How It's Made · SEASON 19
Space Pens, Reef Aquariums, Metal Caskets, Composite Bike Wheels
Episode 13 · 2012-07-12
- Documentary
Episode overview
Pressurized ink cartridges and precision ballpoint tips are assembled into pens designed to write in extreme conditions. Glass or acrylic panels, lighting and filtration equipment are combined into reef aquariums; sheet metal is formed, welded and upholstered to produce caskets; and layers of composite fibre are moulded and cured into lightweight bicycle wheels.
21 minutes
Season 19 episodes
1. Garden Forks, English Toffee, Paint Chip Cards, Bundt Pans2012-04-19
2. Pewter Flasks, Potato Salad, Hydrogen Fuel Cells, Engineered Wood Siding2012-04-26
3. Canvas Wall Tents, Peace Pipes, Shredded Wheat Cereal, Cannons2012-05-03
4. Robotic Hunting Decoys, Canned Tomatoes, Scoreboards, Lassos2012-05-10
5. Turf Grass, Beef Jerky, Wood Chippers, Bowling Pins2012-05-17
6. Multi-Tools, Jojoba Oil, Marionettes2012-05-24
7. Fish Decoys, Film Digitization, Cylinder Stoves, Concrete Light Poles2012-05-31
8. Bamboo Bicycles, Chainsaw Art, Breath Mints, Manual Motorcycle Transmissions2012-06-07
9. Dinnerware, Air Brake Tanks, Frosted Cereal, Fossils2012-06-14
10. Clay, Pitted Prunes, Spurs, Polyurethane Tires2012-06-21
11. Tasers, Canned Soup, Jaw Harps & Mouth Bows, Diving Boards2012-06-28
12. Navajo Rugs, Crude Oil, Kaleidoscopes, Titanium Dental Implants2012-07-05
13. Space Pens, Reef Aquariums, Metal Caskets, Composite Bike Wheels2012-07-12
