Corn Tortillas, Crankshafts & Camshafts, Bush Planes, Aluminum Bike Wheels

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How It's Made
22nd April 2011 21 mins Season 17 Episode 4

Prepared corn dough is portioned, flattened and baked into tortillas. Engine components are forged or cast before being machined and hardened into crankshafts and camshafts; rugged airframes are equipped for bush flying; and aluminium rims, hubs and spokes are assembled into lightweight bicycle wheels.

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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.
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01 Lynne Adams profile Lynne Adamsas Narrator (Discovery Channel Canada Broadcast) 02 Brooks Moore profile Brooks Mooreas Narrator (Discovery Channel US Broadcast) 03 Linda Boyle profile Linda BoyleWriter 04 Lynn Herzeg profile Lynn HerzegWriter 05 Gabriel Hoss profile Gabriel HossDirector / Creator
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