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 : Colonial Tablemaker
December. 22,2001
Watch Roy “spin the wheel” at the Cabinet shop in Colonial Williamsburg as they produce 18th century furniture the old fashioned way.
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Episode 12 : Flintlock Gunsmith
December. 15,2001
Roy visits the Gunsmith Shop at Colonial Williamsburg to see how 18th century flintlock rifles were made.
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Episode 11 : Window from Williamsburg
December. 08,2001
Learn how to build a four-light Colonial window sash.
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Episode 10 : Tiny Furniture
December. 01,2001
Learn how to make “big” furniture by starting with scaled down versions.
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Episode 9 : Blacksmith Hinges
November. 24,2001
Join Roy at the Anderson Forge in Colonial Williamsburg and see how to make a traditional cross garnet hinge.
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Episode 8 : Fools for Tools
November. 17,2001
Roy shows you how to find and restore traditional tools needed to do old time traditional woodworking.
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Episode 7 : Impossible Joints
November. 10,2001
Make a mysterious puzzle mallet with a devilishly difficult dovetail that’s impossible to break!
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Episode 6 : Timber Frame at the Folklife Festival
November. 03,2001
Join Roy at the annual Smithsonian Folklife Festival and learn how to build a timber-frame barn.
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Episode 5 : Walnut Krumhorn
October. 27,2001
Get down, get musical! Produce a wonderful old wind instrument from the Elizabethan era- the Krumhorn!
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Episode 4 : Rounder Plane
October. 20,2001
An endless “pencil” sharpener to make round tapered handles for rake, boat spars- and more.
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Episode 3 : Toolbox from the 1940s
October. 13,2001
You can learn how to build a timeless relic from past generations of fine woodworkers in this episode, a Joiner’s Tool Box.
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Episode 2 : Welsh Chair Bodger Don Weber
October. 06,2001
Roy teams up with the old Welsh Bodger himself and together they demonstrate how to build a classic Welsh Stick Chair.
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Episode 1 : The Sawhorse
September. 29,2001
The tools we use can be beautiful too! Roy shows you how to build beautiful saw horse.
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