Episodes List
Ep.1 Garden Bench
Air Date: 2005-10-01
Build a small garden bench made of Cypress, and with a south-east Asian design.
Ep.2 Wooden Puzzles
Air Date: 2005-10-08
Avoid being frustrated by wooden puzzles by making a wooden knot, and three burr puzzles yourself.
Ep.3 Jeff Headley, Cabinetmaker
Air Date: 2005-10-15
Jeff Headley and Steve Hamilton visit the shop to show the construction techniques - and secrets - in a Winchester slant-top desk.
Ep.4 The Melencolia Plane
Air Date: 2005-10-22
Build the wooden plane pictured in Albrecht Durer's Melancolia
Ep.5 Three Chests of Tools
Air Date: 2005-10-29
Join Roy as he inventories woodworking tools he found in three tool chests.
Ep.6 Woodturning Wisdom
Air Date: 2005-11-05
Roy discusses the "perfection along the axis" found in woodturning
Ep.7 Niddy Noddy & Weaver's Swift
Air Date: 2005-11-12
Build two accessories valuable to the weaver.
Ep.8 Cabinet Workbench
Air Date: 2005-11-19
In a two-episode project, Roy builds a workbench with storage underneath from a design from Charles Hayward. In the first episode Roy builds the case, and then in the second finishes with the door and drawers.
Ep.9 Workbench Doors & Drawers
Air Date: 2005-11-26
In a two-episode project, Roy builds a workbench with storage underneath from a design from Charles Hayward. In the first episode Roy builds the case, and then in the second finishes with the door and drawers.
Ep.10 Nora Hall: Woodcarver
Air Date: 2005-12-03
Nora Hall visits the shop and shows the steps to carve a linenfold design.
Ep.11 Country Chair Seats
Air Date: 2005-12-10
David Russell visits and shows the intricacies of corn-shuck chair seats.
Ep.12 The Museum of Appalachia
Air Date: 2005-12-17
Roy discovers the history of Appalachian people at the museum in Clinton, TN.
Ep.13 Restoring Jefferson's & Madison's Homes
Air Date: 2005-12-24
Roy visits Monticello, Poplar Forest and Montpelier to follow the work of the two men who were responsible for most of the construction and woodworking.