You just don't see work like this anymore

Dec 13, 2020 6:28 PM

BeniDune

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You just don't see work like this anymore

What I'm most impressed by is the fact that one of the is wearing boots. Well two but I'm not sure how safe rain boots are on a worksite.

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Table that last a bit longer than a table made of wood.

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Them bare toes...y'all need OSHA

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Because only companies wanting to flaunt wealth can afford this...

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I’d say IKEA has taken it a bit too far with this.

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Thanks

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Why are they always working flip flops?!

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The no gloves and eye protection policy makes me uncomfortable

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And it looks like he's got those sturdy.... um... vinyl-toed galoshes on.

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Oh and also open-toe sandals for maximum protection.

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OSHA has entered the chat.

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While wearing sandals!

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Anyone else think he was making Minas Tirith?

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no

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In sandals

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In fairness they are safety sandals.

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its more because noone in the west will work that hard for the pay they get or pay what it costs for hand made vs cheap concrete castings

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 0

Now ask the movers to bring it up to your 5th floor walk-up.

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The video is also cut around to show only manual labor, ignoring all the work that's done with power tools around those segments

5 years ago | Likes 5 Dislikes 1

Ummm this shows alot of power tools?

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It slows 2, coring bit and a small lathe, for a few seconds. But do you know how that pile of soapstone became a barrel shape? Me neither

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... because of workplace health and safety regulations?

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i would love to do that

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Man I wish they all had a scarf or something to prevent breathing in rock dust ?

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They use water so...

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But like...you saw how not every step was using water? Even after the water, there was smacking with dust flying about. You saw...right?

5 years ago | Likes 10 Dislikes 1

Yes, i did saw it.

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So if you seen't it you understand my concern for covering right? Like I'm not way off base here in thinking that am I? Is this real life?!?

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

Rock dust has never hurt anyone. That's just slander and lies from the liberal rockhaters. Make Rocks Great Again /s

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OSHAintensifies.gif

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I love seeing a stone worker wearing flip flops

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Just not in America st

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I genuinely thought he was making helms deep at the start... ?

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Sandals

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

We just did see work like that. Thanks to you @OP

5 years ago | Likes 29 Dislikes 0

Black Lagoon?

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 0

Yes.

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Yep. One of the best anime I've ever seen. Very underrated.

5 years ago | Likes 2 Dislikes 1

Underrated my ass. Every comment, post, and review I've read/heard about it was positive.

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Beautiful work

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You don't see this anymore, except for this, a video about this being done.

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This is a repost. I have seen this before.

5 years ago | Likes 9 Dislikes 1

You don't see it because it's made by poor laborers and bought by rich people for their private collections.

5 years ago | Likes 25 Dislikes 1

As opposed to pretty much every other consumer product that's made by poor laborers and bought by average consumers.

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It’s a ridiculous waste of stone

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What else would you use it for?

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cliffs?

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...genuinely, the fuck?

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Well wtf am I watching

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Something that doesn’t get done anymore, apparently

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A simulation

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Elaborate sand production.

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Some of the best craftsmen in the world making incredibly expensive tea tables.

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In Taiwan and China, there is a substantial industry for indoor and outdoor furniture and fixtures made from solid marble. The workshops ..

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have crude equipment but extremely skilled hand labor that can cut perfectly round radiuses and perfectly level flats, relief carvings and

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mirror polish finishes. A middle class family in Taipei, Taiwan can have palatial decor w/ marble floors, wall panels, columns & furniture

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because the marble is so plentiful and the skilled labor is so affordable. Taiwan is basically a mountain of solid marble sticking out of

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ocean off the coast of China. One of the cool things is to take a north-south bus ride on the 4,000 - 8,000 foot deep canyons along the

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People with sore backs from never standing up straight

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For all the people who push skipping college to go into trades, do they also happen to mention things like this as a fair warning?

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You mean the fact that labourers literally sell years of their lives away? I can't see any reason why people wouldn't be upfront about that

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I hate that you're right

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How its made: chinese marble dining room sets

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Looked like slate

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Thanks for the lolz! +1 Also I miss how it's made

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Wtf are you talking about? You're literally posting a video showing this work being done recently.

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I was about to say just this +1

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Yeah you played yourself @op

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I remember seeing this a long time ago

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Thank you, I was like wtf op?

