Episodes List
Ep.1 Make a Chair
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(Part 1) — Roy starts a classic post-and-rung rocking chair using traditional greenwood techniques.
Ep.2 Rollin' on the Rocker
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(Part 2) — Work on the rocker continues; shaping the tenons, boring the mortises and creating the splats.
Ep.3 Splittin' and Sittin'
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(Part 3) — Work on the rocker is completed with the creation of the rockers and adding a hickory bark seat.
Ep.4 Hewing a Dough Bowl
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Roy creates a traditional dough bowl from tulip poplar.
Ep.5 Wood-Turning Tricks
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Eleanor Underhill joins Dad in the shop to turn a painted candle stand.
Ep.6 Archer's Bow
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Roy welcomes a bowyer and a fletcher to the shop to make a woodland Indian’s bow and river cane arrows.
Ep.7 Four-Poster Bed
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This may not be the four-poster bed you’re thinking of, as Roy builds a rustic version from rough, red cedar logs
Ep.8 Blacksmith of Williamsburg
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Roy visits Colonial Williamsburg to watch the creation of a set of hardware for window shutters.
Ep.9 Williamsburg Woodcraft
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Continuing the Williamsburg theme, Roy visits the woodworker’s shop to watch frame-and-panel shutters made
Ep.10 Woodworker's Grab Bag
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Daughter Rachel joins Roy in the shop to make a marble track toy and Kick-Me machine.
Ep.11 Thomas Jefferson, Woodworker
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Roy visits Monticello to look at some of the architectural creations and innovations of the former President..
Ep.12 Dovetailed Bookcases
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Roy recreates stacking “book box” shelves built to Thomas Jefferson’s specifications, and still on display at Monticello.
Ep.13 Japanese Woodcrafter
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Toshio Odate visits the shop to discuss and demonstrate Japanese woodworking tools, techniques and joinery.