How It's Made - Season 17

Season 17
Episodes

Decorative Sombreros, Salad Dressings, Cap Guns, Regenerative Medicine

Cheese Graters; Hot Sauce; Silver Jewelery; Traditional Mexican Chairs

Game calls; Mayonnaise; Traditional Razor Blades; Butterfly Safety Razors

Corn Tortillas; Crankshafts & Camshafts; Bush Planes; Aluminum Bike Wheels

Folding Kayaks; Piñatas; Garbage Trucks; Ceramic Composite Brake Discs

Rolled Wafers, Wood Pellets, Class & Championship Rings

Speed skates, synthetic rubber, cocoa beans, and bulk chocolate

Custom Steering Wheels; Aerospace Fuel Lines; Apple Pies; Household Radiators

Whips, automated pizza makers, incense cones, and scale turbine engines

Heather gems, instant film, beet sugar, electric roadsters

Underwater robots, lasagne, band saws, and ski trekking poles

Laminated Wood Beams; Sport Utility Vehicles; Veggie Burgers; Wood-boring Augers

Turbochargers, enchiladas, and watches
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