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How It's Made
Season 16 · Episode 11
Dial Thermometers, Hummus, Spent Fuel Containers, Straw Sombreros
10.021mDecember 10, 2010
Temperature-sensitive mechanisms are connected to calibrated faces and protective housings to produce dial thermometers. Cooked chickpeas are blended with tahini, oil and seasonings to make hummus; heavy engineered components are fabricated into shielded containers for spent nuclear fuel; and straw is woven, shaped and trimmed into traditional sombreros.
Episodes
- Episode 1Millefiori Glass Paperweights, Road Salt, Nutcrackers, Car Doors
- Episode 2Straight Razors, Black Pudding, Steering Wheels, Inorganic Pigments
- Episode 3Cast Iron Cookware, Biodiesel, Clothes Hangers, Stone Wool Insulation
- Episode 4Needles and Pins, Architectural Mouldings, Locomotives, Clothespins
- Episode 5Filigree Glass, Fish Food, Motor Homes
- Episode 6Surgical Instruments, Ketchup, Double-Decker Buses, Walking Sticks
- Episode 7Audio Vacuum Tubes, Light Bars, Wood Model Aircraft, Metal Snare Drums
- Episode 8Kitchen Accessories, Central Vacuums, Papier-Mâché Animals, Hydraulic Cylinders
- Episode 9Clay Liquor Jugs, Poultry Deli Meats, NASCAR Engines
- Episode 10Digital Dentistry, Nail Clippers, Poster Restoration, Canola Oil
- Episode 11Dial Thermometers, Hummus, Spent Fuel Containers, Straw Sombreros
- Episode 12Tequila, Waterbeds, Flip Flops, Silver
- Episode 13Composite Propane Cylinders, Salsa, Water-Pumping Windmills, Dragsters