How It's Made: Season 16
Season 16 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 15.
- 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 16 Progress Shield
Millefiori Glass Paperweights, Road Salt, Nutcrackers, Car Doors
Oct 1, 2010 · 21 min
Slices of brightly patterned glass cane are arranged and fused within clear glass to create millefiori paperweights. The episode also follows the processing of road salt for winter
Straight Razors, Black Pudding, Steering Wheels, Inorganic Pigments
Oct 8, 2010 · 21 min
Steel blanks are shaped, hardened, ground and carefully honed into straight razors. Blood, fat, grain and seasonings are prepared for traditional black pudding; metal frames are pa
Cast Iron Cookware, Biodiesel, Clothes Hangers, Stone Wool Insulation
Oct 15, 2010 · 21 min
Molten iron is poured into moulds, cleaned and finished to create durable cast iron cookware. Vegetable oil is chemically converted and purified into biodiesel, clothes hangers are
Needles and Pins, Architectural Mouldings, Locomotives, Clothespins
Oct 22, 2010 · 21 min
Fine metal wire is straightened, cut, pointed and finished to manufacture needles and pins. Decorative profiles are reproduced as architectural mouldings, heavy structural and mech
Filigree Glass, Fish Food, Motor Homes
Oct 29, 2010 · 21 min
Fine strands and rods of coloured glass are heated, arranged and fused into the intricate patterns of filigree glass. Nutritional ingredients are ground, blended and formed into fi
Surgical Instruments, Ketchup, Double-Decker Buses, Walking Sticks
Nov 5, 2010 · 21 min
Medical-grade steel is forged or machined, polished and inspected to create precise surgical instruments. Tomatoes are cooked, strained, seasoned and bottled as ketchup; large chas
Audio Vacuum Tubes, Light Bars, Wood Model Aircraft, Metal Snare Drums
Nov 12, 2010 · 21 min
Delicate electrodes and control grids are assembled inside glass envelopes that are evacuated and sealed to form audio vacuum tubes. Optical modules, wiring and housings are combin
Kitchen Accessories, Central Vacuums, Papier-Mâché Animals, Hydraulic Cylinders
Nov 19, 2010 · 21 min
Metal, wood and plastic components are shaped and finished into practical kitchen accessories. Motors, filters and collection housings are assembled into central vacuum systems; la
Clay Liquor Jugs, Poultry Deli Meats, NASCAR Engines
Nov 26, 2010 · 21 min
Clay is formed into traditional liquor jugs before the vessels are dried, glazed and fired. Poultry is prepared, seasoned, formed and cooked into uniform deli meats, while speciall
Digital Dentistry, Nail Clippers, Poster Restoration, Canola Oil
Dec 3, 2010 · 21 min
Digital scans and computer-guided equipment are used to design and manufacture precisely fitted dental restorations. Steel is stamped, hardened, sharpened and assembled into nail c
Dial Thermometers, Hummus, Spent Fuel Containers, Straw Sombreros
Dec 10, 2010 · 21 min
Temperature-sensitive mechanisms are connected to calibrated faces and protective housings to produce dial thermometers. Cooked chickpeas are blended with tahini, oil and seasoning
Tequila, Waterbeds, Flip Flops, Silver
Dec 17, 2010 · 21 min
Blue agave hearts are cooked, crushed, fermented and distilled to produce tequila. Sheets of flexible vinyl are cut, heat-sealed and fitted with valves to form waterbed mattresses;
Composite Propane Cylinders, Salsa, Water-Pumping Windmills, Dragsters
Dec 24, 2010 · 21 min
Lightweight liners are wrapped with resin-impregnated fibres, cured and pressure-tested to create composite propane cylinders. Vegetables and seasonings are cleaned, chopped, blend