The Woodwright's Shop

  • Premiered: Oct 1980
  • Episodes: 363
  • Followers: 5
  • Ended
  • PBS
  • Saturday at 16
  • Home and garden Reality

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Season 1
1x1
Maul & Glut
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 03, 1980
Watch Roy make two traditional tools by first felling a tree then shaping a maul and glut using period iron woodworking tools.
1x2
Shaving Horse
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 10, 1980
Learn how to make a shaving horse – one of the most important hand-tool shop fixtures for working with drawknives and spokeshaves.
1x3
Shaving Horse Part 2
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 17, 1980
This episode has no summary.
1x4
Hay Rake
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 24, 1980
Spend time with Roy as he shows you how to build one of his favorite projects: a hickory hay rake that is both strong and lightweight.
1x5
Lathes
Episode overview
Air date
Oct 31, 1980
Join Roy on a tour of the history and development of human powered machines, including one of his favorites: the lathe.
1x6
Rocking Chair
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 07, 1980
Learn how to build a classic armless rocking chair using traditional tools and techniques. Then create a woven white oak seat for the rocker. Plus, watch as Roy’s guest Bryant Holsenbeck demonstrates how to weave a traditional basket.
1x7
Rocking Chair Part 2
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 14, 1980
This episode has no summary.
1x8
Log Cabin
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 21, 1980
Watch as Roy demonstrates the steps and hand-hewn joinery used in building traditional log cabins.
1x9
Timberframe Construction
Episode overview
Air date
Nov 28, 1980
Watch and learn as Roy addresses the details of timber framing, including post-and-beam and mortise-and-tenon construction techniques.
1x10
Dough Bowls and Pitch Forks
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 05, 1980
Watch as Roy makes a pitchfork and a dough bowl, each from a single piece of wood.
1x11
Blacksmithing
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 12, 1980
Spend some time at the forge with Roy to learn basic blacksmithing techniques and discover how to create a spike dog (a tool used in timber framing).
1x12
Panel Frame and Dovetail
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 19, 1980
Follow along as Roy discusses frame-and-panel construction for doors, and the basic steps for cutting a dovetailed joint.
1x13
Colonial Williamsburg
Episode overview
Air date
Dec 26, 1980
Travel with Roy to Colonial Williamsburg to take a look at 18th-century craftsmanship including a visit with a wheelwright, a cooper and a blacksmith, as well as a look inside the Anthony Hay Cabinet Shop.

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