How It's Made

Season 23 Episode 12: Racing Leathers, Evaporative Cooling Towers, Wood Rocking Chairs, Wire Wheels

Leather panels are cut, reinforced and sewn into protective racing suits. Fans, water-distribution systems and heat-transfer materials are assembled into evaporative cooling towers; shaped wooden components are joined and finished as rocking chairs; and spokes are individually fitted, tensioned and aligned to create wire wheels.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

32

Episodes:

416

Cast:

Lynne Adams

Quality:

HD

Duration:

21 min

First Air:

2001

Rating:

7.7