Episodes List
Ep.1 Make Your Shaving Horse
Air Date: 1997-10-04
Roy shows you how to make a shaving horse from a single 2x10.
Ep.2 Whittling Chains and Ball in Cage
Air Date: 1997-10-11
Learn to whittle the mysterious, impossible-seeming wooden chain and ball-in-cage.
Ep.3 Windsor High Chair
Air Date: 1997-10-18
Roy make a child’s Windsor highchair showing classic Windsor techniques.
Ep.4 Chinese Bamboo Chair
Air Date: 1997-10-25
Make a chair out of grass ... Chinese bamboo, that is.
Ep.5 Shaker Boxes
Air Date: 1997-11-01
Make a No. 3 bentwood Shaker box – a deceptively simple design.
Ep.6 Panel-Framed Bench
Air Date: 1997-11-08
Roy’s panel-framed bench has a storage space built beneath the seat.
Ep.7 Hanging Bookcase
Air Date: 1997-11-15
Using thin wood and only tapered, sliding dovetails, Roy makes a sturdy hanging bookshelf.
Ep.8 Window Sash Restoration
Air Date: 1997-11-22
Roy takes a rotted window sash and repairs it with weather resistant resinous wood.
Ep.9 Wooden Tea Machine
Air Date: 1997-11-29
Make a cam-operated tea bag dunking machine that’ll save your arms from the repetitive motion of steeping tea.
Ep.10 Nuts to You
Air Date: 1997-12-06
How do you get to the center of a walnut? Build a turned, decorated nut cracker, as well as a simpler version from one piece of wood.
Ep.11 Hancock Shaker Village
Air Date: 1997-12-13
Roy takes a look at interior Shaker craftsmanship at the Hancock Shaker Village in Pittsfield, Mass.
Ep.12 Shaker Side Table
Air Date: 1997-12-20
Shaker furniture was made as if to be used for 1,000 years – see how that philosophy is worked into a small table.
Ep.13 Woodworking in Upper Canada
Air Date: 1997-12-27
During the time of Colonial America, many Loyalists headed north for Canada. Roy explores the life and economy they built there between harsh winters.