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!!
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 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.
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
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.
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).
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...
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
@@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!
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
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
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.
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...
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...
@@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.......
@@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.
Its interesting that bakelite is still one of the best plastics for high heat and power electronics.
Asbestos.
@@braydenh190 asbestos is a rock, not a plastic, numbnutz
One of the plastics of all time!
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!!
Those transistions is sick af given that this video is in pre cgi era. Damn...
10:47 impressive soldering iron!
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.
There's ab AK47 'Community '???
@@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.
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
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.
I have a bakelite cello bow, I‘ve never seen bakelite be so flexible 😂
Love bakelite!
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).
This is so cool! hats off to all the smart people who discovered bakelite. really neat stuff!!
Leo Baekeland.
@@michaelfoye1135 wish he hadn't
@@archkull Why?
@@michaelfoye1135 cause it started the slope into neverending plastic waste
@@archkull Plastics are one of the greatest boons to Mankind ever devised.
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...
around 2:52 says asbestos was added too in the mix, crazy times, awesome documental!
That is why it is important to take care not to breath in bakelite particles should a peice break.
If you think that’s bad go to 7:50 and watch them sanding it lmao, hope that guy was paid well
time travelling to when the jar cap and bottle caps were a new thing :)) Awesome!
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
Watching all this manufacturing and no safety glasses, only one instance of protective gloves. Yes, we've come a long way.
Gloves? Is it cold where you live?
'Specially selected fibrous fillers' means asbestos
So cool !
Awesome video too, for 1936 :D
Bakelite is beautiful I love it.
And within a few short decades the earth would be filled with plastics of all types
Anyone think this is really cool to actually see it being made?!
Absolutely! I LOVE Bakelite. I am a 53 year old "Gen-X'er", but grew up SURROUNDED by Bakelite products. (i.e. My Grandpa)
@@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!
i wonder how long it took to figure out that smoking out of a plastic pipe wasn't such a good idea.
I assume this was impractical for manufacturing phonograph records. Before the 50s records were made of shellac.
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
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
I love bakelite
Then they realized bakelite actually gets brittle as hell overtime...
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.
I always thought bakelite was used for special pans used in the oven, ya know, 'bake'? I know, not my brightest hour...🤐
Oh good asbestos in telephone molds :p the past was the worst hahah
Sad to think that most of these people died of cancer.
And why would you say that?
If everything said about cancer were true, I would be dead fifty years ago!
wow,amezing technic,i like too much
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...
Wow- they used bakelite on everything! They’re also very exposed to formaldehyde...
And cancer-causing asbesto not good.
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...
@@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.......
Yay, that's what we want! Asbestos and formaldehyde enriched celluloid: Bakelite!
@@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.
They have colorfull. Bakelite
2:51 ..asbestos fillers...
I JUST NEVER LIKED THE COLOURS..GREEN AND AMBER..
احد فهم شي؟
Yes. I did.
Cancer !
so funny how arrogant people were back then, well, maybe ignorant to marketing bs.
@Patrick Hudson Yes.....well stated!
@N English No! MORE so today, than back then!
More so today compared to back then to be honest.
I have a bakelite cello bow, I‘ve never seen bakelite be so flexible 😂