How It's Made · SEASON 27

Wood Toys, Retro Toasters, Laboratory Furnaces, Aerogel

Episode 8 · 2016-04-18

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Season 27Episode 8★ N/A/10

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Episode overview

Selected wood is cut, shaped, sanded and decorated to create traditional toys. Metal housings, heating elements and timing mechanisms are assembled into retro-styled toasters; insulated chambers and precision temperature controls become laboratory furnaces; and a wet gel undergoes specialized drying that replaces its liquid with air to produce extremely lightweight aerogel.

21 minutes

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