← The Woodwright's Shop

Season 11

13 episodes

  1. 1Make a Chair

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    (Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.

  2. 2Rollin' on the Rocker

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    (Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.

  3. 3Splittin' and Sittin'

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    (Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.

  4. 4Hewing a Dough Bowl

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    Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.

  5. 5Wood-Turning Tricks

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    Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.

  6. 6Archer's Bow

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    Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.

  7. 7Four-Poster Bed

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    This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs

  8. 8Blacksmith of Williamsburg

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    Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.

  9. 9Williamsburg Woodcraft

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    Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made

  10. 10Woodworker's Grab Bag

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    Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.

  11. 11Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker

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    Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..

  12. 12Dovetailed Bookcases

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    Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.

  13. 13Japanese Woodcrafter

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    Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.