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How It's Made
Season 27 · Episode 9
Combination Squares, Farmed Shrimp, Ball Valves, String Trimmers
10.021mApril 25, 2016
Steel rulers are marked and fitted with adjustable heads to produce combination squares used for measuring and layout work. Shrimp are bred and raised in managed ponds; machined valve bodies receive drilled spherical closures that regulate fluid flow; and engines, shafts, guards and rotating cutting heads are assembled into string trimmers.
Episodes
- Episode 1CNC Assembly Machines, Lemon Tarts, Miniature War Figures
- Episode 2Chemical Tank Pressure Vents, Candy Wafers, Food Trucks, Traditional Ropes
- Episode 3Graphene, World's Smallest Car, Force Testers, Composite Cans
- Episode 4LED Tubes, Chocolate Peanut Butter Bars, Robotic Medication Dispensers
- Episode 5Commercial Drones, Aquarium Fish, Runway Cleaners, Shuttlecocks
- Episode 6Wooden Matches, Tillage Machines, Telescopic Gangways, Mabe Pearls
- Episode 7Mosquito Coils, Solar-Assist Tricycles, Palm Oil, Fiberglass Chopper Guns
- Episode 8Wood Toys, Retro Toasters, Laboratory Furnaces, Aerogel
- Episode 9Combination Squares, Farmed Shrimp, Ball Valves, String Trimmers
- Episode 10Chinese-Style Furniture, Electrical Switches, Thai Fish Sauce, Cappers
- Episode 11Mortars and Pestles, Bowling Lane Conditioners, Crematories, Wood Playsets
- Episode 12Race Car Oil Tanks, Plaster Mouldings, Lemongrass Oil, Fly Tying Vises
- Episode 13Coconut Shell Charcoal, Dial Indicators, Wet Downdraft Tables, Bassoon Reeds