Season 4
13 episodes · 1984
1The Dominy Shop
Roy takes us on a tour the Dominy Shop at Winterthur Museum. The shop holds the tools and shop items used by three generations of craftsman from 1750-1850.
2A Spring Pole Lathe
Roy walks us through the steps to create a simple, but accurate and functional spring pole lathe.
3Ball & Claw Feet
Roy welcomes Wallace Gusler from Colonial Williamsburg, and he shows the process to create a cabriole leg with a ball and claw foot.
4The Wainscot Chair
Roy works with his daughter, Rachel, to create a child-size, 17th-century chair found in a book by Wallace Nutting.
5Tool Boxes & Chests
Roy explores the contents of a recently purchased tool chest, trying to determine something of the original owner. He then shows how to recreate the chest itself.
6Chip Carving
Mack Headley from Colonial Williamsburg visits the shop and demonstrates the chip carving techniques used to decorate furniture.
7Good Fences
Roy looks at the details of early-American fences, including lightweight and portable fences used for sheep herding, garden fences and more substantial post and rail “fences” used in forts built around 1620.
8Kitchen Gifts
Roy shows you how to make some always-gift-appropriate and useful utensils for the kitchen including a rolling pin, heavy spoon, a collapsible drinking cup and more.
9Raising the Shop
Roy pitches in with the raising of the frame-and-timber structure for Anderson’s Forge at Colonial Williamsburg.
10Building a Boat
Roy builds a small rowboat using traditional tools and techniques.
11Rittenshouse Hygrometer
After discussing how humidity affects different wood species, Roy makes a clever and simple late 18th-century hygrometer to measure the humidity in the shop.
12Corner Cupboard
Roy recreates a classic pine corner cupboard.
13Highchairfinale
To celebrate his new nephew, Roy builds an 18th century baby’s high chair with rush seating.