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Captions paid for by
Discovery communications
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Narrator:
Cufflinks are a fashion trend
With definite staying power.
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They've been holding shirt cuffs
Together since the 17th century.
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Early versions were buttons
Linked by short chains,
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An improvement over the ribbons
And pins
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The gentleman of the day
Had been using
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To fasten their sleeves.
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Clothes may make the man,
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But a set of cufflinks
Can make the outfit.
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They add a bit of flash
To conservative business garb
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And convey a sense of occasion.
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Buttons may be easier,
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But cufflinks are about
Taking the trouble
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To look really spiffy.
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A pair of high-end cufflinks
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Starts with sterling silver,
Gold, or platinum.
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A craftsman cuts out blanks.
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These blanks will be used
For the fronts of the cufflinks.
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He places one
Of the silver blanks on a die
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Engraved with a recessed
Grid pattern.
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A hydraulic press closes
And squeezes the silver blank
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Into the die,
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Transferring the pattern
Onto the silver.
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This company has more than
1,000 cufflink patterns,
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Some of which date back to
The mid-19th century.
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With these dies,
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They continue to handcraft
Cufflinks the traditional way.
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Pressing the pattern
Onto the silver
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Has caused the metal to expand,
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So he trims the excess
From the perimeter.
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There's another benefit to this.
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The trimming works the silver
To harden it...
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From a plain silver blank
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To a cufflink face
With artistic expression.
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A craftsperson now attaches
A silver stem
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To the back of a cufflink face.
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He melts silver solder
Between the two,
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And, as it cools,
It creates a solid bond.
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The stem shape
Is a slightly curved design
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To allow the cufflink
To sit perfectly on a cuff.
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The soldering torch oxidizes
And darkens the silver slightly,
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So he dips the parts
In a sulfuric-acid bath.
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The acid pulls out the black,
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And the parts become
Silvery white once again.
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Next, the brass bristles
Of a revolving wheel
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Make tiny scratches
On the silver
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To brighten it substantially.
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Each cufflink now undergoes
A very intensive enameling
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Using a mix of finely ground
Colored glass and water.
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Here, the enamelist
Applies blue glass
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To the cufflink's
Stamped grid detailing
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And then paints yellow
Around the perimeter.
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It takes a steady hand
And experience
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To do an even job.
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If one color bleeds
Into the next,
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It can't be fixed,
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And she'll have to scrap
This cufflink and start anew.
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Then it's into a kiln
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Fired to 1,800 degrees
Fahrenheit.
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The heat melts the glass,
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And it flows into the detailing
To give it definition.
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At the same time, the glass
Fuses to the metal surface.
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And then it's back to the artist
For another layer of glass.
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The enameler will repeat
This process
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Between three and seven times
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To produce a perfect luster
And depth of color.
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The color deepens
With each layer,
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And the result is a rich,
Translucent enamel surface.
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Leaving the kiln,
The enamel is a bit wavy,
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So the worker files it down
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Until the surface
Is completely flat and level.
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Then the cufflinks go back into
The kiln for one last firing.
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He polishes the enameled surface
Against an abrasive wheel,
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Using a mix of volcanic ash
And water for a polishing paste.
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This takes hours,
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But it gives the glass enamel
A glossy finish.
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Now the focus returns
To the cufflink stem
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And the dome
Spring link fittings
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That are the closing mechanisms.
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He heats a needle-thin wire
To make it slightly pliable
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And then pushes it into
The fitting to engage a spring
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That attaches
To the cufflink stem.
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With the fitting installed,
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He clips the excess wire
At both ends.
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To secure the installation,
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He hammers the ends of the wire
To flare them out,
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Turning them
Into a kind of rivet.
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With the fitting now solidly
Attached to the cufflink stem,
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He lightly files the edges
With an emery board
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To give the part
A perfectly smooth finish.
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He buffs the cufflinks'
Exposed silver
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Against a cloth wheel
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And uses a polishing agent
To make it really gleam.
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After at least six hours
Of work,
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These enameled silver cufflinks
Are now complete.
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In the business world,
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Where men usually dress
In a suit and tie,
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A custom set of cufflinks is
One way to express individuality
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But still fit in
With the rest of the guys.
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Narrator: a fruit turnover
Is probably your best bet
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If you're eating on the go.
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It satisfies a sweet tooth,
It's portable,
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And it requires no utensils.
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The dough, typically flaky,
Is folded over,
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Usually into a triangle
Or rectangle,
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And the edges are sealed,
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Trapping the fruit filling
Neatly inside.
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These all-natural
Blueberry turnovers
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May look and taste
Like homemade,
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But, believe it or not,
They come frozen in a box.
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You just bake them and eat them.
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The manufacturer is willing
To reveal the ingredients,
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But the critical proportions,
Mixing, and heating times
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Are top-secret.
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Workers begin making the filling
By heating blueberries.
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Next, they combine lemon juice
And starch in a container...
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...Then add this mixture
To the blueberries.
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The starch is white now but will
Become transparent as it cooks.
