How It's Made: Season 14
Season 14 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 13.
- 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 14 Progress Shield
Ski Goggles, Tower Cranes, Porcelain Figurines, Diesel Engines
Sep 18, 2009 · 21 min
Protective lenses are formed, tinted and coated before being fitted into flexible ski-goggle frames. The episode also follows the fabrication and assembly of towering construction
Mini GP Motorcycles, Fig Cookies, Tool Boxes, Pipe Bends
Oct 2, 2009 · 21 min
Compact racing motorcycles take shape as their lightweight frames, engines, suspension and controls are assembled. Fig filling is enclosed in sheets of dough and baked into uniform
Western Revolver Replicas, Arc Trainers, Used-Oil Furnaces, Vegetable Peelers and Pizza Cutters
Oct 9, 2009 · 21 min
Metal components are cast, machined and finished to create non-firing replicas of historic Western revolvers. The episode also reveals how elliptical arc trainers combine steel fra
Custom Running Shoes, Axes, Racing Karts, Animatronics
Oct 16, 2009 · 21 min
Measurements of a runner’s feet and movement are used to create individually fitted shoes, with custom-shaped components joined to supportive uppers and soles. Axe heads are forged
Metal Golf Clubs, Waffles, Custom Wires and Cables, Train Wheels
Oct 23, 2009 · 21 min
Golf-club heads are cast or forged, shaped and fitted to carefully selected shafts. Waffle batter is portioned and baked between patterned cooking plates, electrical conductors are
Sails, Walnuts, Wheel Immobilizers, Honeycomb Structural Panels
Oct 30, 2009 · 21 min
Computer-designed fabric panels are cut, joined and reinforced to create sails able to withstand changing wind loads. Walnuts are cracked, separated and graded, hardened metal comp
Surfboards, Stickers, Sandwich Cookies, Concrete Roofing Tiles
Nov 6, 2009 · 21 min
Foam blanks are shaped into surfboards before being reinforced with fibreglass and resin and given a smooth final finish. Printed designs receive adhesive and protective coatings b
Stuffed Olives, Astrolabes, Western Saddles
Nov 13, 2009 · 21 min
Olives are sorted, pitted and filled before being preserved and packaged. Metal discs are engraved and assembled into working astrolabes based on traditional astronomical instrumen
Headphones, Diving Regulators, Reflector Light Bulbs
Nov 20, 2009 · 21 min
Miniature speaker drivers, wiring and cushioned housings are assembled into headphones. Precision valves, diaphragms and seals are combined and pressure-tested to create diving reg
Fly Fishing Reels, House Paint, Weaving Looms, Ice Makers
Dec 4, 2009 · 21 min
Lightweight metal is machined into precisely balanced fly-fishing reels and fitted with smooth drag mechanisms. Pigments, binders and additives are blended into house paint, weavin
Graphite Pencil Leads, Clarinets, Special Effects
Dec 11, 2009 · 21 min
Graphite and clay are blended, extruded into slender rods, fired and treated to produce smooth, durable pencil leads. Seasoned wood is drilled, turned and fitted with a complex key
Air Boats, Onions, 3D Metal Printing, Curved Cabinet Doors
Dec 18, 2009 · 21 min
A flat-bottomed hull, powerful engine, large propeller and protective cage are combined to build an airboat capable of crossing shallow water and marshland. Onions are harvested, c
Retractable Ballpoint Pens, Solar Salt, Tubas
Jan 8, 2010 · 21 min
Injection-moulded pen bodies are fitted with ink refills, ballpoint tips, springs and retracting mechanisms. Salt water is concentrated in large evaporation ponds until crystals ca