How It's Made-Pipe Cleaners

Chasing Embers

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Thought this was interesting. Had never really given much thought about how our disposable little buddies were made.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fPt-gwH3SVQ&feature=youtube_gdata_player

 

newfie

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• Feb 27, 2016

• #2

Cool video, thanks for posting CE.

 

jpmcwjr

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• Feb 27, 2016

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Great post!
Can someone tell me how the cotton sticks to the twisted pair of wires? They show the wires being twisted before they get to the cotton strands being brought in.

 

cortezattic

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• Feb 27, 2016

• #4

Thanks for posting this video. Very interesting.

 

derfatdutchman

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• #5

Thanks for sharing, a very interesting video!

 

Chasing Embers

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I always figured the fibers were somehow glued to a single wire. Learn something new as they say!

 

jpmcwjr

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OK, so how is the cotton bound to the wire? (Please!)

 

Chasing Embers

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OK, so how is the cotton bound to the wire? (Please!)

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From .41 to 1.02, the video says that the yarn is intertwined with the wires to keep it from falling out, and then it shows the twisting process to show what the wires look like without the yarn. Hope this helps!

 

tinsel

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• Feb 27, 2016

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Cool video. I love 'How it's made" but I guess I've never caught that episode before.
I wonder what extra steps are taken to make the "bristled" pipe cleaners ... :?

 

Chasing Embers

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Perhaps a piece of monofilament is twisted with the yarn?

 

jpmcwjr

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Thanks, C-E. I missed that the twisted wires were just for illustration. Makes sense that they'd be twisted around the yarn and then knifed to provide the "bristles".
For real bristly brushes, I imagine they put a strand or two of plastic in with the cotton yarn.

 

jvnshr

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• Feb 27, 2016

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I was just thinking about that yesterday while cleaning my pipe. Thanks a lot for the video.

 

ssavarimuthu

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• Feb 28, 2016

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Fun watch. Thanks for posting.

 

Chasing Embers

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What amazes me is that all that work goes into something that we really don't think about while cleaning our pipes, and yet it's something we have to have to keep our pipes nice and fresh.

 

echie

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• Feb 28, 2016

• #15

Nice video, thanks for posting! Interesting how the tension discs are similar to a sewing machine's.

 

deathmetal

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How It's Made is probably the best thing on TV, even if the new lady on voice-over is kind of grating...