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How Do They Do It? Season 8 Episodes
Season 8 Episode Guide
21 Episodes 2011 - 2012
Episode 1
Fugu, Freight Trains, Scottish Tartan
Fri, Jun 3, 201125 mins
How Japanese master chefs prepare the extremely poisonous puffer fish; freight trains; how Scots weave over 700 types of tartan for kilts.
Episode 2
Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears
Fri, Jun 10, 201121 mins
Bowling Balls, Tower Bridge, Gummy Bears.
Episode 3
Island Prison, Mailboxes, Jam
Fri, Jul 1, 201125 mins
New York's Rikers Island prison; how the famous Royal Mail mail boxes are made; turning fruit into jam.
Episode 4
Brewery, Playing Cards, Gulfstream
Fri, Jul 29, 201125 mins
Making playing cards that can defeat a cheat; brewing more than a billion bottles of lager a year; the world's most luxurious private jets.
Episode 5
Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library
Fri, Jul 15, 201121 mins
Swiss Cheese, Tanks, British Library.
Episode 6
Pretzels, Gondolas, Pearls
Fri, Jul 22, 201121 mins
Pretzels, Gondolas, Pearls.
Episode 7
Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, Batmobile
Fri, Aug 5, 201121 mins
Roulette Tables, Olive Oil, Batmobile.
Episode 8
Ice Rink, Car Plant
Fri, Jun 17, 201125 mins
World's biggest ice hockey rink and car plant.
Episode 9
Duck Calls, Wasabi, Accordions
Thu, Oct 20, 201121 mins
How accordions are built; how wasabi is made; how they produce a duck call that can trick birds.
Episode 10
Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills
Thu, Oct 20, 201121 mins
Toto Washlets, Fire Scout, Demolition Drills.
Episode 11
24 Hours of Daytona, Rum
Thu, Dec 1, 201122 mins
24 Hours of Daytona, Rum.
Episode 12
Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats
Thu, Dec 8, 201122 mins
Caviar, Porcelain, Soccer Cleats
Episode 13
Bomb Squad, Cider, Husqvarna
Fri, Aug 26, 201121 mins
Defusing thousands of World War II land mines; making crisp tasting cider; clearing undergrowth with a thin strip of nylon wire.
Episode 14
Circus, Guitars
Wed, Jan 19, 201125 mins
How a 1700-seat circus tent is set up in 36 hours; turning Japanese maple and mahogany into an electric guitar.
Episode 15
Taiko Drums, Green Factory, Pasta
Fri, Jun 24, 201125 mins
A 700-hundred-year-old tree is made into a two-ton Japanese drum; how a factory produces thousands of cars and stays green; how Italians make pasta.
Episode 16
Frankfurters, Sniper Rifles, Casino Security
Thu, Dec 29, 201122 mins
Frankfurters, Guitars, Casino Security.
Episode 17
Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Parcels
Wed, Jan 19, 201122 mins
Tsukiji, Cricket Bats, Highlighters
Episode 18
Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Wallpaper
Wed, Jan 5, 201122 mins
Powerboats, Swiss Watches, Deep Cooling.
Episode 19
Submarine Rescue, Subaru
Thu, Oct 27, 201122 mins
Submarine Rescue, Parcels
Episode 20
Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphalt
Sun, Jan 1, 201222 mins
Cruise Ship, Truffles, Asphalt.
Episode 30
Husqvarna; Frankfurters; Wallpaper
Thu, May 17, 2012
Follow the design process of the new Husqvarna Fast Tractor, from conceptual design to manufacturing. Design Engineer, Duncan Burns Jr., describes how the mower, is 3d modeled in CAD, or computer-aided design, digitally stress tested and analyzed, then prototyped before receiving a series of real world testing and operations. The segment ends with a lawnmower race between many popular brands....but who will win?
