How It's Made

Season 17 Episode 5: Folding Kayaks, Piñatas, Garbage Trucks, Ceramic Composite Brake Discs

Sectional frameworks and waterproof skins are fitted together to create kayaks that collapse for transportation. Paper and cardboard forms are decorated as piñatas, commercial truck chassis receive hydraulically operated refuse bodies and compactors, and fibre-reinforced materials are heated and machined into high-performance ceramic composite brake discs.

Genre:

Documentary

Seasons:

32

Episodes:

416

Cast:

Lynne Adams

Quality:

HD

Duration:

21 min

First Air:

2001

Rating:

7.7