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*1838 colorized

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Came here to say this. Plus one

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Came down here to say this

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"Except for this contemporary piece made with modern methods and tools."

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@op?

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Scared the OP away lol

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I know! You just never see comments like these anymore

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Wtf are you talking about? You're literally commenting a comment showing this comment being commented recently.

5 years ago | Likes 39 Dislikes 0

New normal

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Right ? You don’t see comments on comments like this any more.

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Wtf are you talking about? No seriously this is insane. All these comments on comments about comments on how we don't see this anymore! WTF!

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Wtf are you talking about? You’re literally commenting on a comment showing a comment commented on commenting a comment recently

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Exactly, you don’t see comments like this anymore

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Plus, this type of handmade stonecraft (and wood, and ceramic) is all over East Asia. Expensive, but people want it and will buy it.

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The one downvote is OP.

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This was recorded on a HD Camera 75 years ago

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They’re even using modern tools, electric motors and such.

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lmfao

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Naw, see, if you look at 0:40 (0:13 remaining), you'll see a glitch in the holodeck matrix when peering into the pot.

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 0

Great comment. Lol

5 years ago | Likes 1 Dislikes 1

Thought exactly the same!

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? "Class: Euclid. Description: [...] In approximately 7% of cases, viewers become blind upon watching the video from start to finish."

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Lol seriously

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I think op meant, quality craftsmanship isn't as common as it was?

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It's more common. Standards change dramatically as manufacturing methods advance. The tolerances alone aren't even close to comparable.

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Because so many people want Wish and Walmart, et al, few even comprehend real quality and art are out there in the world.

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This

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Back in the day when i was walking uphill to school, it was laying around hillside yanno. Haven’t seen it since. Til now.

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Quality craftsmanship is rare because it's a lot pricier than average crafting. So not many pay for it, which makes it rare. Which means 1/2

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Less craftsman specialising to that level which, I assume, increases the cost

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That's what I assume, but that's not what OP said. Plus, the problem isn't a lack of quality craftsmanship, it's ppl being unwilling to pay.

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The craftsmanship is definitely more common now than it was before. Used to be only emperors and kings had that stuff.

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Probably a survival bias, too: we look at furniture from 100 yr ago and think "wow, this is so sturdy!" But that's because the rickety >>

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>> shit doesn't survive, so we mistakenly assume all old furniture was of high quality

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Our shitty quality mass produced shit would absolutely blow people's minds a century ago.

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Table $500. Shipping $3,000

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Best I can do is $50

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Damn it...and there go BOTH of my Amazon shipping jokes.

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Free shipping with Amazon Prime

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And then the buyer claims damaged, and gets a free table while the seller dies a little inside.

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3,000 is down payment lul

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Nah, I can probably book a shipping container for under $5,000. It’d probably take a month, but shipping by air would cost triple or more.

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20 oz part cos 73 quid airfreight from USA to UK

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I think you’ll find it’s doubled this quarter. Also finding empty containers in China is very difficult at the moment.

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oof...

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Laborers paid 3 bucks a day..

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If they meet their quota.

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$500 way too low

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Table $3,000. Shipping your first born.

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Chinese communist party pay for labor $1.

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Nono they have normal loans, maybe 40% off us

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Probably a private business, really. CCP still owns some businesses but not so much these kinds, not for ages.

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China isn’t a communist country any more.

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Out of curiosity, what is it then?

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Mixed economy, like basically everyone else.

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Authorian capitalist.

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They’re a capitalist country.

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Also, constant low level radiation if it's real marble.

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And 4 months thru customs

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A table that you can show off to make others envious, priceless.

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And “handling.”

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Some assembly required

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Load that shit on a dornier

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For something that heavy, you missed a 0 in shipping.

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Nah, shipping from China is goofy. They undercut on shipping prices and basically force the USPS to subsidize the cost. It's... odd.

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But I have Prime

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Lol

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20ft shipping container from east Asia to uk is about 5-6k.

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You can get a 40ftHC for 7-8k, but you still gotta pay a 3200 bucks to ship the damn things across the states, plus local delivery:/

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I can get a 20' container from China to Minnesota for about $5500.

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Your right 03,000

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You're

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