| Description |
1 online resource (streaming video file) (23 min. 55 sec.) ; 143485636 bytes |
| Summary |
In a world of mass global production, renaissance man Thomas Thwaites thinks we've forgotten where all our stuff really comes from. So to prove how brilliant and complex even the most basic mod cons are, he's going to attempt to build them himself... from scratch. In this first episode, Tom tries to build a lawn mower using materials from across the UK. On a deserted beach he uses the historic technique of sand-casting to make the mower's specialised fan, before he goes deep beneath the earth's surface to find iron ore for the steel blade. (From the UK) (Factual Series) CC |
| Event |
Broadcast 2013-09-23 at 19:30:00 |
| Notes |
Classification: G |
| Subject |
Impellers.
|
|
Power lawn mowers -- Design and construction.
|
|
Raw materials.
|
|
Sand casting.
|
|
Steel, Cast.
|
|
United Kingdom.
|
| Form |
Streaming video
|
| Author |
Steele, Ben, director
|
|
Thwaites, Thomas, host
|
|