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They mix some more...
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Then add salt.
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When the starch is opaque,
They add sugar...
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And mix some more.
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As soon as the temperature
Of the ingredients
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Reaches 170 degrees fahrenheit,
The filling is done.
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To make the dough,
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Workers first pour flour
Into the mixer, then salt.
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After a few minutes of mixing,
They add butter --
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Lots of butter.
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Once it's well-blended,
They add some water.
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After a bit more mixing,
The dough is ready.
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This type of dough
Is called "Pâte brisée,"
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The french term
For a butter-based pastry
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That's extremely light and flaky
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Due to its high ratio
Of fat to flour.
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Now workers weigh out
12-pound portions...
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...And put them, one at a time,
Into a dough press
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With a sprinkling of flour
To prevent sticking.
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The press compresses the dough
Into a 10"X16" block
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That's one inch thick.
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Then they line up the blocks
On a floured conveyor belt,
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Joining them together to form
One continuous sheet of dough.
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The dough sheet
Now enters a press.
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Inside, rollers compress
The sheet
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To about a quarter
Of its original thickness.
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The next machine
Layers the thin dough sheet.
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This flour press
And layer process
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Repeats over and over again
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Until the sheet
Is just 1/10" thick
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Yet contains 24 layers.
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These layers
Are what will make the pastry
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Exceptionally light and flaky.
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Trimming wheels on the sides
Make a neat edge.
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Diagonally bladed wheels score
The dough with small cuts.
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And cutting wheels divide
The sheet into five strips,
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Each of which will become
A row of turnovers.
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The next station deposits
A line of water droplets
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Along one edge of each strip.
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This creates a line
Of sticky dough.
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The preparations are all done,
And assembly can begin.
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First, with precision spacing,
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Nozzles squirt one ounce of
Blueberry filling per turnover.
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Then a device
Called a folding plow,
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Because it looks like
A farm plow,
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Lifts one edge of the dough
And gradually folds it over.
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A smooth wheel
Then presses that edge down
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Onto the sticky line
On the other edge.
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This seals the open side
Of the strips.
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The culinary choreography
Ends with a bang,
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Or, rather, a chop,
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As a guillotine descends,
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Cutting the strips
Into individual turnovers
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And simultaneously sealing
The front and back ends
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Of each pastry.
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The assembled turnovers
Now go on a 6-minute ride
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Through a nitrogen
Flash-freezing tunnel.
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Temperature --
-183 degrees fahrenheit.
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Under a shower
Of sugar crystals,
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They exit the tunnel frozen,
Hard as a rock.
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Packaged four to a box,
The turnovers remain frozen
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Until you bake them in your oven
And serve them up.
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Narrator: a car's dashboard
Is full of dials and gauges
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That keep the driver
Up to speed on everything.
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In the time
Of the horse and buggy,
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A dashboard was a wooden panel
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For shielding the driver
From mud and water,
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Hence the word "Dash,"
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Which can mean "Bespatter,"
Or "Splash."
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When motorized vehicles
Came along,
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Instruments were added,
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Making the dashboard an
Important source of information.
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Today's dashboards tell
The driver a lot at a glance.
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Ignore the indicator dials,
And you could run out of fuel
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Or be slapped
With a speeding ticket.
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A dashboard
For a luxury sports car
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Starts
With this aluminum skeleton.
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It's been bonded at the joints
With adhesive
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That's stronger
Than conventional welds.
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A technician clips
The main electrical harness
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To the aluminum frame.
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He then fixes the heating
And air-conditioning unit
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To the center
Of the dashboard skeleton
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And connects it to the wiring.
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At the next station,
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The dashboard's composite
Substructure is coming together.
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Working from the back,
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The technician installs
A glove box
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And a network of ducts for
The heating and cooling system.
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The substructure is now ready to
Join the wired aluminum frame.
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He rivets the assembly
To the metal structure.
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He slots the driver's
Information module,
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Which includes the speedometer,
Into the housing.
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He equips the dashboard
With high-end speakers.
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The front-passenger airbag,
Encased in aluminum, comes next.
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The technician inserts it
In the molded plastic niche.
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Using a computerized tool,
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He installs the airbag
With perfect precision.
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Next up is the steering column,
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With its magnesium
Shifting paddles
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And wiper controls
Already attached.
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He slides it into place just
Under the information module.
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He then encases the electronics
With plastic cowling.
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This both protects the wiring
And tucks it out of sight.
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He tops off this job
With more cowling above.
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He adds a hand-stitched
Leather surround
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To the dashboard's
Center console.
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He inserts the center stack,
Which contains the radio,
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Other audio equipment,
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And temperature-control
Mechanisms.
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More leather adds
A luxurious look, smell,
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And feel to the cabin.
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The next technician
Assembles push-button controls
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For shifting gears.
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He installs them
In a veneered fascia
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Through the back
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To avoid damaging
The glossy finish on the front.
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He inserts vents
For air conditioning and heating
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Above the gear-shift controls,
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Again sliding them into place
Through the back of the unit.
