The Woodwright's Shop
TV-G
8.6
1981
The Woodwright's Shop is a traditional woodworking show hosted by Roy Underhill on the Public Broadcasting Service in the United States. It is one of the longest running "how to" shows on PBS. Since its debut in 1979, the show has aired over 400 episodes. The first two seasons were broadcast only on public TV in North Carolina; the season numbering was restarted when the show went national in 1981. It is still filmed at the UNC-TV studios in Research Triangle Park, North Carolina.
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Episode 13 : Blacksmiths Forge Ahead!
December. 24,1994
Learn the steps used to smith a Suffolk door latch used during colonial times.
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Episode 12 : The Williamsburg Blacksmiths
December. 17,1994
Watch a traditional woodworking tool –a drawknife –forged using historically accurate techniques.
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Episode 11 : Tools of the Eighteenth Century
December. 10,1994
Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to view their exhibit of 1,500 eighteenth-century woodworking tools.
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Episode 10 : Panel-Frame Construction
December. 03,1994
Learn the benefits and uses of frame-and-panel construction and the joinery steps to create a frame-and-panel door.
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Episode 9 : Shaker Sewing Stand
November. 26,1994
Roy builds a traditional single-drawer Shaker sewing stand.
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Episode 8 : Wooden Lock and Key
November. 19,1994
Create a clever wood lock-and-key door set in the shop with Roy.
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Episode 7 : The Timber-Frame House
November. 12,1994
Roy builds a scaled model of a Welsh cruck-frame barn, teaching the woodworking principals of timber framing.
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Episode 6 : Standing Embroidery Shop
November. 05,1994
Learn the steps to build a standing embroidery hoop large enough to handle embroidery on a quilt.
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Episode 5 : Oak High Stool with a Hickory Bark Seat
October. 29,1994
Roy builds a stool starting with splitting and riving the green wood and ending with a woven-bark seat.
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Episode 4 : A Sailor's Sea Chest
October. 22,1994
Learn to build a sailor’s sea chest with beveled through dovetails.
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Episode 3 : Ancient Woodcraft of Ireland
October. 15,1994
Roy looks at Irish woodworking, including houses, harps, caravans and traditional ship-building techniques.
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Episode 2 : The Carpenter's Tool Box
October. 08,1994
Learn to build Roy’s iconic carpenter’s tool tote.
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Episode 1 : Woodworkers of the Red Dragon
October. 01,1994
Roy visits a recreated Celtic village in Wales, looking at Welsh woodworking including building construction, clog making and traditional carved Welsh love spoons.
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