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Watching This Bell Caster Use a Special Jig to Smooth the Mold’s Core is Wildly Satisfying

Primitive manufacturing know-how at its finest. If you’ve ever wondered how ancient, pre-industrial churches were able to have gigantic bells with perfect rotational symmetry made for them, here’s your answer:

By the way, what you’re looking at is the core of the mold. To understand how this all comes together, the full process is captured below:

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