Roy Underhill
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The Woodwright's Shop
Season 34
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Episode 12014-09-19
Taming the Timber Bench
Your legs will stay tight in this classic German carpenter’s bench built with stopped sliding dovetails.
Episode 22014-09-27
Pinch Rods and Squeezy Blocks
This pair of sliding diagonal rods with copper collars will help you get your chests square and your dovetails tight.
Episode 32014-10-02
Tapered Tail Tripod Table 1
Walnut legs riven from the log begin this table inspired by the Dominy workshops.
Episode 42014-10-11
Tapered Tail Tripod Table 2
A walnut burl top and tricky turning makes tapered dovetails for a three-legged table.
Episode 52014-10-18
Viceless Devices
From the holdfast to the birdsmouth, Roy explores wondrous ways to grip the grain and rediscovers and old trick from a rare book.
Episode 62014-10-25
Daring Diagonal Dovetails
Learn to cut the rising diagonal dovetail for corners that are stronger and striking, no matter how you look at them.
Episode 72014-11-01
Shop Class Tabouret
The old shop-class plant stand joined with half-laps and dowels teaches us to pay attention to the grain, not just the machine.
Episode 82014-11-08
Campaign Furniture
Christopher Schwarz shows the ins and outs of Campaign furniture made for travel to the far-flung reaches of the Empire.
Episode 92014-11-15
Fitting Brass
Chris Schwarz shows how to fit brass corners and hardware flush with the surfaces of Campaign furniture.
Episode 102014-11-22
The Crotch and the Horse
An old shaving horse from the Virginia mountains demonstrates that the natural shapes in timber make the strongest wooden construction.
Episode 112014-12-06
Dovetail Saw
Tom Calisto joins Roy to make a brass-backed hand saw perfect for the finest dovetails or the toughest tenons.
Episode 122014-12-13
Tempered Steel
Blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge, weld, harden and temper tool steel for cutting edges that stay sharp longer.
Episode 132014-12-20
Woodwright! - The Musical
The Underhill Rose band joins Roy in the shop for a musical misadventure in the ways of the Woodwright.