How It's Made: Season 23
Season 23 Lore Primer
Key plot threads, lore context, and character stakes you need to remember before diving into this season.
- Picks up essential narrative continuity directly following the events of How It's Made Season 22.
- Character alliances, factions, and personal loyalties undergo significant shifts under escalating stakes.
- Addresses unresolved cliffhangers and thematic mysteries introduced during previous seasons.
- Establishes the primary seasonal conflict that drives serialized character arcs toward the finale.
Episode Guide
Season 23 Progress Shield
Motion Sensors, Belt Loaders, Pheasant Breeding, Diving Helmets
Apr 3, 2014 · 21 min
Electronic sensing components are installed, programmed and calibrated to create motion detectors. Airport belt loaders are assembled around adjustable conveyor systems; pheasants
Rawhide Lampshades, Chocolate Chip Cookies, MRI Scanners
Apr 10, 2014 · 21 min
Prepared rawhide is stretched over frames, dried and decorated to produce distinctive lampshades. Cookie dough is mixed, portioned with chocolate chips and baked on a continuous pr
Noise Barrier Walls, Front-Load Washers, Bourbon, Flexible Circuit Boards
Apr 17, 2014 · 21 min
Sound-absorbing materials are formed into roadside panels designed to reduce traffic noise. Drums, motors, pumps and electronic controls are installed in front-loading washing mach
Railway Bridge Ties, Membrane Filters, Hydraulic Post Drivers, Bi-Planes
Apr 24, 2014 · 21 min
Heavy timbers are cut, drilled and treated for use as railway ties on bridges. Selective membranes are formed and installed in filtration units; hydraulic mechanisms are assembled
Hospital Laundry, Brass Instrument Restoration, Horse Replicas, Excavation Buckets
May 1, 2014 · 21 min
Hospital linens are sorted, disinfected, washed, dried and folded on a large industrial scale. Damaged brass instruments are dismantled, repaired and refinished; moulded forms are
Ceramic Fireplaces, Synthetic Corks, Parking Garage Floor Slabs
May 15, 2014 · 21 min
Heat-resistant ceramic sections are moulded, fired and assembled into fireplaces. Polymer materials are formed into synthetic bottle corks designed to provide a consistent seal, wh
Oil Pressure Sensors, Large Format Printing, Heavy Equipment Simulators, Head & Neck Restraints
May 22, 2014 · 21 min
Precision diaphragms and electronic components are assembled and calibrated to measure engine-oil pressure. Digital images are prepared and reproduced on oversized printing equipme
Mobile Concert Stages, Mascara, Continuous Miners, Wood Gift Boxes
May 29, 2014 · 21 min
Folding structural sections, hydraulic systems and performance equipment are incorporated into trailers that unfold into mobile concert stages. Pigments, waxes and other ingredient
NASCAR Car Bodies, Hurley Sticks, Tube Power Amplifiers, Thermal Coffee Pots
Jun 5, 2014 · 21 min
Sheet metal is shaped and fitted over reinforced racing chassis to create NASCAR car bodies. Ash wood is selected, shaped and finished into traditional hurley sticks; vacuum tubes,
Electric Vehicle Charging Stations, Grappa, Lunar Rover Replicas
Jun 12, 2014 · 21 min
Power electronics, cables, connectors and control systems are enclosed in weather-resistant electric-vehicle charging stations. Fermented grape residue is distilled to produce grap
Slate Tiles, Hot Dog Carts, Garage Door Openers, Bicycle Seats
Jun 19, 2014 · 21 min
Natural slate is split into thin layers, cut to size and finished as durable roofing or flooring tiles. Stainless-steel bodies, cooking equipment and storage compartments are assem
Racing Leathers, Evaporative Cooling Towers, Wood Rocking Chairs, Wire Wheels
Jun 26, 2014 · 21 min
Leather panels are cut, reinforced and sewn into protective racing suits. Fans, water-distribution systems and heat-transfer materials are assembled into evaporative cooling towers
Mountain Bikes, Rice, Lever Action Rifles
Jul 3, 2014 · 21 min
Lightweight frames are fitted with suspension, drivetrains, brakes and wheels to produce mountain bikes. Harvested rice is dried, cleaned, husked and milled for consumption, while