Bakelite Manufacturing 1936

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  • @WolfmanDude
    @WolfmanDude 3 ปีที่แล้ว +30

    Its interesting that bakelite is still one of the best plastics for high heat and power electronics.

    • @braydenh190
      @braydenh190 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      Asbestos.

    • @thepeanut3126
      @thepeanut3126 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@braydenh190 asbestos is a rock, not a plastic, numbnutz

    • @leerman22
      @leerman22 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      One of the plastics of all time!

  • @darkhorse3535
    @darkhorse3535 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +2

    I have a bakelite cello bow, I‘ve never seen bakelite be so flexible 😂

  • @dianekennedy7086
    @dianekennedy7086 3 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    I have an old Bausch and Lomb magnifying glass that I did not realize was Bakelite. Someone pointed out to me that the handle has an art deco design on it. I checked, and it is definitely a 1930's Bakelite magnifying glass. I had a collector's item and didn't even know it!!

  • @cogoid
    @cogoid 3 ปีที่แล้ว +9

    10:47 impressive soldering iron!

  • @Psychopatz
    @Psychopatz 3 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Those transistions is sick af given that this video is in pre cgi era. Damn...

  • @LukeHimself
    @LukeHimself 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    This video reminds me of my grandpa. Cool upload.
    Bakelite is famous in the AK47/74 community, so much so, people dye modern plastics a specific shade of brownish orange to get the distinctive "Bakelite look". I had no clue the "thick black tough heavy plastic" from the 40's, 50's, 60's, 70's was all Bakelite.

    • @sambaker3233
      @sambaker3233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      There's ab AK47 'Community '???

    • @LukeHimself
      @LukeHimself 2 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      @@sambaker3233 yes.. there's even a "Playstation community", and how about those "muscle car enthusiasts", I mean.. what da!?
      You'd be surprised, I guess, that people congregate around things they like!
      They do crazy, off the wall things, such as share information.. it's just wild.

  • @lukeswain1752
    @lukeswain1752 7 ปีที่แล้ว +18

    This is so cool! hats off to all the smart people who discovered bakelite. really neat stuff!!

    • @michaelfoye1135
      @michaelfoye1135 5 ปีที่แล้ว +5

      Leo Baekeland.

    • @archkull
      @archkull 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelfoye1135 wish he hadn't

    • @michaelfoye1135
      @michaelfoye1135 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@archkull Why?

    • @archkull
      @archkull 2 ปีที่แล้ว

      @@michaelfoye1135 cause it started the slope into neverending plastic waste

    • @michaelfoye1135
      @michaelfoye1135 2 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      @@archkull Plastics are one of the greatest boons to Mankind ever devised.

  • @27GX76R
    @27GX76R 4 ปีที่แล้ว +5

    It's absolutely priceless to look back at how we took the small steps to our modern world. I would love to see the reaction of an engineer of this era upon seeing an ABS plastic, silicone baking dish, or aerogel

    • @martino6172
      @martino6172 3 ปีที่แล้ว +8

      Simple reaction to ABS - cheap and useless but good only for one time use toys. Bakelite lost because of price and is usefull only for items which can live longer than you if we really look at modern day plastics used in consumer products it is kind of mechanical properties which engineers throwed to the trash bin in bakelite time.

  • @jooch_exe
    @jooch_exe ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Lead molds, Asbestos filler material, the smell of phenolics in the air and absolutely no dust collection. One has to commend the optimism here.
    Still, it is a unique material. To think that at one point almost complete cars were made from this material (Trabant).

  • @JavDSilva
    @JavDSilva 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    around 2:52 says asbestos was added too in the mix, crazy times, awesome documental!

    • @thatguyoverthere9634
      @thatguyoverthere9634 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      That is why it is important to take care not to breath in bakelite particles should a peice break.

    • @NB-ir1me
      @NB-ir1me 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      If you think that’s bad go to 7:50 and watch them sanding it lmao, hope that guy was paid well

  • @leeannmansfield5254
    @leeannmansfield5254 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

    MY PARENTS STILL HAVE light switches in this plastic and skirting boards which is very rare..My dad knows they have 5 per cent asbsteos inside.proberly why he just left them there all these years...They lived there 45 years plus...

  • @phoebecatgirl933
    @phoebecatgirl933 6 ปีที่แล้ว +12

    Love bakelite!

  • @aion2177
    @aion2177 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    time travelling to when the jar cap and bottle caps were a new thing :)) Awesome!

    • @NB-ir1me
      @NB-ir1me 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Jars and bottle caps were still a thing! This is when they were able to create sealable plastic containers, soda bottles etc. everything was glass and metal up til then. Crazy to have only been so recent

  • @lyndas2767
    @lyndas2767 3 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    Watching all this manufacturing and no safety glasses, only one instance of protective gloves. Yes, we've come a long way.

    • @306champion
      @306champion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +1

      Gloves? Is it cold where you live?

  • @TheDrunkenMug
    @TheDrunkenMug 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    So cool !
    Awesome video too, for 1936 :D

  • @garnerjazz58
    @garnerjazz58 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    I assume this was impractical for manufacturing phonograph records. Before the 50s records were made of shellac.

    • @archkull
      @archkull 2 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      There actually were records made out of Bakelite!
      Edison (ass) and another guy I forgot the name of then made their own "version" which was very similar to Bakelite.
      Never really took off due to their prices however

  • @RestorationAustralia
    @RestorationAustralia 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Bakelite is beautiful I love it.

