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How It's Made
Season 21 · Episode 13
Car Tires, Silk, Art Conservation, Scuba Tanks
10.021mJune 27, 2013
Different rubber compounds are mixed and assembled with reinforcing fabric, steel belts and tread before being moulded and vulcanized into car tires. Fine filaments are unwound from silkworm cocoons and combined into thread; conservators clean, stabilize and repair ageing works of art; and high-pressure metal cylinders are formed, heat-treated and tested to produce scuba tanks.
Episodes
- Episode 1Rubber Gloves, Soap Carvings, Aircraft Cabinets, Motorcycle Brake Locks
- Episode 2Powder Horns, Handcrafted Molds, Pierogi, Inner Tubes
- Episode 3Lace, Antique Frame Replicas, Orchids, Unicycle Wheel Hubs
- Episode 4External Hard Drives, Frozen Shrimp, Thai Rice Boxes, Paper Towels
- Episode 5Tea, Roof Finials, Artificial Flowers, Alloy Wheels
- Episode 6Gel Caps, Playground Spring Riders, Frozen Pancakes, Natural Rubber
- Episode 7Paper Umbrellas, Coal, Aircraft Seats, Cremation Urns
- Episode 8Aluminum Canoes, Wooden Stave Bowls, Wheelchair Accessible Vans, Marimbas
- Episode 9Indy Car Seats, Paper Flowers, Stand-by Generators
- Episode 10Customized Knee Replacements, Leaf Springs, Lavender Essential Oil, Rivets and Rivet Tools
- Episode 11Cast Iron Stoves, Ultralight Aircraft, Snow Groomers, Rubber Bands
- Episode 12Barber Chairs, Sewage Pumps, Bimini Boat Tops, Diesel Filters
- Episode 13Car Tires, Silk, Art Conservation, Scuba Tanks