Season 16

Season 16 (1996)


Episodes: 13

Star Cast: Roy Underhill ,



Episodes List

Ep.1 Arts and Crafts Bookcase

Air Date: 1996-10-05

Learn the steps to recreate a knock down bookcase originally built by the Roycrofters of East Aurora, New York.

Ep.2 The Secret Dovetailed Box

Air Date: 1996-10-12

Roy shows how to make a small box using a hidden dovetail joint that looks like a miter joint when complete.

Ep.3 Wood Inlay

Air Date: 1996-10-19

This episode starts by making a scratch stock tool necessary to create the grooves for the simple Holly inlay that follows.

Ep.4 The Giant Chisels of Gaul

Air Date: 1996-10-26

Roy visits local blacksmith shops and museums in the Alsace region of France in search of a giant chisel.

Ep.5 Roll Top Cabinetry

Air Date: 1996-11-02

Using a roll-top joinery process, Roy creates a small box with tambour doors.

Ep.6 African Drum

Air Date: 1996-11-09

Roy shows how to build an “African” drum that originally came from colonial America.

Ep.7 Woodcraft of Alsace, France

Air Date: 1996-11-16

Roy continues his visit to the Alsace region looking at woodworking and timber-building traditions.

Ep.8 Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 1

Air Date: 1996-11-23

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

Ep.9 Comb-Back Windsor Chair, Part 2

Air Date: 1996-11-30

In this two-part project, Roy shows the steps to create a classic comb-back Windsor chair.

Ep.10 Sand-Powered Wooden Toys

Air Date: 1996-12-07

Roy builds two simple toys: an interlocking-joint puzzle; and a sand-powered whirligig.

Ep.11 Cutting the Knuckle-Hinge Joint

Air Date: 1996-12-14

Learn to create the useful knuckle-hinge joint and, just for fun, whittle a wooden pair of pliers.

Ep.12 Making Wooden Screws

Air Date: 1996-12-21

Roy shows how to use a tap and screw box to create wooden screws for use in shop and furniture projects.

Ep.13 The Pencil People

Air Date: 1996-12-28

Learn the history of writing instruments and the evolution of the pencil, then look at a variety of pencil sharpeners from the past.