  • @sambaker3233
    @sambaker3233 2 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    'Specially selected fibrous fillers' means asbestos

  • @Ratplague707
    @Ratplague707 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    And within a few short decades the earth would be filled with plastics of all types

  • @nugboy420
    @nugboy420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    7:07 sick animation coming lmao look at the words jiggle a bit when they stopped. Old stuff is so funny. 54 years before I was born if my math is right. I don’t even thing great gma was more than 5. Idk her birth year she died a couple years ago now and was like 92 or 93

  • @Ekfw
    @Ekfw ปีที่แล้ว

    I love bakelite

  • @shedjammer87
    @shedjammer87 5 ปีที่แล้ว +3

    i wonder how long it took to figure out that smoking out of a plastic pipe wasn't such a good idea.

  • @guitarpro248
    @guitarpro248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    Anyone think this is really cool to actually see it being made?!

    • @FordSeniorMaster
      @FordSeniorMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      Absolutely! I LOVE Bakelite. I am a 53 year old "Gen-X'er", but grew up SURROUNDED by Bakelite products. (i.e. My Grandpa)

    • @guitarpro248
      @guitarpro248 4 ปีที่แล้ว +3

      @@FordSeniorMaster nothing wrong with that! that's funny you said that, it reminded me of my grandpa's shaving brush he used to use all the time it was made from butterscotch colored bakelite! I love your grandpa's and your generation! I sometimes find myself thinking that both time periods wouldn't be a bad time to live in at all! Cheers brother! Happy new year!

  • @nugboy420
    @nugboy420 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    Oh good asbestos in telephone molds :p the past was the worst hahah

  • @SuV33358
    @SuV33358 5 ปีที่แล้ว +4

    I always thought bakelite was used for special pans used in the oven, ya know, 'bake'? I know, not my brightest hour...🤐

  • @jamen23
    @jamen23 2 ปีที่แล้ว

    2:51 ..asbestos fillers...

  • @thatrecord5313
    @thatrecord5313 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Then they realized bakelite actually gets brittle as hell overtime...

    • @Tag-Traeumer
      @Tag-Traeumer ปีที่แล้ว +6

      Bakelite is very permanently stable, of course it is relatively brittle from the start. You might mean celluloid, which often becomes brittle and breaks into pieces.

  • @leeannmansfield5254
    @leeannmansfield5254 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    LEAST THIS INVENTION WE CANT BLAME THEM BECAUSE ONLY TIME WOULD TELL US THIS PLASTIC COULD BECOME BRITTAL AND EXPOSE THE INNER SUBSTANCES..WE LIVE AND LEARN...

  • @kanubhaipanchaldrrsee3559
    @kanubhaipanchaldrrsee3559 6 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    wow,amezing technic,i like too much

  • @hellstrings2379
    @hellstrings2379 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Sad to think that most of these people died of cancer.

    • @306champion
      @306champion 3 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      And why would you say that?
      If everything said about cancer were true, I would be dead fifty years ago!

  • @AyoubAyed-si6hl
    @AyoubAyed-si6hl 6 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    احد فهم شي؟

  • @leeannmansfield5254
    @leeannmansfield5254 4 ปีที่แล้ว

    I JUST NEVER LIKED THE COLOURS..GREEN AND AMBER..

  • @inspiringwhatsappstatus167
    @inspiringwhatsappstatus167 5 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    They have colorfull. Bakelite

  • @panerai123
    @panerai123 6 ปีที่แล้ว

    Wow- they used bakelite on everything! They’re also very exposed to formaldehyde...

    • @chrisedward7659
      @chrisedward7659 6 ปีที่แล้ว

      And cancer-causing asbesto not good.

    • @FloorItDuh
      @FloorItDuh 6 ปีที่แล้ว +15

      Asbestos so long as it's not disturbed, will not hurt you. Both of you could find some value in opening up a chemistry book and understanding active versus inert properties of materials...

    • @FordSeniorMaster
      @FordSeniorMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +6

      @@FloorItDuh Thank you Sir!
      People are SO "sissy-fied" over asbestos. These "people" have NO understanding of it whatsoever. They act as if it will kill you, just by looking at it!
      If they only knew.......

  • @rogerscottcathey
    @rogerscottcathey 5 ปีที่แล้ว +2

    Yay, that's what we want! Asbestos and formaldehyde enriched celluloid: Bakelite!

    • @rogerscottcathey
      @rogerscottcathey 4 ปีที่แล้ว +4

      @@FordSeniorMaster :You talkin to me? lol.
      And you can do that, how? Listen pal, nobody is a bigger fan of bakelite than me. It is a fact there is an inordinate fear of asbestos, formaldehyde (the simplest sugar backbone), hydrogen cyanide (a co-enzyme, part of vitamin B12), and lead, the best base for white oil paint, window glazing, and other useful products.
      So, please, give me your advice as how to get educated in your erudite view.

  • @hakanturkata5251
    @hakanturkata5251 3 ปีที่แล้ว

    Cancer !

  • @no_handle_required
    @no_handle_required 7 ปีที่แล้ว +1

    so funny how arrogant people were back then, well, maybe ignorant to marketing bs.

    • @FordSeniorMaster
      @FordSeniorMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว

      @Patrick Hudson Yes.....well stated!

    • @FordSeniorMaster
      @FordSeniorMaster 4 ปีที่แล้ว +2

      @N English No! MORE so today, than back then!

    • @dewaldsteyn1306
      @dewaldsteyn1306 3 หลายเดือนก่อน

      More so today compared to back then to be honest.

  • @darkhorse3535
    @darkhorse3535 5 หลายเดือนก่อน +1

    I have a bakelite cello bow, I‘ve never seen bakelite be so flexible 😂