Playback serverIf a title won’t play, switch servers.
How It's Made
Season 14 · Episode 6
Sails, Walnuts, Wheel Immobilizers, Honeycomb Structural Panels
10.021mOctober 30, 2009
Computer-designed fabric panels are cut, joined and reinforced to create sails able to withstand changing wind loads. Walnuts are cracked, separated and graded, hardened metal components are assembled into vehicle wheel immobilizers, and lightweight honeycomb cores are bonded between rigid outer skins to form exceptionally strong structural panels.
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