How It's Made

- Season 1

(2001)

How It's Made looks at the machines and construction methods behind aluminum foil, snow boards, soft contact lenses, and bread.

In this episode find out how compact discs, mozzarella cheese, pantyhose, and fluorescent tubes are made.

Everyday objects often have fascinating roots. Find out how toothpicks, acrylic bathtubs, helicopters and beer are made.

Follow the production process of hearing aids, 3-D puzzles, Rubber mats, and toilets.

This episode will show you how copy paper, jeans, computers, and plate glass is made.

Nails and staples, safety glasses, fabrics, bicycles; find out how each of these every day items are made and put together.

In this episode follow the production from start to finish of kayaks, safety boots, electronic signs, and cereals.

Find out how trucks, adhesive bandages, computer circuit boards, and liquors are made.

How it's made: steel, apple juice, aircraft landing gear, and cosmetics.

The process behind making holograms, package printing, skin cultures, and canned corn revealed.

Learn how plastic bags, solar panels, plastic gasoline containers, and hockey sticks are made.

Aluminum screw caps, chocolate, pills and pasta are some of the most common items around today. In this episode, find out how they are made.

Bicycle helmets, lithium batteries, car brakes, and aluminum are depended on every day. In this episode, find out how each is made.