Some Assembly Required: Season 2 (2008)

Episodes

1. 

   Episode 1 · August 7, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Crash Test Dummies

   Join Brian as he learns the painstaking process in which crash-test dummies are assembled. Next, Brian travels to a company that make old-fashioned kettle chips.

2. 

   Episode 2 · August 7, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Fire Trucks

   Brian travels to Dublin Ohio, home of Sutphen fire engines to learn how to build one. Then, Brian travels to the Rio Grande Valley of Texas to see how pure, white, refined sugar is made.

3. 

   Episode 3 · August 14, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Leatherman

   Join Brian at the Leatherman factory, where they make their cool new tool-the Skeletool. Then, Brian heads to Simmons in Charlotte, North Carolina to uncover the science of how they make the Simmons Beautyrest.

4. 

   Episode 4 · August 14, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Bow & Arrow

   Brian travels to Eugene, Oregon to work with the Bow-Tech craftsman to create a state-of-the-art compound bow. Next, he goes to Monrovia, North Carolina where the legendary Ludwig drums are pounded out for rock stars & wannabes all over the world.

5. 

   Episode 5 · August 21, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Crayons

   Brian Unger travels to Easton, Pennsylvania to make...washable crayons, the much-loved tool of young artists. Then, he heads to Orrville, Ohio to build the breath-taking pipe organs that Schantz installs in churches nationwide.

6. 

   Episode 6 · August 21, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Cast Iron Cookware

   Brian travels to South Pittsburg, Tennessee to the Lodge Cast Iron Cookware to learn how to make cast-iron cookware. Then, on to Old Town, Maine where for the last 100 years the craftsmen of Old Town Canoes have made some of the world's finest watercraft.

7. 

   Episode 7 · September 28, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Newspaper; Pool Table

   Brian Unger heads to the home of country music, Nashville Tennessee to assemble the city's 100-year old newspaper. Join Brian Unger as he heads to Portland, Tennessee to learn how to build a world-class pool table.

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   Episode 8 · September 28, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Semi Tractor Trailer

   How do you build a semi tractor-trailer capable of pulling up to 80,000 tons and make it fuel efficient? Brian Unger finds out at the Peterbilt factory. Then, he heads to Upper Sandusky, Ohio to make a shotgun that's been around since 1937.

9. 

   Episode 9 · September 4, 2008 · 1h 0m

   Sourdough Bread

   Brian tries his hand at making bread in San Francisco, and then hops over to the East Coast to take a look at a rigid-inflatable boat.

10. 

    Episode 10 · September 4, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Aluminum Foil

    In this episode Brian visits Honda ATV factory to see how an ATV is manufactured Also a look round the Alcoa Aluminum plant to observe the making of aluminum foil.

11. 

    Episode 11 · September 11, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Tennis Balls

    Brian examines tennis balls in Arizona, and then heads to Maine to look at some kayaks. Also: silly putty.

12. 

    Episode 12 · September 11, 2008 · 1h 0m

    Golf Balls

    Included in this episode Titleist golf balls; panty hose at Holt Hosiery. Also: a segment on the tape measure.