How It's Made · SEASON 27
Wooden Matches, Tillage Machines, Telescopic Gangways, Mabe Pearls
Episode 6 · 2016-04-04
- Documentary
Episode overview
Thin pieces of wood are cut, dried and coated with combustible compounds to produce matches. Heavy frames, discs and cultivating tools are assembled into agricultural tillage machines; nested structural sections and hydraulic systems create telescopic passenger gangways; and cultured half-pearls are grown against the inner surfaces of mollusc shells.
21 minutes
Season 27 episodes
1. CNC Assembly Machines, Lemon Tarts, Miniature War Figures2016-02-22
2. Chemical Tank Pressure Vents, Candy Wafers, Food Trucks, Traditional Ropes2016-02-29
3. Graphene, World's Smallest Car, Force Testers, Composite Cans2016-03-07
4. LED Tubes, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, Robotic Medication Dispensers2016-03-14
5. Commercial Drones, Aquarium Fish, Runway Cleaners, Shuttlecocks2016-03-21
6. Wooden Matches, Tillage Machines, Telescopic Gangways, Mabe Pearls2016-04-04
7. Mosquito Coils, Solar-Assist Tricycles, Palm Oil, Fiberglass Chopper Guns2016-04-11
8. Wood Toys, Retro Toasters, Laboratory Furnaces, Aerogel2016-04-18
9. Combination Squares, Farmed Shrimp, Ball Valves, String Trimmers2016-04-25
10. Chinese-Style Furniture, Electrical Switches, Thai Fish Sauce, Cappers2016-05-09
11. Mortars and Pestles, Bowling Lane Conditioners, Crematories, Wood Playsets2016-03-28
12. Race Car Oil Tanks, Plaster Mouldings, Lemongrass Oil, Fly Tying Vises2016-05-16
13. Coconut Shell Charcoal, Dial Indicators, Wet Downdraft Tables, Bassoon Reeds2016-05-30
