Colemadethis - Cole Blotcky avatar

How an Engineer folds a shirt

posted almost 2 years ago by Colemadethis

46 Comments

  1. drewg - d avatar

    drewg said almost 2 years ago

    I’ve seen this.. I want to make one!

    they also have plastic premade ones you can buy

  2. j.odom - Justin Odom avatar

    j.odom said almost 2 years ago

    hehe saw this on Digg pretty cool DIY FlipFold though

  3. Acid - Matt avatar

    Acid said almost 2 years ago

    Lmao. I might have to mke myself one of those.

  4. rich.a - rich avatar

    rich.a said almost 2 years ago

    cant you buy them pre made im sure ive seen them before

    thinking about it it was on one of the new the big bang theory episodes

  5. iamjbodz - iamjbodz avatar

    iamjbodz said almost 2 years ago

    thats pretty gnarly, and is that an old school nintendo jingle? =P

  6. darenisdopeee - daren avatar

    darenisdopeee said almost 2 years ago

    thats bad ass

  7. drewg - d avatar

    drewg said almost 2 years ago

    iamjbodz said: thats pretty gnarly, and is that an old school nintendo jingle? =P

    what, you’ve never played super mario bros?

  8. iamjbodz - iamjbodz avatar

    iamjbodz said almost 2 years ago

    DrewGliever said:
    iamjbodz said: thats pretty gnarly, and is that an old school nintendo jingle? =P

    what, you’ve never played super mario bros?

    of course i have, i was playing duckhunt when the gun was half the size of my body. sounded familiar, just couldn’t pick out the game. =P

  9. iamcrazymike - Mike De Jesus avatar

    iamcrazymike said almost 2 years ago

    heroes said: cant you buy them pre made im sure ive seen them before

    http://www.nu-era.com/Flip-Fold-Shirt-Folder.asp

    http://www.flipfold.com/acatalog/

    I was curious so I googled it and got those as results . . .

  10. chopshop - Chop Shop avatar

    chopshop said almost 2 years ago

    we made 3 of these. had one for 2 years and made 2 more for the COMICON in NYC last year. i wish i had one at home.

  11. chopshop - Chop Shop avatar

    chopshop said almost 2 years ago

    btw… Apple Computer boxes are EXCELLENT for this as they are thick and rigid.

  12. G-rant - grant tucker avatar

    G-rant said almost 2 years ago

    I like the Chinese way better..I taught everyone in the school store how to do it and we fold shirts like crazy haha

  13. Perudoesitbetter - Alan avatar

    Perudoesitbetter said almost 2 years ago

    Simply Complicated said: I like the Chinese way better..I taught everyone in the school store how to do it and we fold shirts like crazy haha

    yeah thats how I fold them too.

  14. {miles to go} - greg kerr avatar

    {miles to go} said almost 2 years ago

    i made one of these and use it all the time. i had to use slightly different proportions so they fit easier into my bags, but well worth the box to cut up and time. i think i got all my pieces out of one 18x12x12 box

  15. N.Guenzler - Nick Guenzler avatar

    N.Guenzler said almost 2 years ago

    I own something similar but its made of plastic and only cost $1 it works great, especially for when you screenprint.

  16. TGM - Bryant avatar

    TGM said almost 2 years ago

    My mom bought one of these a while ago. It’s made out of plastic and all. They work great, kinda time consuming, but atleastt it makes the shirts look super neat and orderly :)

  17. G-rant - grant tucker avatar

    G-rant said almost 2 years ago

    FunForAllKids said: I own something similar but its made of plastic and only cost $1 it works great, especially for when you screenprint.

    linkage

  18. N.Guenzler - Nick Guenzler avatar

    N.Guenzler said almost 2 years ago

    Simply Complicated said:
    FunForAllKids said: I own something similar but its made of plastic and only cost $1 it works great, especially for when you screenprint.

    linkage

    i found it at the dollar tree haha its basically just a neon green flp n' fold

  19. SEIBEI - David avatar

    SEIBEI said almost 2 years ago

    duuuuude my girlfriend’s mom bought me one of the premade plastic ones - they’re fantastic. All of my shirts have a crisp, uniform fold, and I can just sit and fold shirts while I zone out or watch tv or something.

    I have the exact one from that episode of Big Bang Theory - it just says FLIPFOLD on it. She bought them offa QVC or something, but I bet some big store has 'em.

  20. downrodeo - alanbernard avatar

    downrodeo said almost 2 years ago

    my girl is gonna love me more, now... thanks for posting, Cole.

  21. iamcrazymike - Mike De Jesus avatar

    iamcrazymike said almost 2 years ago

    FunForAllKids said: i found it at the dollar tree haha its basically just a neon green flp n' fold

    Dollar Tree? Really?

  22. joesnow - Joe avatar

    joesnow said almost 2 years ago

    reminds me of working retail... i used to do that for like an hour at a time when i worked at nike.