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He secures the vents
With screws,
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Then adds the starter assembly.
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The satellite navigation system
Gets the top spot,
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Which will put it
Within easy eye shot
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Once installed in the dashboard.
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With the subassembly
Almost complete,
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He flips it around.
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It needs one finishing touch --
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A chrome and glass casing
For the starter.
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He slides it into place,
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And the unit is now ready
For the dashboard.
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He makes
All the right connections
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And installs
The gadget-filled fascia
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Just over the center stack.
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He now encases
The rest of the dashboard
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In leather paneling.
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This particular panel
Has a built-in split,
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So it will part
If the airbag deploys.
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Next, a technician
Downloads computer software
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For all the equipment
In the dashboard.
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He configures the electronics
To the appropriate settings.
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He then tests each component,
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Confirming that every instrument
And control works perfectly.
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This dashboard now joins
All the others,
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Ready to take their place
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In the front
Of a luxury sports car.
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A modern dashboard can define
A car's interior space
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And add serious gadget appeal.
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For example, this car
Uses a distinctive
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Steel and crystal key
For the engine ignition.
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When the key slot glows red,
There's power.
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It's time to press a few buttons
And see what pops up,
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Like this speaker, for example.
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With a high-tech,
Luxury dashboard,
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A driver can really travel
In style.
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Narrator: pottery
Is the catch-all term
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To describe decorative
Or functional objects
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Formed from clay,
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Then fired in a large oven
Called a kiln.
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The pottery
Is then usually painted.
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There are several different
Types of pottery,
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Such as porcelain, stoneware,
And earthenware.
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Earthenware produced
On a larger scale
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Is typically cast in molds.
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This longtime
British manufacturer
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Is famous for its bold
Floral and fruit designs
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That feature raised lines.
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At the factory,
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The moldmaker creates
A plaster of paris model
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Of the piece on a lathe,
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Verifying the shape
And dimensions with a profile.
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He uses the model to cast
A two-part production mold
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Also out of plaster,
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The model shaping
The mold cavity.
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A caster takes that mold
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And fills it with liquefied clay
Called "Slip."
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Once a layer hardens
Along the cavity wall,
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He tips the mold
And pours out the excess.
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It takes tremendous skill
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To know how long to let
The clay set before tipping.
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In about two hours,
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The clay inside the mold
Hardens sufficiently
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To be safely extracted.
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The caster now puts the piece
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Into what they call
The damp room.
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There, overnight,
In 100% humidity,
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The clay fully hardens.
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It can now be safely worked
On a lathe.
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Using specialized turning tools,
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A highly skilled craftsman
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Applies just the right degree
Of light pressure
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To form the piece
To the final shape --
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In this case, a ginger jar.
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After applying
The manufacturer's stamp,
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He mounts the jar
On a potter's wheel
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And, pressing with
A wet sea sponge,
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Smooths the surface.
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A designer creates
The decoration on paper,
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Then sketches it
Onto a sample jar.
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Then she traces her design
Onto clear cellophane
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And indicates
With red marker lines
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Where the cellophane bends
Around the jar.
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An artisan
Now takes that cellophane
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And traces the design with
A specially designed ink.
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Using the red contour marks
As a guide,
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Another artisan positions
And presses the cellophane
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Against the jar to be painted.
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This transfers the design
Onto the surface in ink.
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The ink will disappear
Once the piece is fired.
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Next, she creates the design's
Signature raised lines.
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The technique
Is called "Tube lining."
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She traces the ink lines
While squeezing slip
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Through a tiny nozzle.
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She uses her artistic judgment
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To tweak the design
If necessary.
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Not only does this work
Require a steady hand,
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She must also squeeze
With even pressure
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To keep the line thickness
Consistent.
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The jar goes into a controlled
Drying room overnight
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And, from there, into
The skilled hands of a painter.
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With a large artist's brush,
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She applies just a tiny drop
Of watery paint.
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Then, with another touch
Of the brush,
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She soaks up the excess paint.
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She uses her finger to gently
Blend color transitions.
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The jar is now ready
To be fired in the kiln.
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The heating phase lasts
Eight hours,
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During which
The temperature peaks
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At 2,000 degrees fahrenheit.
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This cures the clay
And triggers a chemical reaction
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In the paint,
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Which produces rich,
Vibrant colors.
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After a 16-hour cooldown,
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They take the jar
Out of the kiln
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And submerge it in glaze,
Which contains powdered glass.
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They coat the painted clay
Surface thoroughly
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Inside and out.
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Once the glaze dries,
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It's back into the kiln
For a second firing,
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This one overnight at just above
2,000 degrees fahrenheit.
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The powdered glass
And the glaze melts,
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Forming a solid glass layer
Over the painted clay surface.
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This seals the earthenware so
That it's no longer absorbent
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And therefore capable
Of containing liquids.
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This, of course, is essential
For a vase or dinnerware.
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Glaze also makes
The surface shinier,
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Highlighting the beauty
Of the artwork.
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If you have any comments
About the show,
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Topics for future shows,
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