Episodes List
Ep.1 Getting a Grip on It
Air Date: 1982-10-02
Watch as Roy examines a number of tool handles, then creates an axe handle from a split of hickory and turns a chisel handle.
Ep.2 Candle Stand
Air Date: 1982-10-09
Follow along as Roy walks you through the steps of creating a classic walnut candle stand.
Ep.3 Plane Truth, Version 1
Air Date: 1982-10-16
Learn the history of a wide variety of handplanes as Roy explains their many and specialized uses.
Ep.4 Plane Truth, Version 2
Air Date: 1982-10-23
Learn the history of a wide variety of handplanes as Roy explains their many and specialized uses. Lost episode.
Ep.5 Getting Into Drawers
Air Date: 1982-10-30
Join Roy as he makes a hand-hewn, half-blind dovetailed drawer for his workbench, and discusses many of the techniques used in traditional drawer making.
Ep.6 Finding and Fixing
Air Date: 1982-11-06
See what Roy discovers at a scrap yard, antique store and flea market on his way to “The Woodwright’s Shop.”
Ep.7 Cutting your Teeth
Air Date: 1982-11-13
It’s all about staying sharp, and in this episode Roy examines the dizzying array of saws available, from familiar panel saws to bowsaws and pit saws. Plus, as a special bonus Roy shows you how to sharpen a bowsaw.
Ep.8 While the Iron’s Hot
Air Date: 1982-11-20
Accompany Roy on a visit to Colonial Williamsburg to work with the living history museum’s blacksmiths as they make a froe, and forge a cant hook.
Ep.9 Straight and Narrow
Air Date: 1982-11-27
Lost episode.
Ep.10 Vernacular Sash
Air Date: 1982-12-04
Roy takes us through the hand-crafted creation process of a sash-style window, explaining the stiles, rails and muntins.
Ep.11 Woodwright at Sea
Air Date: 1982-12-18
The evolution of modern boat building in America starts with simple designs such as those found in rough-hewn canoes – and its surprisingly fundamental. Watch Roy explore how to build a boat as he visits the Hampton Mariner’s Museum and discusses boat building that’s large and complex. There is a clear evolution in tools and techniques and it’s both instructive and entertaining to watch this process.
Ep.12 Tale of Two Toys
Air Date: 1982-12-25
Roy looks at a collection of classic wood toys, and then shows us the steps to create a Crow Chaser.