← The Woodwright's Shop

Season 14

13 episodes · 1994

  1. 1Woodworkers of the Red Dragon

    01 Oct 1994

    Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.

  2. 2The Carpenter's Tool Box

    08 Oct 1994

    Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.

  3. 3Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland

    15 Oct 1994

    Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.

  4. 4A Sailor's Sea Chest

    22 Oct 1994

    Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.

  5. 5Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat

    29 Oct 1994

    Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.

  6. 6Standing Embroidery Shop

    05 Nov 1994

    Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.

  7. 7The Timber-Frame House

    12 Nov 1994

    Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.

  8. 8Wooden Lock and Key

    19 Nov 1994

    Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.

  9. 9Shaker Sewing Stand

    26 Nov 1994

    Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.

  10. 10Panel-Frame Construction

    03 Dec 1994

    Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.

  11. 11Tools of the Eighteenth Century

    10 Dec 1994

    Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.

  12. 12The Williamsburg Blacksmiths

    17 Dec 1994

    Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.

  13. 13Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!finale

    24 Dec 1994

    Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.