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How It's Made

How It's Made

A look behind the scenes at how everyday things are manufactured. Typically each episode includes three to four products featured, with a mix consisting of common items such as jeans, aluminum foil and cereal, and less predictable ones like wax figurines, braille typewriters and pinball machines.
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  • Basque pelota balls; pallet trucks; dumplings; brass faucets.

  • Basque pelota balls; pallet trucks; dumplings; brass faucets.
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  • Laptops; panettone; saxophones.

  • Exploring the production processes of everyday items, including spinning reels, plasma protein therapies, 3D cups and stainless steel beer kegs.

  • Steamer baskets; three-wheel scooters; pre-fabricated conservatories; copper cookware.

  • Mountain bike tires; leaf and debris vacuums; canned meat; fillet knives.

  • Mountain bike tires; leaf and debris vacuums; canned meat; fillet knives.
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  • Rice cookers; concealment furniture; promotional origami; hedge shears.

  • Glass faucets; fire truck ladders; antique clock restoration; barbecue utensils.

  • Glass faucets; fire truck ladders; antique clock restoration; barbecue utensils.
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  • Educational robots; boxing belts; boat radar mounts; European-style radiators.

  • Cotton; rodeo roping chutes; Asian noodles; rotary engines.

  • Cotton; rodeo roping chutes; Asian noodles; rotary engines.
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  • Sleeper rigs; pecans; steel pulleys; acetate eyewear.

  • Sleeper rigs; pecans; steel pulleys; acetate eyewear.
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  • Find out how wood slat baskets, bells, and gyroscopic stabilizers are made.

  • Find out how wood slat baskets, bells, and gyroscopic stabilizers are made.
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  • DeLorean restoration; bison fiber; shuffleboard tables; friction-forged knives.

  • DeLorean restoration; bison fiber; shuffleboard tables; friction-forged knives.
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  • Explores the production processes of leather overnight bags, horse exercisers, air hockey tables and copper sculptures.

  • Explores the production processes of leather overnight bags, horse exercisers, air hockey tables and copper sculptures.
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408 episodes will be broadcast over the next two weeks

    Motorcycle Goggles; Hand-Built Jukeboxes; Vacuum Excavators; Pewter Shaving Sets
    Peaked Caps; Custom Water Heaters; Electric Boats; Fencing Foils
    Miniature Furniture; Garden Steam Locomotives; Hovercraft
    Plant Oil Extractors, Custom-Made Chandeliers
    Witness Samples, Pressure Washers
    Leather Sculptures, Travel Hot Plates
    Spiral Stairs; Pita Bread
    Recycled Skateboards; Braided Pastry; Construction Trailers
    Racing Pulley Systems, Inductors, and Medicine Balls
    Fish Rubbings, Clay Shooting Machines, Almonds, and High-end Motorcycles
  • Motorcycle Goggles; Hand-Built Jukeboxes; Vacuum Excavators; Pewter Shaving Sets

    How motorcycle goggles and pewter shaving sets are produced; the construction behind jukeboxes and vacuum excavators.
    Upcoming
  • Peaked Caps; Custom Water Heaters; Electric Boats; Fencing Foils

    Find out how peaked caps, custom water heaters, electric boats and fencing foils are made.
    Upcoming
  • Miniature Furniture; Garden Steam Locomotives; Hovercraft

    Miniature furniture, garden steam locomotives, hovercraft, folding bicycles.
    Upcoming
  • Plant Oil Extractors, Custom-Made Chandeliers

    Lab extractors; custom-made chandeliers; power trainers; coffee pods.
    Upcoming
  • Witness Samples, Pressure Washers

    Witness samples; pressure washers; beehives; cast iron cookers.
    Upcoming
  • Leather Sculptures, Travel Hot Plates

    Leather sculptures; travel hot plates; ochre; hurdy-gurdies.
    Upcoming
How It's Made

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A look behind the scenes at how everyday things are manufactured. Typically each episode includes three to four products featured, with a mix consisting of common items such as jeans, aluminum foil and cereal, and less predictable ones like wax figurines, braille typewriters and pinball machines.

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Lynne Adams, Mark Tewksbury, Lynn Herzeg, June Wallack

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  • The processes of making tin whistles, horn products, and Formula F race cars.
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