Modern Marvels · SEASON 7
Machine Tools
Episode 27 · 2000-10-09
- Documentary
Episode overview
No one wants a hand-made car or gun or an airplane. We want things made by machines. Machine tools are power–driven machines–of all shapes and sizes-used to make metal parts. Machine tools built our modern world. Our life would not be possible without them. This show will take a look at these amazing machines in action. Beginning with the story of the steam engine and traveling to modern day “machining centers”–used to make incredibly complex space shuttle parts–we’ll look at the basic types of machine tools and their development. We’ll also look at some of the most modern machine tools of the future, including machines that are changing the way products of tomorrow are made.
44 minutes
Season 7 episodes
1. The City Beneath Our Feet2000-01-03
2. Tower Bridge2000-01-10
3. The Chunnel2000-01-11
4. Space Stations.2000-02-03
5. The Pentagon2001-03-27
6. Bridges.2000-02-29
7. Prisons2000-03-06
8. Great Inventions2000-03-16
9. Office Wonders2000-03-14
10. Police Technology2000-03-15
11. Disaster Technology2000-04-17
12. Concrete2000-05-08
13. Camping Technology2000-05-25
14. Private Planes2000-05-31
15. Race Cars2000-06-06
16. Traffic2000-06-12
17. Buses2000-06-19
18. Gold Mines.2000-06-22
19. Banks.2000-07-27
20. The Erie Canal2000-07-31
21. Trucks2000-08-03
22. Aswan Dam2000-08-14
23. China's Great Dam2000-08-22
24. The Maginot Line2000-09-10
25. Video Games: Behind The Fun2000-09-12
26. The Body Shop2000-09-17
27. Machine Tools2000-10-09
28. Farming Technology2000-10-15
29. Assembly Lines2000-10-16
30. Suez Canal2000-10-17
31. London Underground2000-10-18
32. Combat Training.2000-10-19
33. Remote Operated Vehicles2000-10-25
34. Death Devices2000-11-02
35. Power Plants.2000-11-06
36. Inventions of War.2000-11-08
37. Plumbing: The Arteries Of Civilzation2000-11-14
38. Line of Defense2000-12-05
39. Gadgets2000-03-13
