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How It's Made
Season 18 · Episode 6
Pipe Cleaners, Blue Stilton Cheese, Smart Electric Meters, Telescopes
10.021mOctober 18, 2011
Soft fibres are trapped between twisting wires to produce flexible pipe cleaners. Cultured milk is coagulated, drained and pierced so the characteristic blue mould can develop in Stilton cheese; electronic measuring components are calibrated inside smart electric meters; and precisely shaped lenses or mirrors are aligned within telescope bodies.
Episodes
- Episode 1Patterned Glass Panels, Road Cases, Stop-Frame Animation
- Episode 2Industrial Wire Ropes, Living Walls, Large Format Cameras, Gemstones
- Episode 3Chocolate Coins, Floor Heating Systems, Pedal Cars, Latex Swords
- Episode 4Farmed Caviar, Intake Manifolds, Motorcycle Jackets, Shovels & Spades
- Episode 5Wax Figures, Awnings, Sandwich Crackers, Pewter Tankards
- Episode 6Pipe Cleaners, Blue Stilton Cheese, Smart Electric Meters, Telescopes
- Episode 7Fish Replicas, Siren Systems, Pre-Packaged Sandwiches, Candlesticks