A Portuguese hat maker uses a heating machine to curve flat plastic brims. The machine heats the material until it's pliable, a timed bend is applied, and the brim cools into shape. A visitor nearly touches it before being warned it's still hot.
You don't really realize that a hat starts off as a flat brim like this. And when it's put into this machine, that's where it gets the curve on the brim. This machine actually heats up the hat so that the plastic is more easily able to bend, correct? Yes. Right over there. Here. Now it's counting. He has to set one time for this specific model, of course. It's done. Wait just a little bit. Sorry, sorry, sorry, sorry. Just so cool down a little. Yes. Can I touch it? I'm gonna burn myself. Okay. It's hot though. But, uh, That's how you get the curved grip.
