Season 17

Season 17 (1997)


Episodes: 13

Star Cast: Roy Underhill ,



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.