Roy Underhill
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The Woodwright's Shop
Season 18
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Episode 11998-10-03
Dovetailing a Cedar Box
Learn simple box dovetails and create some shop characters that can hang out inside.
Episode 21998-10-10
Chip Carving
Dress up a small cedar box with a variety of chip carving designs.
Episode 31998-10-17
Chairs for Children
Roy makes a walnut stick chair and a pine slab chair perfectly sized for children.
Episode 41998-10-24
Bark and Rustic Work
Learn the details to add a hickory bark seat to a child’s chair.
Episode 51998-10-31
Debate of the Carpenter's Tools
Roy draws on poetry from the 1400s to explain what tools were used by wrights of the day.
Episode 61998-11-07
Treadle Lathe
Build an improved version of Roy’s 20-year-old treadle lathe design — and it starts with scrap lumber!
Episode 71998-11-14
White Oak Basket
A class on basket weaving? You bet! Weave a white oak basket with Roy.
Episode 81998-11-21
Wall Tool Chest
Roy uses a red oak tool chest to illustrate a discussion on hand planes.
Episode 91998-11-28
Woodworking Gizmos
Learn to convert a treadle lathe into a treadle jigsaw.
Episode 101998-12-05
Traditional Toys
Roy shows how to make a traditional Russian pecking-chicken toy.
Episode 111998-12-12
Old Salem
Roy visits Old Salem, North Carolina, founded in the 1760s by the Moravians. Their craft lives on in the recreated town.
Episode 121998-12-19
Swinging Cradle from Saxony
Learn to build a scaled-down German swinging cradle built with lapstrake construction.
Episode 131998-12-26
Jamestown Woodworkers, 1607
Learn about the history and the early settlers of the Jamestown, Virginia settlement.
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