How It's Made: Season 18
Season 18 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 17.
- 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 18 Progress Shield
Patterned Glass Panels, Road Cases, Stop-Frame Animation
Sep 13, 2011 · 21 min
Molten glass is formed with textured patterns to create decorative and privacy panels. Durable plywood shells are reinforced with metal edging, corners and locking hardware to make
Industrial Wire Ropes, Living Walls, Large Format Cameras, Gemstones
Sep 20, 2011 · 21 min
Individual steel wires are twisted into strands and wound around a central core to produce heavy-duty industrial wire ropes. Plants, growing media and irrigation systems are combin
Chocolate Coins, Floor Heating Systems, Pedal Cars, Latex Swords
Sep 27, 2011 · 21 min
Tempered chocolate is moulded into coins and wrapped in embossed metallic foil. Electrical heating elements are arranged beneath flooring to provide even radiant heat, child-sized
Farmed Caviar, Intake Manifolds, Motorcycle Jackets, Shovels & Spades
Oct 4, 2011 · 21 min
Farm-raised sturgeon provide roe that is carefully separated, graded and salted to produce caviar. Intake manifolds are cast and machined to distribute air through an engine, prote
Wax Figures, Awnings, Sandwich Crackers, Pewter Tankards
Oct 11, 2011 · 21 min
Detailed sculptures and moulds are used to create lifelike wax figures, which are completed with painted features and individually applied hair. Weather-resistant fabric is cut and
Pipe Cleaners, Blue Stilton Cheese, Smart Electric Meters, Telescopes
Oct 18, 2011 · 21 min
Soft fibres are trapped between twisting wires to produce flexible pipe cleaners. Cultured milk is coagulated, drained and pierced so the characteristic blue mould can develop in S
Fish Replicas, Siren Systems, Pre-Packaged Sandwiches, Candlesticks
Oct 25, 2011 · 21 min
Moulds taken from real specimens are used to cast lightweight fish replicas, which are carefully painted to reproduce natural markings. Electronic and acoustic components are assem
Tapioca Pudding, Snow Ploughs, Paddle Boats, Fibre Cement Siding
Nov 1, 2011 · 21 min
Tapioca pearls are cooked with dairy ingredients and sweeteners to produce a smooth packaged pudding. Heavy steel plates are cut, curved and welded into snow ploughs; moulded hulls
Rally Cars, Pork Pies, Floating Fountains, Artificial Stone Ornaments
Nov 8, 2011 · 21 min
Production vehicles are stripped, reinforced and equipped with specialised engines, suspension and safety systems to create rally cars. Pastry shells are filled and baked into trad
Cufflinks, Blueberry Turnovers, Dashboards, Earthenware Pottery
Nov 15, 2011 · 21 min
Small metal components are cast or cut, joined and polished to create decorative cufflinks. Pastry is folded around blueberry filling and baked into turnovers, moulded structures a
Pharmaceutical Blister Packs, Deli Slicers, Oysters, Weathervanes
Nov 22, 2011 · 21 min
Plastic film is heated and formed into individual cavities, filled with medication and sealed with foil to produce pharmaceutical blister packs. Stainless-steel blades, motors and
Top & Bowler Hats, Solar Water Heaters, Sticky Buns, Electrostatic Speakers
Nov 29, 2011 · 21 min
Felt hat bodies are steamed, stretched over wooden forms and trimmed into top hats and bowlers. Absorbing collectors, pipes and insulated tanks are assembled into solar water-heati
Turntables, Steam Engines, Playground Equipment, Teflon Pans
Dec 6, 2011 · 21 min
Platters, motors, tonearms and electronic controls are assembled and calibrated to produce turntables. Boilers and precision-machined moving components are combined into working st