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IBM Computing Cheese Cutter [Restoration]

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What it is

A 47-minute restoration of a 1920s IBM computing cheese cutter, a machine with parts patented between 1901 and 1907. The video covers the restoration work and explains why it is a computing cheese cutter.

Why Hacker News recommends it

HN shares it as a fun curiosity about early IBM history, with time stamps for the nameplate and the explanation.

  • 1 people recommended it
  • 1 different months
  • 0 strong recommendations
  • first 2021, last 2024

What HN commenters said

  1. “the IBM cheese cutter restoration video is very cool”

    Restoration of an IBM cheese cutter.

    kens, 2022-02 · Recommendation · in “IBM Plex Typeface (2018)”

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Topics: restoration, ibm history, cheese cutter, antique tools, patents

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