How It's Made · SEASON 16

Composite Propane Cylinders, Salsa, Water-Pumping Windmills, Dragsters

Episode 13 · 2010-12-24

★ 10.0

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Season 16Episode 13★ 10.0/10

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Episode overview

Lightweight liners are wrapped with resin-impregnated fibres, cured and pressure-tested to create composite propane cylinders. Vegetables and seasonings are cleaned, chopped, blended and packaged as salsa; galvanized steel components are assembled into windmills that operate mechanical water pumps; and reinforced chassis, powerful engines and specialized drivetrains are combined into dragsters.

21 minutes

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4. Needles and Pins, Architectural Mouldings, Locomotives, Clothespins2010-10-22

5. Filigree Glass, Fish Food, Motor Homes2010-10-29

6. Surgical Instruments, Ketchup, Double-Decker Buses, Walking Sticks2010-11-05

7. Audio Vacuum Tubes, Light Bars, Wood Model Aircraft, Metal Snare Drums2010-11-12

8. Kitchen Accessories, Central Vacuums, Papier-Mâché Animals, Hydraulic Cylinders2010-11-19

9. Clay Liquor Jugs, Poultry Deli Meats, NASCAR Engines2010-11-26

10. Digital Dentistry, Nail Clippers, Poster Restoration, Canola Oil2010-12-03

11. Dial Thermometers, Hummus, Spent Fuel Containers, Straw Sombreros2010-12-10

12. Tequila, Waterbeds, Flip Flops, Silver2010-12-17

13. Composite Propane Cylinders, Salsa, Water-Pumping Windmills, Dragsters2010-12-24