How It's Made: Season 30
Season 30 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 29.
- 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 30 Progress Shield
Leather Basketballs, Flood Gates, Wood Panel Canvases, Shoelaces
Sep 11, 2017 · 21 min
Rubber bladders are wrapped with reinforcing material before carefully cut leather panels are fitted, stitched and finished into basketballs. Heavy steel sections are fabricated in
Power Steering Pumps, Asian Bowl Meals, Walking Canes
Sep 18, 2017 · 21 min
Machined housings, shafts, vanes and seals are assembled into pumps that circulate hydraulic fluid through automotive power-steering systems. Prepared meats, vegetables, rice and s
Plant Oil Extractors, Custom-Made Chandeliers, Power Trainers, Coffee Pods
Sep 25, 2017 · 21 min
Stainless-steel chambers, pumps, filters and controls are assembled into equipment that extracts oils from plant material. Metal frameworks are fabricated and decorated to create c
Witness Samples, Pressure Washers, Beehives, Cast Iron Cookers
Oct 2, 2017 · 21 min
Standardized witness samples are prepared, documented and preserved so manufactured materials can later be tested without damaging the finished product. Pumps, engines, hoses and c
Leather Sculptures, Travel Hot Plates, Ochre, Hurdy-Gurdies
Oct 9, 2017 · 21 min
Moistened leather is moulded, carved, dried and coloured to create detailed three-dimensional sculptures. Compact heating elements, thermostats and insulated housings are assembled
Spiral Stairs, Pita Bread, Exhaust Headers, Moulded Limestone Artwork
Oct 30, 2017 · 21 min
Steel columns, steps and railings are measured, shaped and welded into space-saving spiral staircases. Yeast dough is mixed, divided and baked at high temperature so steam inflates
Recycled Skateboard Guitars, Solar Street Lights, Dolls
Nov 6, 2017 · 21 min
Discarded skateboard decks are stripped, laminated and machined into colourful electric-guitar bodies before necks, pickups and controls are installed. Photovoltaic panels, batteri
Glass Sculptures, Racing Pulley Systems, Inductors, Medicine Balls
Nov 13, 2017 · 21 min
Molten glass is gathered, coloured and manipulated with heat and hand tools to create sculptural forms. Precision pulleys, ropes and mounting hardware are combined into systems use
Fish Rubbings, Clay Shooting Machines, Almonds, High-End Motorcycles
Nov 20, 2017 · 21 min
Ink is carefully applied to prepared fish so their scales, fins and contours can be transferred to paper using the traditional art of gyotaku. Motors, springs and throwing arms are
Throttle Bodies, Limestone Fireplace Mantels, Candied Fruit and Fruit Jellies, Linen Ukuleles
Nov 27, 2017 · 21 min
Cast housings are machined and fitted with butterfly valves, shafts and electronic sensors to produce automotive throttle bodies. Limestone blocks are cut and carved into fireplace
Rubber Balls, Motion Chairs, Montreal Smoked Meat, Motorized Scooters
Dec 4, 2017 · 21 min
Rubber compounds are prepared, moulded and cured into resilient balls of consistent size and bounce. Upholstered seats are fitted with motors, actuators and electronic controls to
Aerospace Fasteners, Cactus Pear Puree, Lab Reactors
Dec 11, 2017 · 21 min
Specialized alloys are formed, threaded, heat-treated, coated and rigorously inspected to produce fasteners capable of withstanding aerospace loads. Cactus pears are cleaned, peele
Wall Beds, Sundae Cups, Digital Paintings, Badminton Rackets
Dec 18, 2017 · 21 min
Cabinet frames, folding supports and counterbalanced lifting mechanisms are assembled into beds that store vertically against a wall. Sheet material is formed, printed and trimmed