  23. Joey - Joey Gordon avatar

    Joey said almost 2 years ago

    swoosh

  24. N.Guenzler - Nick Guenzler avatar

    N.Guenzler said almost 2 years ago

    turoneatingpinoy said:
    FunForAllKids said: i found it at the dollar tree haha its basically just a neon green flp n' fold

    Dollar Tree? Really?

    yeah haha i bought like 5 of them.

  25. iamcrazymike - Mike De Jesus avatar

    iamcrazymike said almost 2 years ago

    I got to check the Dollar Tree in my city sometime then . . .

  26. DesiredHearts - Matthew Fruge avatar

    DesiredHearts said almost 2 years ago

    i gotta make one that folds to the size are box is. That would save sooooo much time and relieve the OCD in me

  27. DesiredHearts - Matthew Fruge avatar

    DesiredHearts said almost 2 years ago

    ohh...and that is Super Mario Brothers 2 I believe...please someone correct me if I’m wrong

  28. designisvoice - Roby Fitzhenry avatar

    designisvoice said almost 2 years ago

    Just emailed this to all my engineering friends. Definitely hilarious!

  29. Jon Kruse - Jonathan Kruse avatar

    Jon Kruse said almost 2 years ago

    I just folded over 150 shirts with this method yesterday.

  30. iamcrazymike - Mike De Jesus avatar

    iamcrazymike said almost 2 years ago

    It’s Super Mario World . . .

  31. skull with hair - skull with hair avatar

    skull with hair said almost 2 years ago

    totally ghey!!! i fold hundreds of shirts like this a day at my old job without the bullshit cardboard. suck a donkey-dicks!!!

  32. Shifted Image - Marc Flanders avatar

    Shifted Image said almost 2 years ago

    I just made one its pretty cool didn’t make it to the size they said to tho. Id rather have a free one then pay 20 bucks for the real one.

  33. Hands On Clothing - Hands On avatar

    Hands On Clothing said almost 2 years ago

    i just baught the flipfold on ebay, looks pretty sweet, thanks cole!

  34. brett_district - brett district avatar

    brett_district said almost 2 years ago

    shit, i thought everybody used those. I can’t fold shirts neatly to save my life.

  35. jelly - Jeremy Dunn avatar

    jelly said almost 2 years ago

    turoneatingpinoy said: It’s Super Mario World . . .

    I bet yoshi takes some monster dumps

  36. bluchez - Jonathan avatar

    bluchez said almost 2 years ago

  37. Travis Cook - Travis Cook avatar

    Travis Cook said almost 2 years ago

    This is bullshit. My dad is an engineer and he doesn’t fold his shirts that way.Plus it’s completely impractical. Making that thing would take like 10 minutes then multiply that with the ammount of shirts you have to fold! loljk

  38. RustyEight - RustyEight Media avatar

    RustyEight said almost 2 years ago

    traviscollateral said: This is bullshit. My dad is an engineer and he doesn’t fold his shirts that way.Plus it’s completely impractical. Making that thing would take like 10 minutes then multiply that with the ammount of shirts you have to fold! loljk

    I made one already

  39. iamcrazymike - Mike De Jesus avatar

    iamcrazymike said almost 2 years ago

    I went to the dollar tree today and didn’t find anything =/

  40. Matt Willmott - Matt Willmott avatar

    Matt Willmott said almost 2 years ago

    i want one (don’t want to make one though)

  41. make planes not waste - Craig Earl avatar

    make planes not waste said almost 2 years ago

    bluchez said:

    thats how i do mine!!!

  42. ScatterbrainTees - Michael avatar

    ScatterbrainTees said almost 2 years ago

    Cool! I’ll be making one of those!

  43. Travis Cook - Travis Cook avatar

    Travis Cook said almost 2 years ago

    RustyEight said:
    traviscollateral said: This is bullshit. My dad is an engineer and he doesn’t fold his shirts that way.Plus it’s completely impractical. Making that thing would take like 10 minutes then multiply that with the ammount of shirts you have to fold! loljk

    I made one already

    yeah dude, I’m just fucking around

  44. darianln - Darian avatar

    darianln said almost 2 years ago

    martha stewart edition 2.0.

    folding shirts made easy.

    seriously though. why pay like 20$ for one of those premade when you could go to wherever and find some cardboard to make your own.

  45. joeROOSTER - joeROOSTER avatar

    joeROOSTER said almost 2 years ago

    Simply Complicated said: I like the Chinese way better..

    there’s to much work involved this way. still pretty cool though

  46. JoeBaronDesign - Joe Baron avatar

    JoeBaronDesign said almost 2 years ago

    i saw the thing for the first time on tv about two weeks ago on that one cbs show with the geniuses...i forget the name of it, it’s on monday nights. I actually wouldn’t be a bad thing to have, especially since I fold my shirts by um throwing them into my drawer

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