might fear
To tread --
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The middle of the highway.
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Its robotic arm
Swings back and forth
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For a speedy deployment
Of traffic cones.
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To make one, workers slide
Three big metal disks
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Onto a shaft
And space them evenly apart.
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They pull a string
From disk to disk
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To confirm
All three are aligned.
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Once they're in place,
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A worker welds the disks
To the shaft.
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They reinforce this installation
Job with several braces,
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Welding five to each disk at the
Point where it meets the shaft.
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They spin the shaft
And inspect the work.
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Next, they install the tracks
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That will shuttle the traffic
Cones to the robotic arm.
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They weld 13 of them
To the disks.
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The framework for the automatic
Traffic cone dispenser
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Is now complete,
So it's over to the paint booth.
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They prime and paint it
Bright yellow,
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So it will be clearly visible
On the highway.
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Here, a technician
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Then assembles
The main control panel.
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It's the brains behind
The cone-dispensing robot.
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The technician connects cables
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That deliver power
To the motors.
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He installs a series
Of switches and relays
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That will activate the motors
That rotate the drum,
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Swing the robotic arm,
And deliver the traffic cones.
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Finally, he tests
The circuit breakers
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To confirm
That all systems are go.
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Down the production line,
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This worker attaches the gripper
To the arm.
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A pivot bolt allows the gripper
To open and close,
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And this chain will keep it
Pointed downward,
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So it's always in position
To deploy a traffic cone.
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He tightens the turnbuckles and
Then checks the chain's tension.
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He swings the arm to confirm
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That it and the gripper
Move freely.
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Now he installs the transmission
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For the motor
That will move this robotic arm.
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Finally, he snaps
A retainer ring
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Onto the transmission shaft.
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Two workers then carry
A heavy extender mechanism
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Over to the gripper arm
And bolt the mechanism to it.
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This extender
Will both support the arm
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And allow it to move easily
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From one side of the dispenser
To the other.
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A sensor device,
Called an encoder,
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Will keep track of the gripper
Arm's position when it's moving.
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The technician
Then installs the motor
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That will power the gripper arm
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To oscillate and deploy
The traffic cones.
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Once the gripper arm has been
Attached to the cone dispenser,
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They mount the whole unit
On a trailer,
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With the main control box
On the front.
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They adjust the settings
For traffic-cone deployment
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And put the machine
Through all its paces.
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This test run
Ensures that all the parts
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Are functioning properly.
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A technician tweaks
The machine's computer program
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To fine-tune
The drop-off coordinates.
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After all, releasing the cones
Too soon
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Could cause them to topple.
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Every automatic cone dispenser
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Undergoes a road test
On the open highway
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To confirm that it will perform
In real conditions.
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The driver activates it from
The safety of the truck cab,
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While the robotic system
Is at center line,
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Doing all the lifting
And taking all the risks.
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If they find a problem now,
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They'll send it back to
The factory for modifications,
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But this machine handles
The drop-offs and pickups
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With precision,
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And that means
It's ready for traffic duty.
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Narrator: the ancestors
Of toy rocking horses
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May be the wooden horses
On wheels of the middle ages,
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On which knights would practice
Their jousting skills.
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Child-sized wooden horses
On bow-shaped rockers
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Emerged in england and germany
In the 1700s,
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When queen victoria famously had
Dapple-gray rocking horses
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Made for her children.
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This rocking-horse company
In the u.K.
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Handcrafts antique reproductions
And originals.
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Some have
Traditional bow rockers,
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But most glide back and forth
On a safety stand.
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The horses are made
Of durable hardwoods,
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Such as oak, maple,
And tulipwood.
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After cutting off knots
And other defects,
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Workers run each piece
Through a ripsaw,
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Slicing off the rough
And discolored wood
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Directly under the bar.
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Then they cut the pieces
Into 12-inch-wide blocks,
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And with a planer, slice off
A thin layer of wood.
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This makes the surfaces
Nice and smooth.
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These are the blocks
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With which they'll construct
The horse's main body.
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To make the legs, an artisan
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Lays a template on an
As-yet-unplaned piece of wood
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And traces it.
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Then he cuts along
The trace line with a band saw
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And runs the leg
Through the planer.
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Each leg has a protruding piece
On top called a tenon
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That fits into a slot called
A mortise beneath the main body.
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To build the body, they roll
Glue onto the body blocks
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And assemble one to the other,
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Building a large rectangular box
With a hole at the center.
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This hole reduces
The horse's weight
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And relieves structural stress.
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In some models, the hole
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Also serves
As a secret locking compartment.
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After clamping the assembly
And letting it set for 24 hours,
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They coat each leg tenon
With glue
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And insert it into a mortise.
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After rough-carving the body,
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A highly skilled craftsman
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Outlines the head features
In pencil --
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Cheekbones, nostrils,
Eyes, teeth.
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Then he begins
The meticulous task
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Of carving the horse
To completion,
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Hitting a mallet
Against a u-shaped gouge.
