The Woodwright's Shop

Season 33

TV-G

As Roy Underhill initiated his 37th season on PBS. This craftsman-historian has been teaching the practical methods of woodworking, using methods from the Roman Empire to the industrial revolution. He has presented how-to with and without guests. Through the years he has covered smith works for making tools, making wood cookie molds, foot operated lathes, wagon wheels, posted framework, and more.

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13 Episodes

Rachell's Standing Desk PT. 1
E1
Rachell's Standing Desk PT. 1Give your butt joints a break with the tenons and dovetails that connect this pine standing desk from Pennsylvania.
Rachell's Standing Desk PT. 2
E2
Rachell's Standing Desk PT. 2The miter-clamped breadboard end makes a broad desktop that always stays flat.
The Venerable Bead
E3
The Venerable BeadRoy Underhill demonstrates how to cut bead moldings with hand planes for corners that look sharp and last longer.
Carving Away With Mary May
E4
Carving Away With Mary MayClassical carver Mary May provides a lesson on woodcarving and a proper rebuke for edge tool abuse!
Swinging Saw Vise
E5
Swinging Saw ViseRoy duplicates the beveled bridle joints and chamfered chops of an old saw-sharpening vise.
Sharpen That Saw!
E6
Sharpen That Saw!Using giant model rip and crosscut saws, Roy demonstrates how to correctly sharpen handsaws.
Combination Planes
E7
Combination PlanesRoy attempts to replace a chest of molding planes with one complex metal contraption
Joined Chest With Peter Follansbee
E8
Joined Chest With Peter FollansbeeThe master joiner of Plimoth Plantation shows how to frame a small, mortised, and tenoned chest in the old English style.
Paneled Chest With Peter Follansbee
E9
Paneled Chest With Peter FollansbeeA master joiner shows Roy how to make and fit the beveled panels and storage till into a framed chest from the Pilgrim era.
Early Iron With Peter Ross
E10
Early Iron With Peter RossMaster blacksmith Peter Ross shows how to forge iron hinges and locks from the earliest days of the American experience.
Try Square with Christopher Schwarz
E11
Try Square with Christopher SchwarzChris Schwarz shows Roy how to measure up with an English try square based on the examples in the famous Benjamin Seaton tool chest.
Dutch Tool Chest with Christopher Schwarz
E12
Dutch Tool Chest with Christopher SchwarzLearn to make the simple and useful Dutch tool chest with its characteristic 30-degree slanted lid.
Big Ash Mallet!
E13
Big Ash Mallet!With ash head and hickory handle, Roy shows how to make a proper joiner's mallet for the ages.