How It's Made: Season 13
Season 13 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Directly follows the overarching narrative developments of How It's Made Season 12.
- Faction dynamics and core character alliances shift under escalating external stakes.
- Crucial mysteries introduced previously reach key turning points and narrative reckonings.
- Sets up serialized story arcs that build directly toward the climactic season finale.
Episode Guide
Season 13 Progress Shield
Hammers, Swiss Cheese, Roller Skates, Coloured Pencils
Apr 24, 2009 · 21 min
Steel heads are forged and fitted with handles to make hammers, cultured milk is processed and aged into Swiss cheese, boots are mounted on wheeled frames to create roller skates,
Carbon Fiber Bicycles, Blood Products, Forged Chandeliers, Ballpoint Pens
May 1, 2009 · 21 min
Carbon-fiber layers are molded and cured into lightweight bicycle frames, donated blood is separated into medical products, heated metal is forged and assembled into chandeliers, a
Swiss Army Knives, Player Piano Rolls, Oil Tankers, Racing Wheels
May 8, 2009 · 21 min
Blades and folding implements are assembled into Swiss Army knives, paper rolls are perforated to control player pianos, large steel sections and storage tanks are assembled into o
Bowling Balls, Barber Poles, Felt, Radar Guns
May 15, 2009 · 21 min
Resin and weighted cores are molded and polished into bowling balls, illuminated rotating cylinders are assembled into barber poles, compressed fibers are processed into felt, and
Copper Pipe Fittings, Cylinder Music Boxes, Pepper Mills, Hot Rod Steering Columns
May 22, 2009 · 21 min
Copper tubing is shaped into plumbing fittings, pinned cylinders and tuned metal combs are assembled into music boxes, grinding mechanisms are enclosed in pepper mills, and shafts
Gears, Leather Watchbands, Vitrelle Dishes, Kitchen Shears
May 29, 2009 · 21 min
Metal blanks are cut and finished into precision gears, prepared leather is shaped and stitched into watchbands, laminated glass is molded and strengthened into Vitrelle dishes, an
Pressure Cookers, Mechanical Singing Birds, Oceanographic Buoys, Tank Trailers
Jun 5, 2009 · 21 min
Locking lids and pressure-control valves are fitted to pressure cookers, miniature mechanisms animate mechanical singing birds, scientific instruments are installed in oceanographi
Aluminum Boats, Alpine Horns, Luxury Watches
Jun 12, 2009 · 21 min
Aluminum sheets and structural supports are formed and welded into boats, selected wood is hollowed and shaped into long Alpine horns, and precision movements, cases, dials and han
All-Terrain Vehicles, Alpine Skis, Laser Cutters, Marble Sculptures
Jun 19, 2009 · 21 min
Engines, frames and suspension systems are assembled into all-terrain vehicles, laminated materials are shaped and finished into Alpine skis, optical and mechanical systems are com
Socket Sets, Leather Shoes, Aluminum Water Bottles, Bike Chains
Jun 26, 2009 · 21 min
Hardened steel is forged and machined into sockets and ratchets, prepared leather is cut and formed into shoes, aluminum blanks are shaped into reusable water bottles, and steel li
Carved Wood Sculptures, Flatware, Cow Bells, Fountain Pens
Jul 3, 2009 · 21 min
Blocks of wood are carved and detailed into sculptures, metal blanks are stamped and polished into flatware, formed sheet metal is assembled and tuned into cow bells, and ink reser
Olive Oil, Lift Trucks, Seamless Rolled Rings, Ski Boots
Jul 10, 2009 · 21 min
Harvested olives are crushed and separated into olive oil, engines and hydraulic lifting systems are assembled into lift trucks, heated metal blanks are rolled into seamless rings,
Professional Cookware, Luxury Inlaid Boxes, High-Efficiency Water Heaters, Scooters
Jul 17, 2009 · 21 min
Layers of metal are formed and finished into professional cookware, decorative veneers are cut and fitted into luxury inlaid boxes, insulated tanks and efficient heating systems ar