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This painstaking carving process
Takes 2 to 3 days.
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Now, after inserting
A glass eye,
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He rough-files the whole horse
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Using a rasp to remove
All the gouge marks.
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This takes another few hours.
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Then he smoothes
The entire surface
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With an electric sander
Four times over,
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Using progressively finer
Sandpapers.
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He does the final
Sanding touch-ups by hand.
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The wood is now ready to be
Either stained
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Or painted to
The customer's specifications.
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If it's the latter,
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The artist first applies a coat
Of water-based primer,
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Then, for this client's
Custom order,
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A coat of light-blue paint
That turns gray when varnished.
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Once the background color dries,
He hand-stipples a pattern.
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After the surface
Is varnished and waxed,
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He dresses the horse
In a suede saddle blanket.
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He uses brass tacks to affix it
Along the leather trim.
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Next, he nails
The leather saddle in place.
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He squeezes globs of glue
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Into a slot
Running down the horse's neck
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And inserts the mane,
A weft of genuine horsehair.
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Then he nails it in place.
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Now he applies glue to
The tail hole and fits a tail,
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Also made of real horsehair.
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Now they begin constructing
The safety stand,
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On which the rocking horse
Will glide.
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To make the posts,
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They turn cylindrical blocks
Of wood on a lathe.
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Then they assemble the posts
To the other parts of the stand
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And stain the wood.
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They apply two coats of varnish
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And let the stand dry overnight.
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They install the stand's
Stained and varnished gliders
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And mount the horse.
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They drill a hole
Through each hoof and glider,
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Then join them
With a nut and bolt.
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The gliders connect to
The front and back of the frame
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With plated steel swing irons.
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The angle
At which the irons are set
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Ensures
A continuous smooth glide.
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So even though
These rocking horses
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Are built to withstand
The weight of two adults,
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Riding them is child's play.
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Narrator: with curved lines
And classic styling,
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The black cabs of london
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Are internationally recognized
As british icons.
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Many say the london taxi system
Is the best in the world,
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And for many london visitors,
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A taxi ride is more than
Just transportation --
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It's a tourist attraction
Unto itself.
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The modern black cab
Was born in 1948.
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Today, there are
About 20,000 black cabs
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On the streets of london.
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Because the taxi can easily be
Driven 30,000 miles each year,
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The cars need to be robust.
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To start, operators position
Steel panels into a press
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That uses hydraulics
And air pressure to fold them.
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The press can apply
Up to 800 tons of force
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To fold and form
Each chassis component.
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Once they get
Their 3-dimensional shape,
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The supple panels
Become stiff side rails.
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Welders then assemble
Two side rail with a cruciform
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To create the chassis assembly.
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They clamp the side rails firmly
In place before welding them.
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The taxi uses
A 4-cylinder, direct-injection,
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Turbodiesel engine that
Is hoisted in with the gearbox.
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Then they connect the radiator
Hoses and pipes to the engine.
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The axles, wheels, suspension,
And exhaust system
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Are now in place.
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To build the components
Of the taxi's body,
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Welders assemble sheet metal
Using a spot welder.
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The device
Has two copper electrodes
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That clamp the sheets together
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And concentrate electric current
Into a small spot.
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Forcing a large current
Through the spot
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Melts the metal
And forms the weld.
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Now it's time to assemble
The taxi's sides and floor.
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Since the floor is completely
Flat and the roof is high,
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Passengers with reduced mobility
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Can easily enter and exit
The taxi.
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The body has been covered
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With an anticorrosion coat
And a gray primer.
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Before the car
Gets its final color,
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A worker inspects it
For any surface damage.
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Infrared lamps warm the body
Shell to 122 degrees fahrenheit
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To make paint application
Easier.
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Not all london taxis are black.
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They spray this one
With yellow paint.
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Later, they apply
A shiny clear coat.
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Each painted car
Moves to the polishing room.
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The bright lights
Allow the technicians
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To check for any dirt, runs, dry
Spray, or other paint defects
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As they carefully polish
The car.
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A worker bolts the hire sign
To the roof.
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A rubber seal
Prevents water leaks.
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They carry the front windshield
With rubber suction pads
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And carefully put it in place.
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They seal the rubber sides
To ensure they are watertight.
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The body is covered with plastic
Casing to protect it from damage
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As it's hoisted
Down onto the chassis.
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Although these taxis
Are large and roomy,
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Their mandatory 28-foot
Curb-to-curb turning circle
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Allows them to easily
Perform u-turns.
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A driver tests the car
At different speeds,
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Changing gears,
And testing the a.B.S. Brakes.
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Each taxi also undergoes
A water test.
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They check for leaks through
The glass and around the doors.
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With an access ramp
And fold-down seats,
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It's easy for wheelchairs
To board the taxi.
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The taxi offers enough space
For five seated passengers.
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It takes about two weeks
To build a taxi.
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Then it's off to navigate
The streets of london.
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