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How It's Made
Season 14 · Episode 11
Graphite Pencil Leads, Clarinets, Special Effects
10.021mDecember 11, 2009
Graphite and clay are blended, extruded into slender rods, fired and treated to produce smooth, durable pencil leads. Seasoned wood is drilled, turned and fitted with a complex key mechanism to make clarinets, while special-effects artists use sculpting, mould-making, flexible materials and mechanical devices to create convincing physical illusions.
Episodes
- Episode 1Ski Goggles, Tower Cranes, Porcelain Figurines, Diesel Engines
- Episode 2Mini GP Motorcycles, Fig Cookies, Tool Boxes, Pipe Bends
- Episode 3Western Revolver Replicas, Arc Trainers, Used-Oil Furnaces, Vegetable Peelers and Pizza Cutters
- Episode 4Custom Running Shoes, Axes, Racing Karts, Animatronics
- Episode 5Metal Golf Clubs, Waffles, Custom Wires and Cables, Train Wheels
- Episode 6Sails, Walnuts, Wheel Immobilizers, Honeycomb Structural Panels
- Episode 7Surfboards, Stickers, Sandwich Cookies, Concrete Roofing Tiles
- Episode 8Stuffed Olives, Astrolabes, Western Saddles
- Episode 9Headphones, Diving Regulators, Reflector Light Bulbs
- Episode 10Fly Fishing Reels, House Paint, Weaving Looms, Ice Makers
- Episode 11Graphite Pencil Leads, Clarinets, Special Effects
- Episode 12Air Boats, Onions, 3D Metal Printing, Curved Cabinet Doors
- Episode 13Retractable Ballpoint Pens, Solar Salt, Tubas