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The Best Episodes of How It's Made Season 2

Every episode of How It's Made Season 2 ranked from best to worst. Discover the Best Episodes of How It's Made Season 2!

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  1. #1 Fan Favorite
    How It's Made Season 2 Episode 6 - Diamond Cutting, Wood Doors, Paintballs, Newspapers
    8.0/10(43 votes)
    S2:E6

    Rough diamonds are evaluated and precisely cut, lumber is shaped and joined into wooden doors, gelatin shells are filled to create paintballs, and news pages are printed and assembled at high speed.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  2. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 8 - Fiberglass Boats, Clothes Dryers, Bubble Gum, Fireworks
    8.0/10(39 votes)
    S2:E8

    Fiberglass layers are molded into boat hulls, metal cabinets and rotating drums become clothes dryers, gum base is mixed and flavored to make bubble gum, and pyrotechnic compounds are assembled into fireworks.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  3. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 4 - Winter Jackets, Animation, Mushrooms, Gold Rings
    7.9/10(42 votes)
    S2:E4

    Insulated materials are cut and sewn into winter jackets, drawings are developed into animated sequences, mushrooms are cultivated under controlled conditions, and gold alloys are formed and polished into rings.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  4. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 9 - Steel Safes, False Teeth, Airplanes, Maple Syrup
    7.9/10(35 votes)
    S2:E9

    Reinforced steel is fabricated into security safes, dental impressions are used to create fitted dentures, aircraft structures and systems are assembled, and maple sap is collected and concentrated into syrup.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  5. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 1 - Eyeglass Lenses, Granite, Potato Chips, Microprocessors
    7.8/10(47 votes)
    S2:E1

    The manufacturing processes behind prescription eyeglass lenses, finished granite products, mass-produced potato chips and microscopic computer processors are examined.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  6. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 5 - Hydroponic Lettuce, Construction Wood, Recycling, Fishing Flies
    7.8/10(41 votes)
    S2:E5

    Lettuce is grown without soil in a hydroponic system, logs are processed into construction lumber, discarded materials are sorted and prepared for reuse, and feathers and fibers are tied into artificial fishing flies.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  8. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 7 - Carpets, Drinking Water, Laser Eye Surgery, Acoustic Guitars
    7.8/10(38 votes)
    S2:E7

    Yarn is tufted and finished into carpet, municipal water is filtered and disinfected, lasers are used to reshape the eye during corrective surgery, and selected woods are fashioned into acoustic guitars.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  9. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 10 - Gummies, Aluminum Cans, Fish Farming, Bronze Sculptures
    7.8/10(35 votes)
    S2:E10

    Gelatin mixtures are molded into gummy candies, aluminum sheet is formed into beverage cans, fish are raised in controlled aquaculture facilities, and artists use molds and molten metal to cast bronze sculptures.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  10. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 12 - Cars, Grocery Carts, Rapid Tooling and Prototyping, Collectible Coins
    7.8/10(35 votes)
    S2:E12

    Automobile bodies and mechanical components come together on an assembly line, steel wire is shaped into grocery carts, computer-assisted techniques create rapid prototypes and tooling, and commemorative designs are struck into collectible coins.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  11. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 2 - Honey, Fiber-Optics, Bricks, Pipe Organs
    7.7/10(46 votes)
    S2:E2

    Bees and beekeepers produce and harvest honey, glass is drawn into extremely fine optical fibers, clay is molded and fired into bricks, and thousands of specialized components are assembled into pipe organs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  12. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 11 - Aluminum Pots and Pans, Artificial Limbs, Peanut Butter, High Intensity Light Bulbs
    7.7/10(41 votes)
    S2:E11

    Aluminum is pressed and finished into cookware, prosthetic limbs are designed and fitted to individual patients, roasted peanuts are ground into peanut butter, and specialized components are assembled into high-intensity light bulbs.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  13. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 13 - Ball Bearings, Electrical Wires, Lost Wax Process Casting, Automated Machines
    7.7/10(35 votes)
    S2:E13

    Steel components are ground and polished into precision ball bearings, conductive metal is drawn and insulated to produce electrical wire, wax models are used to cast complex metal objects, and a compilation examines automated manufacturing machinery.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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  14. How It's Made Season 2 Episode 3 - Personal Watercraft, Wine, Office Furniture, Ice Skates
    7.4/10(42 votes)
    S2:E3

    Personal watercraft are molded and mechanically assembled, grapes are fermented and aged into wine, particleboard is transformed into office furniture, and shaped steel blades are fitted to ice-skate boots.

    Director:Unknown
    Writer:Unknown

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Season 2 Ratings Summary

"Diamond Cutting, Wood Doors, Paintballs, Newspapers" is the best rated episode of How It's Made season 2. It scored 8.0/10 from 43 votes. Written and directed by Unknown, it aired on October 19, 2002.