Episode
How Do They Do It?: Harp Strings, Roof Windows, Belgian Waffles
Overview
Making the world's finest harp strings; Building roof windows that can keep out a hurricane; Making Belgian waffles.
Details
- Series
- How Do They Do It?
- Season
- Season 12
- Episode
- Episode 8
- Air date
- 2015-07-03
- Runtime
- 22 min
Episode context
Harp Strings, Roof Windows, Belgian Waffles is Episode 8 in Season 12 of How Do They Do It?. It aired on 2015-07-03. The runtime is 22 min.
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