Season 36
13 episodes · 2016
1Van Gogh's Chair
The Season 36 premiere shows how to make a chair similar to the one portrayed in Vincent Van Gogh's masterpiece.
2Sliding Lid Boxes
Roy shows how to create easy-to-make wooden gift boxes with mitered corners and lids that slide in grooves.
3Carved Oak Desk Box
Master of Pilgrim-century furniture Peter Follansbee joins Roy to make a slope-lidded, carved box from carved white and red oak.
4Waving Arm Whirligigs
Figures from history including Benjamin Franklin and Muhammad Ali inspire Roy’s new line of waving arm wooden whirlygigs.
5Wedged Tusk Tenon
Roy and workbench builder Will Myers test out the strength of the classic wedged mortise and tenon joint for take-apart furniture.
6Swedish Shrink Box
Woodworker Peter Follansbee shows Roy Underhill how to make Swedish shrink boxes from hollowed wood with inserted bottoms.
7Saw Like a Butterfly!
The great poet-athlete Muhammad Ali inspires the best lessons in woodworking – Saw Like a Butterfly, Plane Like a Bee!
8Firewood Carrier
Chair-maker Elia Bizzarri shows Roy how to make a split oak firewood carrier inspired by the classic wooden harvest rake.
9Double Casement Window
Roy Underhill makes a double, swinging casement window using wooden planes and premium pine.
10Roman Work Bench
Christopher Schwarz & Roy unlocks the secrets of the ancient Roman woodworker’s bench.
11Staked Furniture
A plank with inserted legs becomes a chair, a table, or a bench...
12Tool Chest Hinges & Latch
Tool Chest Hinges & Latch
13Tool Chest from Bristolfinale
Roy shows how to dovetail a stout, sloped top tool chest.
