How It's Made · SEASON 19
Bamboo Bicycles, Chainsaw Art, Breath Mints, Manual Motorcycle Transmissions
Episode 8 · 2012-06-07
- Documentary
Episode overview
Selected bamboo tubes are dried, treated and joined to form lightweight bicycle frames. Artists transform large logs into sculptures with chainsaws; flavouring and sweeteners are mixed, compressed and finished as breath mints; and precision-cut gears and shafts are assembled into manual motorcycle transmissions.
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
