Madrid ad agency espadaysantacruz put together a very slick film for 3M to show off 3M’s new class of Cubitron II abrasives. Setting up timelapse cameras, the team built a machine to grind away a motorcycle’s engine, one layer at a time.

It’s essentially a real-world cutaway illustration, done millimeter by millimeter. Watch the whole thing below, and check out some of the other work by espadaysantacruz.

Tony Carter

Tony has been riding motorcycles for over 35 years and he's been a motorcycle writer for over 25 of those. He's ridden almost every motorcycle you can think of at most places around the world and he's partial to some racing, too. A Taurus, Tony doesn't believe in horoscopes (but then that's exactly what a Taurus would say!) but he does believe in Mandalorians and their right to earn a living.