Friday, 16 May 2025

And Now For Something Completely Different

These very cool GIFs of mechanized production of extruded pasta were
made by David Square MA and are found on his blog Fencehopping.

Oddly mesmerizing, aren't they?


41 comments:

Tom said...

...thanks, I'm a;ways interested in how things are made!

angela said...

You wouldn’t want to be seeing these if you have had a tad too much to drink.
Lol

Anonymous said...

Very cool Everone needs one of those! Gigi

Travel said...

We could watch those for hours.

Mistress Maddie said...

SO THATS how they are made!!!! I guess I'm completely mesmerized by pasta and penis gifs!!!

Moving with Mitchell said...

Absolutely mesmerizing. I can’t stop watching.

Val Ewing said...

that was so fun!

Sixpence Notthewiser said...

Whoa.
This answers so many questions I’ve always have!

XOXO

Polly said...

WOW, these are so cool.

sirkkis said...

I'd like to have this kind of machine 👍😃

Kirk said...

Now add sauce.

Beverley said...

Hypnotic
Put one on the big screen next time my brain is too overactive.

Pixie said...

At first I thought the pasta shapes were falling onto the metal plate. Not the swiftest this morning:)

Leanna said...

That was so satisfying.*Sigh*

Ellen D. said...

I never knew that was the way pasta was made into its various shapes. Interesting.

Kathy G said...

These are almost hypnotic.

John M said...

Fun to watch!

whkattk said...

I always wondered how they got the shapes and how they managed to be so perfectly uniform.

Boud said...

That's a lot faster than when I make pasta! Very clever design.

Frank said...

I always wondered how they made those shapes...oh but they can't compare to my handmade gnocchi, ravioli, and manicotti crepes.

DB Stewart said...

I say clever, but what would a Nonna say? Haha.

Marie Smith said...

They are mesmerizing! Really mesmerizing…really…mesmerizing…

DVArtist said...

This is very cool.

Bob said...

Reminds me of those things you pushed Play Doh through!

Tundra Bunny said...

Wow, who knew that extruding pasta would be creepy and hypnotizing at the same time?

Rade said...

Excellent!!!

e said...

I love a 'how things are made' video! Thank you!!

ArcticFox said...

reminded me of one of my favourite things to watch.... it's basically various things going through a hydraulic press and being crushed...... or the guy in america who unblocks drains - mesmerising

Bill said...

Interesting and hypnotic.

roentare said...

Very hypnotising

Elderberry-Rob said...

Put it this way, if I had to work on a factory production line, this would be the best factory for me lol! Betty

Mike said...

Why are they all falling to the bottom of the picture?! 😁

Martita en España said...

I really appreciate all of your daily posting. Thank you very much - I've dropped all news and political sites. Your site gives me just a taste of dopamine in the morning! Peace, ya'll.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Mike -- Good ask! I suspect the GIFs have been rotated and that the actual pasta machines are horizontally aligned, so that the cut extruded pasta will fall down into a bin or perhaps conveyer belt or somethng for the next step, which is probably drying to harden it.

Debra She Who Seeks said...

@ Martita en Espana -- Thank you! If you enjoy my goofy posts, then my job is done!

Liz Hinds said...

It's the infinite feeling of it that gets me.

baili said...

Okay this is how the various shapes of the pasta are made wow
Really interesting and fun to watch 🤗♥️

Yvonne said...

This is quite mesmerizing.

The Happy Whisk said...

I would LOVE that noodle cutter. How much fun. I did recently hunt for one to use at home. I'd like it for bean/seed noodles.

This N That said...

Kind of creepy but interesting!

Fundy Blue said...

I find them disturbing! Like worms and creepy things in a graveyard. I had no idea that this was how the pasta shapes were made.