The makers would have to produce a mould, cast the head, machine it to a suitable finish, turn a wooden handle and then assemble the parts.
The next time you feel thirsty, be thankful that when you turn the faucet handle, chances are pretty good that clear, clean water will come streaming into your glass.
Because some users turn the crank-handle faster and harder than others, a nifty three-stage gearbox and a dynamo based on powerful neodymium-iron-boron magnets is used to ensure that efficiency is largely independent of the torque applied.
Gerald Brady, a managing director at Silicon Valley Bank in charge of outreach to corporate venture groups, said he had seen "a very noticeable pickup across almost every industry center" as corporations turn to Silicon Valley to get a handle on innovation.
"That need remains unfulfilled and they can't handle it, and so they turn to trying to become famous as a substitute for the satisfaction for this basic need, " he said.
The result is that, if you wind the handle faster, it gets harder to turn, and the battery is charged more quickly.
He is quick, hard to handle, gets goals and loves to turn defenders in dangerous areas, although he was quiet at West Ham.
When early voting began in Virginia last Wednesday, election officials in Mason District, in the northern Virginia county of Fairfax, had to turn their largest meeting room into a seating area to handle the number of voters wanting to cast early ballots.
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But Miss Lewinsky's minders also know that, if she is to turn her fame into a career in America, she must handle it delicately.
They could turn to the public clinics, except that they're not equipped to handle private-sector patients.
In Championship mode, the cars handle more realistically and require a bit of practice before you can turn a good lap.
In turn, New Jersey has bred a small niche market of public-relations firms that handle headline-grabbing scandals.
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