How It's Made · SEASON 17

Folding Kayaks, Piñatas, Garbage Trucks, Ceramic Composite Brake Discs

Episode 5 · 2011-04-29

★ 10.0

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Season 17Episode 5★ 10.0/10

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Episode overview

Sectional frameworks and waterproof skins are fitted together to create kayaks that collapse for transportation. Paper and cardboard forms are decorated as piñatas, commercial truck chassis receive hydraulically operated refuse bodies and compactors, and fibre-reinforced materials are heated and machined into high-performance ceramic composite brake discs.

21 minutes

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