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Gibson, Crayola and La-Z Boy

<i>Made in America</i> host George Motz makes a Les Paul guitar at the Gibson factory, pays a visit to the Crayola factory and a makes a recliner at the La-Z Boy factory.

A Gibson Les Paul is prepped for buffing.

Host George Motz holds the wood body for a Les Paul guitar.

The mill room at the Gibson factory -- full of stacks of guitar bodies.

Finished Gibson guitars lined up on a rack.

Host George Motz holds wax that has been scraped off the molding table at the Crayola factory in Easton, PA.

A rainbow of brightly colored crayons feeds into the sorting machine at Crayola.

Crayola manufacturing associate Elmer Wendell waits for wax to cool at the Crayola Museum.

Boxes of crayons ready to be fed into the sorting and boxing machine.

Host George Motz helps saw operator Jason Cordova load giant foam blocks into the cutting machine at the La-Z-Boy factory in Siloam Springs, AR.

George clears excess foam from the cutting machine at La-Z-Boy.

La-Z-Boy training supervisor Paul Dilbeck shows George how to properly fit an arm cushion for a recliner.

George Motz and Paul Dilbeck "test" new La-Z-Boy recliners.

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